Tag Archives: The oceans

It’s a ship captain’s worst nightmare – the sick accident and the ear-splitting, grinding crescendo when your ship runs aground. That was the fate of the MV Wakashio, as it ran on July 25 in Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. No human lives were lost, but the environmental consequences have …

The Japanese tanker that ran around Mauritius and threatened an environmental disaster has stopped leaking, but there is a danger that the ship will break in two. Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth confirmed in a television briefing on Tuesday that there has been no more spillage from tanker MV Wakashio since …