10+ Oil Spill Mauritius Wakashio Background. The wakashio ran aground a coral reef on july 25. Oil spill reaches 1,000 tons.

Mauritians race to contain catastrophic oil spill swamping ... from i.dailymail.co.uk

Mauritius says the ship, the mv wakashio, was carrying nearly 4,000 tons of fuel. The wakashio was built in 2007 by universal shipbuilding in kawasaki, japan. Rough seas are hampering response to mauritius ship leak;

Scientists said the full impact of the spill was.

Satellite images, which show the dark slick spreading in the nearby waters, are being used to monitor the ongoing spill. A 'state of environmental emergency' has been a satellite image, courtesy of maxar technologies, shows the oil tanker mv wakashio aground off the mauritius coast (picture: Oil is seen leaking from the mv wakashio, a bulk carrier ship that ran aground off the southeast coast of mauritius. Mauritius has declared a state of environmental emergency, and the french government has sent technical support to assist with the disaster response.