Maldives oil spill. Worlds largest underwater restaurant nears completion. Authorities in the maldives have stated that there is no risk an oil spill from an oil tanker on fire near sri lanka. Maldivian coastguard principle director col.
Maldives under threat does not have an oil spill contingency plan. Reuters india has sent technical equipment and a team of specialists to mauritius to help local authorities deal with an environmental crisis after an oil spill from a japanese ship a government official said on sunday. Both the long term and short term effects of the oil spill have been studied.
Maldives fears disaster the vessel is larger than the japanese bulk carrier mv wakashio which crashed into a reef in mauritius in july leaking more than 1000 tonnes of oil into the island. Maldives tourist arrival increases by a whopping 7 in november. Information from sacep meeting november 2015.
The incident had raised fears of an ecological catastrophe in sri lanka and the maldives. A japanese bulk carrier struck a coral reef off the indian ocean island nation on july 25 spilling about 1000 tonnes of fuel oil and triggering a state of environmental emergency. The maldives depends on fisheries and tourism and the country has one of the worlds best coral eco systems.
Maldives receives oil spill prevention equipment from japan created. Immediate effects included the deaths of 100000 to as many as 250000 seabirds at least 2800 sea otters approximately 12 river otters 300 harbor seals 247 bald eagles and 22 orcas and an unknown number of salmon and herring. The maldives has a contingency plan to respond to national disasters and the oil spill response aspects are being developed including sensitivity mapping dispersant policy gis equipment requirements etc.
The mv wakashio owned by the nagashiki shipping company struck the reef on mauritius southeast coast on july 25. Maldivian occupancy level at 63. Sri lankas navy wednesday warned that it detected an oil spill that has reached two nautical miles in extension although a fire in the oil tanker new diamond was previously put out.
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