Japanese shipowner plans to finish clean-up of oil spill by January

The owner of ship MV Wakashio, which ran aground in July causing 1,000 tonnes of oil to spill off Mauritius, expects to finalize its clean-up by January. The ship was on charter to MOL when the accident happened.
Photo: Stringer/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
Photo: Stringer/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix

Close to six months will have passed by the time the owner of grounded ship MV Wakashio expects to finalize its clean-up after the accident in January, writes Reuters based on an update from the ship's Japanese owner, Nagashiki Shipping.

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