{"id":4315,"date":"2020-08-11T15:45:48","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T14:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/?p=4315"},"modified":"2024-12-07T14:28:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-07T13:28:29","slug":"oil-spill-control-imo-supports-mauritius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/oil-spill-control-imo-supports-mauritius\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil Spill Control: IMO Supports Mauritius"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/wakashio-2-768x578-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16581 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/wakashio-2-768x578-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/wakashio-2-768x578-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/wakashio-2-768x578-1-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the oil spill of MV Wakashio, which ran aground on 25 July off Pointe d&#8217;Esny, on the south-eastern coast of Mauritius, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)\/United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Joint Environment Unit have jointly deployed an oil spill response expert.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions and border closures in Mauritius, the expert was (11 August) awaiting onward travel via specially chartered UN flight from Nairobi, following COVID tests.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Mauritius and the International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation (ITOPF) are also mobilizing environmental and oil spill experts. A number of countries, including France and Japan, also offer assistance to Mauritius. The country has activated its national oil spill contingency plan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Satellite mapping support is being sought from UNOSAT, to provide an indication of the extent of the spill and to inform the response effort.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">IMO is supporting the Government of Mauritius by providing technical advice on oil spill response issues and in the coordination of assistance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Source and Photo Credit :\u00a0 IMO<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the oil spill of MV Wakashio, which ran aground<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16581,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"status","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,1310,1313,442],"tags":[1493,2687,1308,1309,1311,31,32,1485,1297,1312,1314,1388,1315,45,1316],"class_list":["post-4315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-status","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en","category-maritime-port-environment","category-mauritius","category-news-en","tag-africa-en","tag-daily-news","tag-international-maritime-organization-imo","tag-international-tanker-owners-pollution-federation-itopf-en","tag-marine-pollution","tag-maritimafrica","tag-maritime","tag-maritime-in-africa","tag-maritime-industry-en","tag-mauritius","tag-mv-wakashio-en","tag-news","tag-oil-spill-en","tag-shipping-en","tag-unosat-en","post_format-post-format-status"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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