Japanese carrier creates an ecological disaster in Mauritius' pristine beaches after spilling 1,000 tonnes of crude oil. According to Daily Mail UK's latest report, the country's leader warned that the cracks of the ship might totally break it into half, leading to the worse scenario.
Fuel spilling from a Japanese bulk carrier that ran aground on a reef in Mauritius two weeks ago is creating an ecological disaster, endangering corals, fish and other marine life around the Indian Ocean island, officials and environmentalists say. pic.twitter.com/SikpxTUbwH — TruckDriverHiro (@DriverHiro) August 10, 2020
The volunteers are marshalling along the coastline, creating improvised floating barriers stringed together using straws. Mitsui OSK Lines, which operates the Japanese vessel, claimed that the shipwreck spilled 1,000 tonnes of fuel oil.
"We are terribly sorry," said Akihiko Ono, the shipping firm's vice president, in an apology via Daily Mail UK. Akihiko said that they would make all-out efforts to help Mauritius to resolve the problem.
However, the conservationists said that the tanker's crude oil could already do the damage. The large scale of the disaster was revealed by aerial footages, showing that the oil has already spread across the azure seas around the marooned cargo ship. The region's fabled lagoons and inlets were also affected by the ship accident.
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