Mauritius freighter Stranded a challenge to remove oil flowing into mangrove forests

Mauritius freighter Stranded a challenge to remove oil flowing into mangrove forests August 18 at 18:36

Japan International Emergency Relief Corps confirmed that the oil spilled from the ship was spilled into the mangrove forest in the accident of a cargo ship chartered by Mitsui OSK Lines off the coast of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. We recognized that the issue is how to remove oil while minimizing the effect of.

The expert team of Japan's Japan Emergency Relief Team, which has been active since 12th of this month, held a conference on the Internet on the 18th and explained the status of its activities.

The team conducted a study near a grounded freighter on the 17th and found that there was no oil odor around and no further gross spill was visible.

Although the oil that had flowed to the coast was largely removed by local volunteers, it was confirmed that the oil had entered the mangrove forest.

One of the experts said, "Oil and coastal oils are mostly recovered, and the only remaining mangrove is the wetlands. We have to deal with it while considering the local ecosystem." The issue is how to remove oil while minimizing the effect on the system.

Difficult to remove oil due to bad weather

Mauritius officials said in a countermeasures committee held on the 17th that there was concern about the oil spill remaining in the hull, ``Oil remains in the engine part inside the hull, but the weather is bad. However, it is difficult to remove the oil immediately.

In the future, we would like to resume the work of removing oil from the ship when the weather recovers.