The Impact of the 2020 MV Wakashio Very Low Sulfur Fuel Oil Spill

Oil Spill in Mauritius (New Image of 16 August 2020), European Union Copernicus Sentinel-2; Link

Oil spill still contaminating sensitive Mauritius mangroves three years later (Samuel JEREMIC, Curtin University; November 26, 2024)

https://www.curtin.edu.au/news/media-release/oil-spill-still-contaminating-sensitive-mauritius-mangroves-three-years-on/


Featured Research Article:

Very low sulfur fuel oil spilled from the MV Wakashio in 2020 remains in sediments in a Mauritius mangrove ecosystem nearly three years after grounding (SCARLETT et al., 2024)


Also...

MV Wakashio grounding incident in Mauritius 2020:  The world's first major spillage of Very Low Sulfur Fuel Oil (SCARLETT et al., 2022)

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X21009516


IMO helping to mitigate the impacts of MV Wakashio oil spill in Mauritius, International Maritime Organization (IMO); CC BY-SA 2.0, Link



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