Bulk Carrier That Spilled Oil Off the Mauritian Coast Breaks Up
(EDITORS NOTE: Best quality available.) The MV Wakashio bulk carrier vessel, operated by Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd., sits partially submerged in the ocean after running aground close to Pointe d'Esny, Mauritius, on Friday, Aug. 14, 2020. The MV Wakashio leaked at least 1,000 tons of black sludge into the turquoise waters off the Indian Ocean island’s southeastern coast after it ran aground on July 25. Photographer: Kamlesh Bhuckory/Bloomberg
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(Bloomberg) -- The Nagashiki Shipping Co.-owned vessel that run aground last month and spilled oil off the Mauritian coast has broken up.
“The bigger part which was lying outside the lagoon is being towed toward the high seas,” the Shipping Ministry spokesman, Jasvin Sok Appadu, said by phone. The other part of the MV Wakashio, which contains its engine and fuel tanks, is “safe and stable” and measures have been taken to prevent any further oil spillage, Sok Appadu said.
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