Cleanup of oil leaked from Japanese-owned ship to be prolonged

A Japanese disaster relief team dispatched in response to the leakage of fuel oil from a Japanese-owned freighter that ran aground off Mauritius said Friday it cannot estimate when the cleanup operation could be completed."The spilled oil has stuck to coastal mangroves where it is hard to remove," a member of the team said in an online press briefing hosted by the Japan International Cooperation Agency via the videoconferencing app Zoom.Using chemicals to dissolve the oil is not a viable option as it may harm the ecosystem, the team said, adding that it was not presently aware of any damage…READ FULL ARTICLE