Mauritius Oil Spill To Be Completely Cleaned Up by January

The MV Wakashio is split into two parts near Mauritius' Blue Bay Marine Park on Sunday, August 16.

According to a CNN report, the clean-up of a massive oil spill in August from a vessel off Mauritius will likely be mostly completed by January, the bulk carrier’s owner, Japan’s Nagashiki Shipping, said Thursday.

All Oil Recovered

Of the roughly 1,000 tons that spilled from the Panamanian-flagged MV Wakashio, all of the oil that had been floating in the ocean had been recovered, Nagashiki Shipping said in a statement.

Work to remove the oil along approximately 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) of...

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