PORT LOUIS, MAURITIUS (AFP) - Japan is sending a second team of experts to help clean up more than 1,000 tonnes of oil that leaked from a Japanese-owned bulk carrier into pristine waters off the coast of Mauritius.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
PORT LOUIS, MAURITIUS - Japan is sending a second team of experts to help clean up more than 1,000 tonnes of oil that leaked from a Japanese-owned bulk carrier into pristine waters off the coast of Mauritius.
The new team of seven experts is to leave Japan on Wednesday and will carry materials such as sorbent to help clean up the oil, Japan's embassy in Mauritius said in a statement Monday . Japanese firm Nagashiki, the ship's owner, has pledged to"sincerely" respond to requests for compensation over damage to the marine environment.At a meeting Monday, the national crisis committee formed in response to the spill determined that it was"still risky to remove the remaining small amount of residual oil in the engine room" of that portion of the ship, according to a statement issued Monday night.
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