The giant Bulk carrier Wakashio run aground in Mauritius on the way from China to Brasil: [image] Giant bulk carrier runs aground on reef off Mauritius - Splash 247 A giant bulk carrier ran aground on a reef off Mauritius on Saturday evening, despite warnings from the local coast guard t…

Not only the Master but also the 1st Officer has been arrested in Mauritius: [image] Arrests made in Wakashio case as salvors prepare to scuttle part of the ship... The captain and first officer of the Nagashiki Shipping newcastlemax that ran aground and subsquently split in two off the …

So it will be towed outside of the environment and scuttled? That the ocean remains our dumping ground is shameful.

[image] Gimli: So it will be towed outside of the environment I mean, the front fell off. What other options are there?

You can see them towing it out to deeper water on marine traffic. Just hope they have a proper weak link in the tow bridle if the bow section starts sinking before they release the tow. Worse case scenario even if they pay out the tow wire as fast as possible it might not be fast enough and the sin…

[image] ombugge: It will be sunk in deep waters So is it not considered a prohibited discharge under MARPOL if you are discharging more than half the vessel? If they have the ability to tow it for proper disposal (and I’m not sure they safely could) don’t they have an obligation to?

The deed has been done: [image] Front three-quarters of the Wakashio bulk carrier now sitting on the floor of... The front three-quarters of the giant bulk carrier are now sitting on the floor of the Indian Ocean some 25 km off the coast of Mauritius despite significant opposition to the…

[image] Wakashio Deviated From Shipping Lane Before Mauritius Grounding by Aaron Sheldrick (Reuters) – MV Wakashio, the Japanese-owned bulk carrier that ran aground off Mauritius and spilled oil over pristine waters, diverted more than 100 kilometres from a regular shipping... E…

The three offshore vessels involved in the operation must have used their FiFi systems to fill the bow section with water and sink it, that would explain why they opened all the holds. “Now it will be filled with sea water to sink it to the bottom,” Mauritius’s shipping director, Alain Donat, said…

The bow apparently is still afloat, they haven’t managed to sink it yet. That was inaccurate news from splash 24/7. [image] Scuttling of Wakashio's bow progressing slowly as salvors battle rough sea... The sinking of the bow section of the broken up bulker Wakashio off Mauritius, launche…

Anyone understand why they have scuttled the bow (majority of the hull)? It was clearly floating enough to be towed out and water pumped in. Seems a waste of a lot of good scrap steel? Although it will become a reef in a very short time.

Giant bulker Wakashio aground on reef off Mauritius

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