14 Aug 2020 10:58PMPORT LOUIS, Mauritius: A fresh streak of oil spilled Friday from a ship stranded on a reef in pristine waters off Mauritius, threatening further ecological devastation as demands mount for answers as to why the vessel had come so close to shore.
While the boat's reservoirs were successfully emptied on Wednesday, preventing further devastation, some of the remaining 100 tonnes of oil from the cargo hold began to leak on Friday, according to a statement from the national crisis committee on the disaster."According to experts this kind of leakage was expected and is due to the bending and twisting of the vessel," said the statement.
"The aim is to ensure a scientific approach for a prompt rehabilitation of our ecosystem," read the statement.The government has come under fire for doing too little in the week after the ship ran aground, while experts from the Japanese Nagashiki shipping company, which owns the Wakashio, took three weeks to arrive.Greenpeace wrote a scathing letter to the ship's owners, saying:"many unanswered questions remain.
"Regarding compensation, we plan to deal with the issue sincerely based on applicable laws," the head of the Okayama-based company said in a statement.
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