REUTERS, DECEMBER 18, 2020 TOKYO, Dec 18 (Reuters) – Japan’s Nagashiki Shipping said on Friday the grounding of one of its large bulk carriers that caused an ecological disaster in Mauritius was due to a lack of safety awareness and a failure to follow rules as it pledged better training and oversight. The findings were assumptions based on interviews with crew members, …
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REUTERS, AUGUST 28, 2020 (Reuters) – At least 40 dolphins have mysteriously died in an area of Mauritius affected by an oil spill from a Japanese boat, officials and witnesses said on Friday, as a witness described the moment one mother dolphin died in front of him. Residents who had ventured out in a boat alerted Reuben Pillay to a …
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BLOOMBERG, AUGUST 24, 2020 “This latest accident is another loud call for a shift to less polluting ship fuels.” By Julian Lee (Bloomberg Opinion) –Don’t dismiss the leak of oil from the MV Wakashio that ran aground last month on a reef off the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius so quickly. The volume lost may seem tiny, but its location, mixed with …
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REUTERS, APRIL 21, 2020 Data shows ship deviated from shipping lane | Mauritius’ coast guard repeatedly tried to reach the ship to warn it that its course was dangerous TOKYO (Reuters) – The Japanese-owned bulk carrier that ran aground off Mauritius and spilled oil over pristine waters and fragile coral reefs diverted more than 100 kilometres (60 miles) from a …
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PortandTerminal.com, August 18, 2020 The MV Wakashio ran aground on a coral reef, Pointe d’Esny, on 25 July while carrying 4,000 tonnes of fuel oil, causing an ecological emergency. LONDON – BBC is reporting that the Captain of the MV Wakashio has been arrested. Sunil Kumar Nandeshwar, a 58-year-old Indian man, has been charged with endangering safe navigation, police said. …
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REUTERS, AUGUST 15, 2020 (Reuters) – 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 condition of the MV Wakashio was worsening early on Saturday and it split by the afternoon, the Mauritius National Crisis Committee said. …
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BLOOMBERG, AUGUST 12, 2020 By Julian Lee and Adeola Eribake for Bloomberg — The bulk carrier Wakashio was 11 days into a month-long voyage to Brazil when it hit a reef off Mauritius causing it to spill fuel into the island’s crystal clear waters, endangering baby turtles and unique plants in a nearby nature reserve. Given the vastness of the …
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REUTERS, AUGUST 10, 2020 NAIROBI (Reuters) – Mauritians are making floating booms of human hair and leaves in a round-the-clock scramble to mop up oil leaking from a grounded Japanese ship onto their pristine Indian Ocean beaches. The MV Wakashio, owned by the Nagashiki Shipping Company and operated by Mitsui OSK Line, began oozing fuel into turquoise sea waters last …
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PortandTerminal.com, August 8, 2020 Johannesburg, South Africa — The Indian Ocean island of Mauritius has declared a “state of environmental emergency” after a Japanese-owned bulk carrier that ran aground offshore days ago began spilling tons of fuel into its pristine waters. Satellite images from Friday show a dark slick spreading in the turquoise waters near environmental areas that the government …
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