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A general view of oil washed up on a beach from the MV Wakashio. EPA

Volunteers prepare to place handmade oil barriers in the sea at the Mahébourg waterfront in Mauritius. AFP

Volunteers prepare a handmade oil barrier to block leaked oil from the bulk carrier ship MV Wakashio. REUTERS

A drone image shows fishermen on a boat as they volunteer near the area where the bulk carrier ship MV Wakashio, belonging to a Japanese company but Panamanian-flagged, ran aground on a reef, at Riviere des Creoles, Mauritius. REUTERS

The MV Wakashio stranded close to Pointe d'Esny, Mauritius. EPA

People prepare a plane carrying light equipment and pollution experts before it flies to Mauritius, following fuel spillage from the bulk carrier ship MV Wakashio, at Saint-Denis de la Reunion airport on the island of Reunion, France. REUTERS

A volunteer is seen in the leaked oil from the bulk carrier ship MV Wakashio. Reuters

Local volunteers clean up oil washing up on the beach from the MV Wakashio. EPA

An aerial photograph shows oil drifting ashore over coral reefs from the MV Wakashio. AFP

A dead starfish is seen following leaked oil from the bulk carrier ship MV Wakashio, Mauritius. Reuters

A drone image shows volunteers preparing to handle leaked oil from the bulk carrier ship MV Wakashio. Reuters

An aerial view shows people scooping leaked oil. AFP

Local volunteers making absorbent barriers of straw stuffed into fabric sacks to contain oil from the MV Wakashio. EPA

Local volunteers lifting absorbent barriers made of straw stuffed into fabric sacks to contain oil from the MV Wakashio. EPA

A general view shows the bulk carrier ship MV Wakashio. Reuters

People scoop leaked oil from the vessel MV Wakashio, belonging to a Japanese company but Panamanian-flagged, that ran aground and caused oil leakage near Blue bay Marine Park in southeast Mauritius. AFP

A helicopter hovers over the vessel MV Wakashio in southeast Mauritius. AFP

The Indian Ocean island of Mauritius has declared a "state of environmental emergency" after the Japanese-owned ship that ran aground offshore days ago began spilling tons of fuel. AP

Local volunteers clean up oil washing up on the beach from the MV Wakashio off the southeast coast of Mauritius. EPA

Local volunteers make absorbent barriers of straw stuffed into fabric sacks to contain oil from the MV Wakashio. EPA

Local volunteers make absorbent barriers of straw stuffed into fabric sacks to contain oil from the MV Wakashio. EPA

An aerial photograph shows oil drifting ashore over coral reefs from the MV Wakashio. EPA

A general view of oil washed up on a beach from the MV Wakashio. EPA

Volunteers prepare to place handmade oil barriers in the sea at the Mahébourg waterfront in Mauritius. AFP

Volunteers prepare a handmade oil barrier to block leaked oil from the bulk carrier ship MV Wakashio. REUTERS

A drone image shows fishermen on a boat as they volunteer near the area where the bulk carrier ship MV Wakashio, belonging to a Japanese company but Panamanian-flagged, ran aground on a reef, at Riviere des Creoles, Mauritius. REUTERS

The MV Wakashio stranded close to Pointe d'Esny, Mauritius. EPA

People prepare a plane carrying light equipment and pollution experts before it flies to Mauritius, following fuel spillage from the bulk carrier ship MV Wakashio, at Saint-Denis de la Reunion airport on the island of Reunion, France. REUTERS

A volunteer is seen in the leaked oil from the bulk carrier ship MV Wakashio. Reuters

Local volunteers clean up oil washing up on the beach from the MV Wakashio. EPA

An aerial photograph shows oil drifting ashore over coral reefs from the MV Wakashio. AFP

A dead starfish is seen following leaked oil from the bulk carrier ship MV Wakashio, Mauritius. Reuters

A drone image shows volunteers preparing to handle leaked oil from the bulk carrier ship MV Wakashio. Reuters

An aerial view shows people scooping leaked oil. AFP

Local volunteers making absorbent barriers of straw stuffed into fabric sacks to contain oil from the MV Wakashio. EPA

Local volunteers lifting absorbent barriers made of straw stuffed into fabric sacks to contain oil from the MV Wakashio. EPA

A general view shows the bulk carrier ship MV Wakashio. Reuters

People scoop leaked oil from the vessel MV Wakashio, belonging to a Japanese company but Panamanian-flagged, that ran aground and caused oil leakage near Blue bay Marine Park in southeast Mauritius. AFP

A helicopter hovers over the vessel MV Wakashio in southeast Mauritius. AFP

The Indian Ocean island of Mauritius has declared a "state of environmental emergency" after the Japanese-owned ship that ran aground offshore days ago began spilling tons of fuel. AP

Local volunteers clean up oil washing up on the beach from the MV Wakashio off the southeast coast of Mauritius. EPA

Local volunteers make absorbent barriers of straw stuffed into fabric sacks to contain oil from the MV Wakashio. EPA

Local volunteers make absorbent barriers of straw stuffed into fabric sacks to contain oil from the MV Wakashio. EPA

An aerial photograph shows oil drifting ashore over coral reefs from the MV Wakashio. EPA

A general view of oil washed up on a beach from the MV Wakashio. EPA

Crashed ship near Mauritius sailed off course before disaster, data shows

Records indicated that the Japanese-owned bulk carrier diverted more than 100 kilometres before hitting a reef and leaking 1,000 tonnes of oil into the water

Reuters

August 22, 2020

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