Mauritius
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Operations
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…
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Operations
Countdown to disaster: why did the Wakashio deviate from its intended course?
Salvors have done a brilliant job removing the rest of the bunker fuel onboard the stricken bulk carrier, which has…
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Environment
Stricken bulk carrier off Mauritius tipped to break up in the coming hours
With the cracks widening along the buckled hull of the giant bulk carrier, locals are bracing for the 203,000 dwt…
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Environment
Mauritius PM concedes grounded bulk carrier will break up
Salvors have managed to halt the worst of the spill from the grounded bulk carrier off the south coast of…
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Environment
Stricken bulk carrier lying on reef off Mauritius at risk of splitting in two
Locals have spent the past days fabricating their own oil booms made out straw, clothing, plastic bottles and dried sugar…
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Environment
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…
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Environment
Bulk carrier sitting on reef off Mauritius starts to leak bunker fuel
The 203,000 dwt bulk carrier, which ran aground on a reef just off the southeast coastline of Mauritius on July…
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Operations
Salvage team deployed to refloat bulk carrier off Mauritius
A salvage team has been deployed to refloat the 203,130 dwt bulk carrier after the ship grounded in the southeast…
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Dry Cargo
Giant bulk carrier runs aground on reef off Mauritius
A giant bulk carrier ran aground on a reef off Mauritius on Saturday evening, despite warnings from the local coast…
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Dry Cargo
Benita still in trouble as towage proves difficult
The bulk carrier Benita, which is grounded off the south of Mauritius, is at risk of sinking as towage of the holed…
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Dry Cargo
Benita heads for scrap
The bulk carrier is being towed from Mauritius to Alang in India for scrapping. The ship which grounded off the…
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Dry Cargo
Benita refloating operation coming up
Inclement weather conditions in Mauritius have hampered the salvage operation of the bulk carrier over the last few days, but…
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Dry Cargo
London P&I will be billed for Benita grounding
The government of Mauritius will be sending the London P&I Club a significant bill for all the work that has…
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Asia
Work underway to free Benita, injured seafarer still recovering
Salvors have removed most of the 145 tonnes of fuel oil onboard , the vessel that ran aground off the…
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Asia
Seafarers on Mauritius mutiny ship ‘traumatised’, man due in court
Seafarers onboard Benita have been left “traumatised” by the fight among crew that caused the vessel to run aground off…
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Dry Cargo
Oil leaks from Mauritius mutiny ship
Oil spill booms have been put in place around the grounded bulker with reports over the weekend of bunker fuel…
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