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Anonymous ID: 725d87 Aug. 9, 2020, 3:33 a.m. No.10231235   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1238 >>1239 >>1248 >>1250

Well, this suck!

 

A stranded tanker carrying 4,000 tons of fuel has breached and is leaking oil into the pristine, azure waters of the Indian Ocean

Bill Bostock 20 hours ago

 

  • Authorities are racing against the clock to secure a stranded tanker carrying 4,000 tons of oil leaking fuel into waters near a tropical Indian Ocean island.

 

The 300-meter MV Wakashio ran aground off the coast of Mauritius on July 25, and in the weeks since cracks have emerged in the hull after strong winds battered the ship.

 

"Due to the bad weather and constant pounding over the past few days, the starboard side bunker tank of the vessel has been breached and an amount of fuel oil has escaped into the sea," The Nagashiki Shipping Co, who operate the vessel, said in a statement published Friday.

 

The ship's location has troubled the environmental community.

 

MOAR:

https://www.insider.com/stranded-tanker-leaking-oil-indian-ocean-mauritius-fear-environmental-disaster-2020-8