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Ship captain sentenced to 20 months over Mauritius oil spill
2 years, 11 months ago

Ship captain sentenced to 20 months over Mauritius oil spill

Al Jazeera  

Magistrate says captain and second-in-command were ‘irresponsible and did not deliver as they should’. A court in Mauritius has handed a 20-month jail sentence to the captain and first mate of a freighter that crashed into a coral reef last year, causing the Indian Ocean archipelago’s worst environmental disaster. The MV Wakashio, a Japanese-owned, Panamanian-flagged vessel, ran aground in July …

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Remembering Mauritius’s worst environmental disaster
3 years, 4 months ago

Remembering Mauritius’s worst environmental disaster

Al Jazeera  

At 1am on July 25, 2020, in Tokyo, Junichiro Ikeda, then-CEO of shipping company Mitsui OSK Lines, was most likely already in bed. As the ship slowly broke apart in the middle of August, Mauritius’s waters and shorelines became drenched in almost 1,000 tonnes of toxic fuel, destroying the livelihood of countless fishermen and tourism workers. Other disasters are looming …

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Vessel with 130 tonnes of oil runs aground off Mauritius
3 years, 9 months ago

Vessel with 130 tonnes of oil runs aground off Mauritius

Al Jazeera  

Coastguards, floating containment lines deployed as traces of leak seen around the Chinese-flagged Lurong Yuan Yu. Mauritius has deployed its coastguard and armed forces after a Chinese-flagged trawler carrying 130 tonnes of oil ran aground off the Indian Ocean archipelago nation. It is the second shipwreck in less than a year off Mauritius after a tanker struck a reef in …

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The devastation of the Mauritius oil spill is still unaddressed
3 years, 10 months ago

The devastation of the Mauritius oil spill is still unaddressed

Al Jazeera  

Mauritius is known to most people as a popular holiday destination because of its gorgeous beaches, volcanic rocks, its fragile ecosystems of mangrove forests, coral atolls, underwater coral reefs, seagrass, and historic forts. In the months since the tragedy struck Mauritius, instead of ensuring full transparency over the fallout of the oil spill and taking urgent steps to ensure it …

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2 dead, 2 missing after Mauritius oil spill clean-up boats collide
4 years, 3 months ago

2 dead, 2 missing after Mauritius oil spill clean-up boats collide

Deccan Chronicle  

PORT LOUIS: The prime minister of Mauritius said Tuesday two sailors were dead and two others missing after a tugboat assisting in a major oil spill clean-up off the Indian Ocean island collided with a barge. "It is tragic that we lost two of the tugboat crew, while two others are still missing," Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth said after visiting …

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Dead dolphins blamed on oil spill, thousands protest against government inaction in Mauritius
4 years, 3 months ago

Dead dolphins blamed on oil spill, thousands protest against government inaction in Mauritius

ABC  

Thousands of people have protested in the capital of Mauritius over the government's handling of an oil spill from a grounded Japanese ship and the alarming discovery of dozens of dead dolphins in recent days. Key points: At least 39 dead dolphins have washed ashore Experts fear chemicals from the oil spill may be to blame A Japanese ship struck …

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Japan's Nagashiki Apologises, Says it Supports Crew after Arrests in Mauritius Oil Spill
4 years, 4 months ago

Japan's Nagashiki Apologises, Says it Supports Crew after Arrests in Mauritius Oil Spill

News 18  

Japan's Nagashiki Shipping, the owner of a bulk carrier that ran aground in Mauritius, causing an oil spill in one of the world's most pristine environments, said Wednesday it awaited judicial decisions after two of the ship's officers were arrested. Nagashiki issued a statement on Wednesday after the arrest overnight in Mauritius of the captain and of the bulk carrier, …

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Mauritius Arrests Indian Captain of Stricken Japanese Ship that Spilled 1,000 Tonnes of Oil
4 years, 4 months ago

Mauritius Arrests Indian Captain of Stricken Japanese Ship that Spilled 1,000 Tonnes of Oil

News 18  

Authorities in Mauritius have arrested the Indian captain of the Japanese ship that ran aground near Mauritius and spilled 1,000 tons of oil on the Indian Ocean island's protected coastline. Sunil Kumar Nandeshwar, captain of the MV Wakashio and who is from India, was charged with "endangering safe navigation" and is in custody pending a bail hearing next week, Police …

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Japanese ship involved in Mauritius oil spill breaks apart
4 years, 4 months ago

Japanese ship involved in Mauritius oil spill breaks apart

Live Mint  

A Japanese bulk carrier that ran aground on a reef in Mauritius last month threatening a marine ecological disaster around the Indian Ocean island has broken apart, authorities said on Saturday. The vessel struck a coral reef on July 25, spilling about 1,000 tonnes of fuel oil and endangering corals, fish and other marine life in what some scientists have …

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Japanese Ship MV Wakashio Involved in Mauritius Oil Spill Breaks Apart
4 years, 4 months ago

Japanese Ship MV Wakashio Involved in Mauritius Oil Spill Breaks Apart

News 18  

A Japanese bulk carrier that ran aground on a reef in Mauritius last month threatening a marine ecological disaster around the Indian Ocean island has broken apart, authorities said on Saturday. “On the basis of the experts’ advice, the towing plan is being implemented.” The vessel struck a coral reef on July 25, spilling about 1,000 tonnes of fuel oil …

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Japanese ship MV Wakashio breaks up on Mauritius reef after causing oil spill
4 years, 4 months ago

Japanese ship MV Wakashio breaks up on Mauritius reef after causing oil spill

ABC  

A Japanese bulk carrier has broken apart after running aground on a reef in Mauritius last month, threatening a marine ecological disaster around the Indian Ocean island, authorities say. Key points: Part of the MV Wakashio's forward section has broken off Coral, fish and other marine life are under threat from the spill Booms have been used to try to …

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Mauritius Oil Spill: Volunteers plug leak from massive damaged ship; residents brace for 'worst case scenario', ecological impact to follow
4 years, 4 months ago

Mauritius Oil Spill: Volunteers plug leak from massive damaged ship; residents brace for 'worst case scenario', ecological impact to follow

Firstpost  

Clean-up crews, volunteers are scrambling to contain the ecological disaster, with further damage to the ship expected due to bad weather. The MV Wakashio ship’s hull struck a coral reef off the island on 25 July, and it has been aground ever since, but only began leaking oil over the past few days, BBC reported. The nation’s Prime Minister Pravind …

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Mauritius Races To Contain Oil Spill, Protect Coastline
4 years, 4 months ago

Mauritius Races To Contain Oil Spill, Protect Coastline

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING JOHANNESBURG — Thousands of students, environmental activists and residents of Mauritius were working around the clock Sunday, trying to reduce the damage to the Indian Ocean island from an oil spill after a ship ran aground on a coral reef. This photo provided by the French Defense Ministry shows oil leaking from the MV Wakashio, a bulk …

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