Birthday party and quest for wifi revealed in lead up to Wakashio grounding off Mauritius

The 58-year-old captain of the ill-fated newcastlemax could face negligence charges after it emerged the crew were celebrating a crewmember’s birthday and had headed nearer towards the Mauritius coastline to get a wifi signal just prior to the bulk carrier’s grounding on a reef off the island’s south coast. The bombshell revelations – first reported …

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