Five Glaring Issues With The Oil Spill Response In Mauritius Today

  • Date: 18-Sep-2020
  • Source: Forbes
  • Sector:Oil & Gas
  • Country:Gulf
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Five Glaring Issues With The Oil Spill Response In Mauritius Today

13 August 2020: just a month ago, the large iron ore vessel was on the coral reefs of Mauritius. ... [+] Now it is in pieces with the front section discarded in an unknown location and oil is still along the beaches.



International Maritime Organization

There is something very fishy going on with the oil spill response in Mauritius. 

The evidence in a major international crime appears to be disappearing.  The oil spill and deliberate sinking of the Japanese owned Wakashio in Mauritius is a crime. Actually, several national and international laws appear to have been broken.

Four Mauritian crew of a Wakashio salvage support vessel, the Sir Gaetan Duval tugboat, are feared dead (three confirmed deaths and the captain still missing). 

If evidence in