# Global Shipping’s Moral Authority Plunges In Mauritius As Pope Intervenes In

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**Created:** [September 4, 2020, 10:47am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/global-shipping-s-moral-authority-plunges-in-mauritius-as-pope-intervenes-in/56587 "2020-09-04T10:47:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kennebec\_Captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kennebec_captain/32/13_2.png) [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 10:47am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/global-shipping-s-moral-authority-plunges-in-mauritius-as-pope-intervenes-in/56587/1 "2020-09-04T10:47:23Z")

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> **[Global Shipping’s Moral Authority Plunges In Mauritius As Pope Intervenes In...](https://www.forbes.com/sites/nishandegnarain/2020/09/03/global-shippings-moral-authority-plunges-in-mauritius-as-pope-intervenes-in-wakashio-saga/#3778d30653a1)**
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> The Pope now intervenes in Mauritius Wakashio oil spill amid inaction from global shipping industry and fears of a cover up. G20 leaders being called on for a moral intervention in the global shipping industry, amid concerns about the conduct of...

> Mauritians have been angered in the immediate aftermath of the oil spill by the surprising number of [media reports](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mauritius-environment-next-steps-expl/explainer-who-pays-for-mauritius-oil-spill-and-how-much-idUSKCN25A196) and strategically released [legal analyses](https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/08/13/national/nagashiki-wakashio-oil-spill-mauritius/)around the world explaining why the full clean up **cost of the oil spill would have to be borne by taxpayers on the tiny island nation, not the multi-billion dollar shipping lines that were operating these vessels and responsible for the oil spill and subsequent salvage operation.** Mauritian average earnings are [$1000 a month](https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/MUS/mauritius/gni-per-capita) ($33 a day) for a country that has a population of 1.3 million and an annual Government budget of just [$3 billion](http://budget.mof.govmu.org/budget2020-21/2020_21budgetspeechEng.pdf). By contrast, the world’s second largest shipping company Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), that chartered and operated the _Wakashio_ , earned $12 billion in revenue last year alone, four times the Mauritian Government’s annual earnings and equivalent to the entire GDP of Mauritius

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**Author:** ![Steamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Steamer](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Steamer)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/global-shipping-s-moral-authority-plunges-in-mauritius-as-pope-intervenes-in/56587/2 "2020-09-04T13:23:12Z")

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Sounds like the system is working well. Mitsui stock is up 22 Yen (1.12 percent)