A Race Against Time to Stop a Cargo Ship Breaking Up on a Mauritius Coral Reef

Rescue groups are racing to pump an approximated three,000 metric tons of oil from a Japanese-operated bulk carrier stranded on a coral reef off Mauritius in advance of the ship breaks up fully.

The 984-foot-lengthy MV Wakashio is little by little coming apart just after jogging aground on July 25. Already, more than 1,000 metric tons of bunker gasoline have spilled out, polluting coral reefs, lagoons and pristine shoreline together the Indian Ocean island’s southeast coastline.

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