More than 100,000 volunteers in Mauritius joined the clean up operation, what happened there?

A Japanese freighter ran aground off the coast of Mauritius, causing fuel spills and polluting large areas of the sea.

This is a Japanese freighter loaded with ore bulk cargo, fortunately it is not a freighter loaded with **, otherwise the consequences of hitting the reef will be dozens of times more serious.

It is reported that this freighter is a Panamanian-flagged "Wakashio", the ship was completed and delivered in 2007, and the ship is currently leased by Japan to Mitsui, a Japanese shipping merchant ship. On the day of the reef, Mitsui Merchant Marine said in a report that the "Wakashio" cargo ship was traveling from China to Brazil via Singapore to load ore, and on July 25, it ran aground in the waters off Mauritius, and found a fuel leak in the next ten days, and then Mauritius declared a "state of environmental emergency".

According to reports from the Mauritian side, the "Wakachao" has a total length of meters and a deadweight of about 200,000 tons. At that time, the cargo ship was empty, and the crew was evacuated safely immediately after hitting the reef, and there was no personnel ** phenomenon. Mauritius also stated that there was no fuel leak at the time of the accident.

Because Mauritius did not have the technical capacity to rescue the ship and analyze its "black box" data, the vessel suffered a fuel leak after the next 10 days.

In addition to the lack of rescue technology on the Mauritian side, the main responsibility for the fuel leak lies with the Japanese side. At that time, after the reef landing, the "Wakashio" did not immediately ask the Mauritian side for help, but only reported to the Mauritian side about the reef situation after all the crew members had safely landed. This resulted in the missed optimum time for the vessel to be righted, which later led to a leak of nearly 4,000 tonnes of fuel oil, devastating to the marine environment of Mauritius.

The Republic of Mauritius is an island country in eastern Africa, surrounded by the sea, relying on rich marine resources and tourism to develop production, becoming one of the few wealthy countries in Africa. Mauritius has scarce freshwater resources, scarce minerals and oil, and relatively low productivity. Therefore, marine resources have become the resources on which Mauritius depends, and this fuel spill will directly lead to a decline in Mauritius's GDP and even the collapse of its entire national economy.

More than 100,000 volunteers in Mauritius joined the cleanup operation because a Japanese cruise ship spilled in the nearby seas, and the oil on board polluted the ocean.

Recently, a Japanese cargo ship ran aground in the southeast waters of Mauritius, the ship was loaded with about 200 tons of diesel and 3,800 tons of marine fuel oil, because of the huge amount of oil, causing a large amount of fuel oil to leak in the blue sea of Mauritius, causing serious pollution, and also put some birds and plants at risk to their survival, so the people of Mauritius rushed to organize themselves to make oil booms (temporary fences made of sugarcane leaves, plastic bottles and hair) in an attempt to absorb toxic substances and hope to protect the ecological environment.

A Japanese cargo ship crashed into a reef in the southeastern waters of Mauritius, causing a massive oil spill and causing serious pollution, which turned the blue sea of Mauritius into a "black bay" and put Mauritius into an environmental emergency. More than 100,000 volunteers joined the cleanup campaign to prevent fuel from continuing to pollute the environment.

Tons of gasoline leaked on a Japanese ship. A large amount of gasoline floats on the surface of the sea, which seriously affects the stability of the local marine system and has a great impact on the local environment. It is very difficult to clean up, and the workload is not small, so we can only recruit volunteers to help clean up.

Because the Japanese cargo ship ran aground in Mauritius, it caused a large amount of fuel leakage, causing damage to the local environment.

A Japanese freighter spilled fuel off the coast of Mauritius, causing pollution in large swaths of the ocean.

In fact, there is a lot of garbage on the beach there, so there will be many volunteers to join in the cleanup action.

Because a Japanese oil tanker carrying several hundred tons of ** leaked, which seriously affected the local sea environment.

Hello, here are my thoughts on this issue.

A Japanese cargo ship ran aground in Mauritius, resulting in an oil spill of 1,000 tons, and the once paradise on earth and tourist attraction fell into disaster. But this ocean may never be restored to its former days.

On July 25, a large cargo ship carrying 4,000 tons of fuel oil was off the coast of southern Mauritius, where the environment is very sensitiveRan aground.

On 6 August, there was a fuel spill that sent more than 1,000 tonnes of fuel from the ship into the sea, polluting the adjacent sea. However, the problem of cracks in the hull caused by the reef is still developing, and the cargo ship is likely to crack at any time, and the concern is that there are still 2,500 tons of fuel on board to be transferred (the tanks are now discharged).

The next thing is very touching, more than 100,000 civil volunteers in order to save the South China Sea, regardless of the "unified arrangement" directive, spontaneously joined the clean ocean action, they heard that hair can quickly absorb oil stains, and also set off a wave of haircuts in the local area, local residents crowded the barber shop, competing to donate their hair, using it to make an unusual handrail to clean up the ocean floating.

An environmental activist at the scene said: "People have realised that they need to take matters into their own hands. We are here (to gather to the coastline) to protect our fauna and flora. ”

Worse,Due to the strong winds and ocean currents, the oil slick has drifted downwind in the direction of the coastAs a result, the oil slick dispersed into areas of the sea that were inaccessible to the population, and such a dire situation also delayed international rescueIt is likely that this ocean will never go back to its former form.

Once the fuel leaks into the ocean, it will first float at sea for a long time due to the fuel density being lower than water, and it will spread rapidly, forming a thick oil film over a large area in the sea area.

The oil film will first hinder the movement of penguins, turtles and other animals that cannot fly in the ocean; Secondly, birds that have not flown away from the ocean to hunt on the ocean will cause the oil slick to stick to the feathers, making them less able to fly or even unable to fly at all; Thirdly, the oil film isolates the atmosphere from the seawater, which cannot obtain oxygen from the air, which suffocates the marine organisms under the oil film due to the lack of oxygen; At the same time, the oil film will absorb and block sunlight from entering the ocean, which greatly weakens the photosynthesis of marine plants and cannot grow normally, destroying the ecological balance of the ocean.

The fuel unit malfunctioned, causing the fuel to flow out of the device, causing considerable losses to the local population.

It may be because the container containing the fuel has cracked, or it can't fit and the tank is overflowing, or there is no one to take care of the fuel, so the fuel leaks out.

It was a fuel leak caused by a coral reef in the sea, which caused a large area of pollution, and this beautiful place became a mess, so the local people donated money to absorb oil.

First, on 21 July, the Japanese freighter Wakashio deviated from its normal course and turned to the southeast coast of Mauritius. On the evening of July 25, the "Wakachao" ran aground on the reef and did not slow down before hitting the reef. Prior to the fuel spill from July 25 to August 6, neither the Japanese shipowners nor Mauritius** had done anything to deal with the grounding.

On August 6, the hull of the cargo ship ruptured, resulting in a leak of at least 1,000 tons of fuel oil.

After the fuel spill in Mauritius, Mauritius immediately appealed to the international community for help, hoping that they could send volunteers to clean up the beach pollution, and the Chinese Embassy in Mauritius immediately signed up for Mauritius and organized a large number of Chinese volunteers to go to the beaches of Mauritius to clean up the pollution.

Truth be told, this is the kind of support that comes from all sides, and this time Chinese volunteers have come to the beaches of Mauritius to clean up the contaminated soil. We can see that even the diplomats are wearing complete protective gear, and then put the contaminated soil into the garbage can, and race against time to speed up the work, we know that this kind of pollution force may continue to expand every minute every night, and everyone does not need any words at all, it is completely division of labor to cooperate, and the cooperation is very tacit, I will carry out the tradition when you are treated, and when you go to take out the garbage, I will let another person hold the bag, To put it bluntly, the cooperation between the two has greatly improved the work efficiency, every staff member is almost sweating, and everyone's natural things have been completely soaked, but no one and no one shouted tired, and no one stopped.

In addition to these volunteers from China, many Mauritian and Chinese cooperative investment enterprises also donated materials at the first time。For example, the donation of oil drums and safety nets of the Ministry of Geoengineering is a very effective tool for cleaning up pollution, and these companies sent materials not to mention, but also independently mobilized those enterprise staff, let them come to this sea area to clean up marine pollution, a total of more than 200 people came here, these people undoubtedly feel very sad after seeing this serious accident scene, so they all hope to be able to do something for this rescue activity.

After the accident, the minister of Mauritius also expressed that every time Mauritius encounters a crisis, China has never been absent. China has extended a helping hand to Mauritius every time, and it is precisely because of friendly countries like China that they have come together to deal with this ecological crisis, so they will be more confident.

On August 8, 2020, in the city of Maeborg in southeastern Mauritius, volunteers placed hair, sugarcane leaves and other oil-absorbing materials together in a nylon screen.

In order to take advantage of the hair's ability to absorb oil but not water, Mauritius has even launched a hair donation campaign.

Many local women volunteered to cut their hair at a makeshift barber shop near the area where the incident occurred. Someone posted on social ** that he was queuing up at the barber shop ** with the caption: "I love my hair, but it will grow longer." ”

Volunteers put their hair with oil-absorbing materials such as sugarcane leaves into nylon screens, made nylon mesh tubes, and placed them around the fuel-contaminated seawater, which prevents the oil from spreading.

Chinese volunteers braved the pungent smell of fuel to clean up the fuel spill off the coast of Mauritius. Working together to restore the beauty of the coast.

After the fuel spill incident of the Japanese oil tanker in Mauritius, Mauritius issued an initiative for voluntary beach clean-up action, Chinese diplomats wore protective equipment and led the staff to clean up the mangrove forest on the eastern coast of Mauritius Island with geotextiles, oil drums, safety nets and other materials.

Chinese diplomats wear protective gear and brave the pungent smell of fuel as they race against time to clean up pollution.

Volunteers in China did the clean-up work. Diplomats volunteered to clean up the beaches, and Chinese companies donated large quantities of clean up materials.

Chinese volunteers helped Mauritius clean up the dirt on the beach and donated things to them, and about 100,000 people volunteered, which greatly warmed the hearts of the Mauritian people.

Not only did the Chinese volunteers participate in the clean-up work, some volunteers also donated their own hair, Chinese companies also donated a lot of supplies, and diplomats from the Chinese embassy also took the initiative to help them clean up the pollution as soon as possible.

Volunteers donate hair to absorb oil, because hair has the property of absorbing oil but not absorbing water, and can quickly suck out the fuel in the sea, hoping that this method can restore the beauty of Mauritius.

During the fuel spill in Mauritius, Chinese volunteers began to join the volunteer activities, volunteering to wear professional equipment to help Mauritius clean up the polluted seas!

1. Fuel leakage due to the grounding of the ship.

2. A committee was set up to address the fuel spill

After a thing happens, it is necessary to have a leading department or agency to coordinate and deal with some problems encountered in handling things in a timely manner, if this matter is handled by multiple departments, it is inevitable that there will be a phenomenon of passing the buck or pulling each other's skin, which will inevitably lead to a waste of time for some crisis problems in a race against time, and the establishment of the committee will certainly be able to quickly and effectively concentrate forces.

3. Seek international helpMauritius is not economically developed, and lacks experience in dealing with such accidents, and there is also a serious shortage of manpower, after the incident, Mauritius immediately sought help from the international community, asking the international community to provide material, financial and technical support, and the Chinese Embassy in Mauritius also participated in the pollution clean-up work at the first time.

For the fuel spill in Mauritius, a local** committee has been set up to deal with the fuel spill, which will follow up on the situation and the progress of the operation. In addition, more than 100,000 civil volunteers disregarded**"Unified arrangement"to join the cleaning operation spontaneously. Because hair can quickly absorb oil, there is also a wave of local pollution"Haircut tide", residents rushed to donate their hair, using it to make an unusual floating rod to clean up the oil slick.