The MV Wakashio has failed two weeks ago, carrying 3800 tons of fuel oil and 200 tonnes of diesel.
“All the oil has been pumped out of bonus veren siteler the reservoirs” in the bulk carrier failed at the end of July on a reef near the south-east coast of Mauritius and the origin of an oil spill, announced Wednesday, to the press, the Prime minister Pravind Jugnauth.
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“It was a race against the clock, and I applaud the wonderful work shot down to prevent another oil spill,” added the Prime minister, stating that of the approximately 4000 tonnes of oil carried by the ship, which threatens to break in two at any time, there were only a hundred tons on board, in the hold including.
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800 tonnes is discharged into the sea
Since the end of the last week of the intervention teams worked together on the boat, especially with the help of a helicopter, to pump the hydrocarbons still present in the tanks of the vessel.
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In total, the MV Wakashio, belonging to a shipowner japanese, was carrying 3800 tons of fuel oil and 200 tonnes of diesel. He had struck the 25 July a reef at Pointe d’esny, but the oil had started to escape from its flanks ripped that last week.
According to the Prime minister, “about 800 tonnes were spilled into the sea,” to reach the shores of the island of Mauritius. The pollution has caused a surge of solidarity impressive within the 1.3 million inhabitants of this archipelago of the Indian Ocean.
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thousands of them are working for several days to pick up the oil and try to contain the pollution by making and deploying into the water rolls floating.
