The carrier, belonging to a Japanese company but Panamanian-flagged, ran aground on July 25 and its crew was evacuated safely. The ship was empty at the time but was carrying 200 tonnes of diesel and 3,800 tonnes of bunker fuel, according to the local press. /The prime minister of Mauritius has declared a state of environmental emergency and appealed to France for urgent assistance as oil from a grounded cargo ship spilled unabated into the island nation’s protected waters.
“A state of environmental emergency has been declared,” Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth posted on his Twitter account late Friday. The environment ministry announced this week that oil had begun seeping from the hull, as volunteers rushed to the coast to prepare for the worst. A spokesman at Mitsui OSK Lines, which operates the vessel owned by another Japanese company, said fuel was being airlifted by helicopter from the stricken bulker to shore but poor weather was complicating matters.“We tried to place a containment boom near the ship but it’s not working well due to high waves,” the spokesman told AFP in Tokyo on Saturday. Some of the fuel was in separate tanks and may not be at risk of leaking, he added.
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