The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), said in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos that cinema lovers would enjoy discounted […]
South African company Transnet pipeline has begun the cleaning of the oil spill in Duban amidst an attempted theft. This as been an occurrence in time past The organization gauges as much as 60,000 liters of unrefined petroleum was spilled. Transnet Pipelines has had more than 80 episodes of fuel robbery this money related year […]
A saddening sight on the Mauritius coastline. Two months after a cargo loaded with gasoline ran aground off Mauritius, the shores are nonetheless taking inventory of the damage. The wealthy fishing grounds and touchy marine habitats have been severly damaged via the oil. Conservationists are mainly worried about the long-term ecological injury to the island’s […]
Mauritians took to the streets of Mahébourg for the second time in a month on Saturday in frustration over the perceived government mishandling of the devastating oil spills brought on from the 1000-tonne fuel-carrying Japanese Wakashio — which was once shipwrecked in the waters off the southeast coast of the island in July therefore placing […]
Thousands of people took to the streets of Port Louis, Mauritius’ capital on Saturday to protest the deaths of at least 40 dolphins following an oil spill by a Japanese bulk carrier. The protesters brought traffic to a standstill on the busy streets. Some of the protesters held placards with pictures of dolphins. One placard […]
Thousands of human beings marched on Saturday in Port Louis, the capital metropolis of Mauritius, a month after a grounded Japanese ship leaked over 1,000 lots of gasoline oil into the island’s fragile marine areas. They denounced the government’s managing of the oil spill and demanded its resignation. The protesters waved the country’s flag and […]
At least 18 dead dolphins have washed up on the coast of the island of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean, where a Japanese ship, the bulk carrier MV Wakashio, has spilled more than 1,000 tons of fuel after running aground on a coral reef last month. Other dolphins have stranded on shore and appear seriously […]
The captain of the ship that spilled tons of oil onto the coast of Mauritius was arrested on Tuesday, according to local media. Sunil Kumar Nandeshwar and his second mate Tilak ratna Suboda were charged with endangering safe navigation. They are being held in prison until August 25, when they will reappear in court. The […]
A fresh streak of oil spilled Friday from a bulk carrier stranded on a reef in pristine waters off Mauritius which is already reeling from the ecological disaster, as demands mounted for answers as to why the vessel had come so close to shore. While the boat’s reservoirs were successfully emptied on Wednesday, preventing further […]
Almost all the gas oil from the Japanese-owned ship that prompted a huge oil spill, off the coast of Mauritius has been pumped out, Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth says the operation had been a race in opposition to time. This came amid fears that the MV Wakashio would destroy up. The ship, believed to […]
The inter-agency United Nations team will “support efforts to mitigate impact of (the) oil spill on natural resources and on (the) population”, read a statement from the UN office in Mauritius. Japan has dispatched a six-member team, including members of its coastguard, to assist. Meanwhile France has sent more than 20 tonnes of technical equipment […]
Sunil Dowarkasing, a former senior environmental adviser to the Mauritian govermnment has accused the country’s current administration of gross negligence in its handing of the MV Wakashio oil disaster. Efforts were further increased on Monday to empty the stranded Japanese vessel of 2,500 tonnes of oil before it worsens the level of pollution already caused. […]
Ship Breaking Apart Shipwrecked on the Mauritian coastline of Pointe d’Esny late July, Wakashio, the vessel carrying just under 4,000 tonnes of oil and 200 tonnes of diesel which has already been spilling its contents from the ship’s hold over the last several days; threatened to break in two on Sunday. Mauritian Prime Minister, Pravind […]
The prime minister of Mauritius has declared a state of environmental emergency after a Japanese-owned ship that ran aground in July began spilling large amounts of fuel into the sea. Pravind Jugnauth tweeted that the MV Wakashio represented a ‘great danger’ for Mauritius and admitted that the country didn’t have the skill or expertise to […]