Mauritius faces up to its worst environmental crisis as oil slick snakes around the south of the island

An environmental crisis is playing out in the Indian Ocean where a grounded Panamanian-flagged newcastlemax is spewing bunker fuel onto the pristine shores of southeastern Mauritius. The 203,000 dwt bulk carrier, which ran aground on a reef July 26, has a gash on its starboard hull through which vast tracts of heavy fuel oil are …

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