Oil Spill
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Cargo ship captain convicted over Mauritius oil spill
The MV Wakashio, a Japanese-owned but Panamanian-flagged vessel, ran aground in July 2020, spilling more than 1,000 tonnes of toxic fuel into the pristine waters of Mauritius,…
Hair to the rescue as oil spills blight coastlines
Synthetic materials are effective in mopping up oil but human hair is cheaper and is biodegradable
Mauritius weeps as the island is surrounded by oil
The Wakashio freighter spilled 4 000 tonnes of oil into the sea off the Mauritian coast. Now the island’s residents are working together to recover from the disaster.
Refuelling under scrutiny as penguins hit by oil spill
A Liberian-flagged ship spewed between 200 and 400 litres of oil into the sea off Port Elizabeth city during ‘bunkering’ re-fuelling
Contingency plan in place after Richards Bay shipwreck
Efforts to transfer oil from a bulk carrier that ran aground off Richards Bay harbour are underway, says the department of environmental affairs.
Oil spilling from Turkish wreck near Cape Town
Oil from a Turkish bulk carrier that ran aground three years ago off the coast of Cape Town, is spilling onto two beaches.
Offshore Nigeria spill came amid tanker-loading
A faulty pipe from an offshore oil field run by Royal Dutch Shell PLC near Nigeria’s coast spewed crude oil into the ocean for as much as 25 hours.
Sweden hit by worst oil spill in years
A recent oil spill near the Sweden’s south west coast is the worst in the area in years and the clean up will take weeks.