Legal Loophole Opens $10 Billion Compensation Claim For Mauritius Oil Spill

Legal Loophole Opens $10 Billion Compensation Claim For Mauritius Oil Spill

16 Aug: Wakashio splits in two after 12 days dragging along Mauritius' coral reefs, causing one of ... [+] the most expensive bunker fuel spills in history.



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The oil spill in Mauritius in August has had lawyers scrambling through their maritime insurance libraries to understand the implications of the incident, caused by the Japanese bulk carrier, the Wakashio.

The damage from the oil spill is estimated at over $10 billion. 

However, local groups have been facing an aggressive counter narrative operation being put out by the shipping and oil industry where there have been attempts to downplay Mauritian expectations of any insurance payouts.



The oil spill impact has been extensive in Mauritius, due to the Wakashio, with ongoing cleanups ... [+] involving 200 displaced fishermen



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Indeed, Captain John Konrad from leading U.S. maritime publication, gCaptain, has called some of the advice being given publicly to Mauritian authorities and business leaders by the United Nations agencies involved as, “the worst advice ever.”



It now turns out that the unique circumstances of the ship grounding and the oil spill