Mauritius Struggles to Contain Oil Spill from Grounded Cargo Ship

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Authorities in Mauritius fear a damaged Japanese cargo ship carrying 4,000 metric tons of oil and diesel could break and cause an environmental disaster in the waters around the Indian Ocean island nation

The MV Wakashio, a bulk commodities vessel owned by Nagashiki Shipping Co. and operated by Mitsui OSK Lines, ran aground off the island on July 25, leaving a gaping crack along one side and triggering the leak of 1,000 metric tons of bunker fuel so far along a reef designated by a United Nations agency as a protected site.

Nagashiki Shipping has deployed two tankers to pump the fuel from the Wakashio. Over the past week, locals used straw brooms and sugar cane leaves in an attempt to clean away the spilled oil. Teams from France and Japan are helping control the spill, with French teams dispatching oil-catching nets, pumps and other equipment from Reunion Island, about 124 miles west of Mauritius.

 

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Japan should be penalised heavily and compensate for this environmental damage which violates a key SDG to preservation of flora and fauna.

Unbelievable

Urgent punishment to the responsible ones jail

Unfuckingreal

trump responsableAdult trumpIsNotAdult

How else can the Japanese country piss off the rest of the world? They spill oil into our waters, they go down to international waters of Antarctica to kill whales after UN has told them not to numerous of times, bitch about a land that isn't theirs.

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