# Sinking of Wakashio **URL:** \ **Category:** Marine Incidents\ **Created:** [September 4, 2020, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/sinking-of-wakashio/56585 "2020-09-04T09:32:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![shipengr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/shipengr/32/485_2.png) [@shipengr](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/shipengr)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/sinking-of-wakashio/56585/21 "2020-09-05T16:30:54Z")
> [@ombugge](#): > > It would be nice if this was the biggest problem that is faced when it comes to contamination of the oceans. True enough. Though it would be a shame if this small problem is left unaddressed and allowed to grow to become the norm again. ---
**Author:** ![spork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@spork](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/spork)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/sinking-of-wakashio/56585/22 "2020-09-09T23:46:15Z")
Shots fired: > **[Watch An IMO Expert Give Mauritius The Worst Advice Ever](https://gcaptain.com/watch-an-imo-expert-give-mauritius-the-worst-advice-ever/)** > > by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) Last week Forbes contributor Nishan Degnarain, continued his penetrating coverage of the Wakashio oil spill by questioning statements made by the IMO’s top adviser… ---
**Author:** ![spork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@spork](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/spork)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/sinking-of-wakashio/56585/23 "2020-09-10T00:14:30Z")
I saw the earlier video of Matthew Somerville, the one he is wearing the white overall, thought he said some strange things, he just gets labeled as ‘UN expert’, expert of what exactly? Expert of everything? Here he is in another video: [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/a/e/ae7c14f596afde44ad7b1fb7f9133c048091dffd.jpeg "Post-Wakashio: le nettoyage est loin d’être fini") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_rjgnz5iLI) ---
**Author:** ![john](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/john/32/5_2.png) [@john](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/john)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/sinking-of-wakashio/56585/24 "2020-09-10T00:59:52Z")
> [@spork](#): > > Here he is in another video: Timestamp 2:00 “Oil, It’s just like skin cream” 😳 And this guy isn’t just another adviser. My sources in Mauritius tell me he’s calling the shots. What I can’t figure out is under who’s authority is this guy is operating? ---
**Author:** ![catherder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@catherder](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/catherder)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/sinking-of-wakashio/56585/27 "2020-09-12T16:08:34Z")
“First time in the world that this kind of oil’s been spilled” What? Guy sounds like he belongs on a late night infomercial. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/sinking-of-wakashio/56585/28 "2021-02-17T16:27:09Z")
Split this topic on February 17, 2021, 4:27pm UTC A post was split to a new topic: [Wakashio captain takes aim at his chief officer](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/wakashio-captain-takes-aim-at-his-chief-officer/58413) ---
**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:** [February 17, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/sinking-of-wakashio/56585/29 "2021-02-17T16:29:17Z")
This thread is from 5 months ago and is about the deliberate sinking of a section of the Wakashio. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/sinking-of-wakashio/56585/30 "2021-02-17T16:29:21Z")
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