A cargo ship chartered by MOL last year ran ashore off the coast of Mauritius, an island country in the Indian Ocean, and a large amount of heavy oil spilled. He sentenced him to 1 year and 8 months in prison for threatening him.
Last July, the cargo ship "WAKASHIO" owned by Nagashiki Shipping Co., Ltd. in Okayama Prefecture and chartered by MOL ran aground off the coast of Mauritius, and about 1000 tons of heavy fuel oil spilled into the sea.
Two Indian captains of a cargo ship, who were arrested in the wake of the accident, were being tried, but a local court sentenced them to imprisonment for one year and eight months on the 27th, alleging that they threatened the safety of navigation. I handed it over.
According to local media reports, the captain and two others pleaded guilty and apologized during the trial, and at the time of the accident, a crew birthday party was being held on board, and the captain was drinking alcohol. It is said that it became clear.
The captain also found that he allowed the ship to approach the island in order to capture the radio waves of his cell phone.
In Mauritius, the spill of heavy oil polluted the environment and caused great damage to the fishing industry.
According to the government, while the removal of heavy oil has been completed, investigations into the impact on the ecosystem are ongoing.