A Race Against Time to Stop a Cargo Ship Breaking Up on a Mauritius Coral Reef

Rescue teams are racing to pump an estimated 3,000 metric tons of oil from a Japanese-operated bulk provider stranded on a coral reef off Mauritius right before the ship breaks up completely.

The 984-foot-prolonged MV Wakashio is little by little coming aside soon after working aground on July twenty five. Previously, a lot more than one,000 metric tons of bunker gas have spilled out, polluting coral reefs, lagoons and pristine shoreline alongside the Indian Ocean island’s southeast coastline.

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