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Rough seas, and Mauritius doesn't have the resources. The rest of the world is distracted by Covid19. It also seems like the country only requested help from Fr
by js2 6y ago
Rough seas, and Mauritius doesn't have the resources. The rest of the world is distracted by Covid19. It also seems like the country only requested help from France a few days ago. Yes, it's sad.
I'm not clear why the ship was anywhere near the reef.
- discordance 6y agoThe tfa says they used a helicopter to remove the remaining 3000 T or so of pull left on the ship. So they had the resources, just not the motivation at the time the ship wasn’t spilling.
- js2 6y agoThis later video seems to indicate they don’t have much in the way of resources. I see guys in small fishing boats and a single helicopter dropping two drums at a time. https://youtu.be/CKICk5LY2xg https://youtu.be/CKICk5LY2xg
- TylerE 6y agoNo they didn't. You're not visualizing how much 3,000 tonnes is. The classic drum of oil is 42 gallons and weighs 300lbs - just the oil - the actual drum itself is another 40 or so. 3,000T = 20,000 barrels. Of course, the oil in the ship isn't barreled, it's in giant compartments. This ship wasn't even a oil tanker...this is the actual fuel tanks of the ship itself leaking.
- _ink_ 6y agoRumor says the crew wanted wifi reception.