Removal of spilled oil along Mauritius coastline mostly completed

Work to remove oil that leaked from a stranded Japanese freighter along the coastline of Mauritius has been mostly completed about six months after the environmental disaster, according to the owner of the ship.The bulk carrier Wakashio, owned by Nagashiki Shipping Co. in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, ran aground off Mauritius in late July and began spilling more than 1,000 tons of oil into the pristine environment in early August when one of its five fuel tanks cracked."All visible oil has basically been removed," a Nagashiki Shipping official said.Mauritian authorities still need to …READ FULL ARTICLE