MOL refutes âseriously flawed conclusionsâ made in Forbes Wakashio article
19 Jan 2021
Japanese shipping firm Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) on Monday (18 January) said it fundamentally disagrees with and rejects the analysis made in the article published by
Forbes regarding the
MV Wakashio oil spill.Â
The article entitled “Explosive Documents Reveal BP Behind Toxic Mauritius Oil Spillâ was published on 6 January, 2021.
MOL claims the article to be based on misleading interpretation of unconnected information and comes to seriously flawed conclusions regarding the incident.Â
MOL published the following as clarifications of its actions and grounds to reject the allegations made in the published article:
BP Found Responsible For Mauritius Oil Spill And Blocking Investigation Prior To Shipâs Departure
by : Julia Banim on : 07 Jan 2021 19:05
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Oil and gas company BP has been found responsible for the toxic oil involved in the Mauritius oil spill last year.
On July 25, the Wakashio bulk carrier ship ran aground and began leaking oil into the Indian Ocean, resulting in serious environmental damage. It had been transporting 3,894 tons of low-sulfur fuel oil, 207 tons of diesel and 90 tons of lubricant oil to Brazil from China.
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Newly-released documents show that, not only was BP behind the Very Low Sulfur Fuel Oil (VLSFO), it had also formally blocked an investigation into the fuel, which was reportedly known to be faulty from the moment the Japanese bulk carrier set off from Singapore
Monjasa swaps floating storage in shifting West Africa product market
Global oil & shipping group, Monjasa, has agreed terms for the Crude Oil Tanker, SKS Dokka (119,456-dwt), as new floating storage for its West Africa operations. At the same time, Monjasa data reveals the significant shift in product demand across the region following one year of IMO 2020 regulations in place, the company said in its release.
Monjasa has experienced how the IMO 2020 regulations have significantly changed product demand from the Gulf of Guinea to Namibia in south.
By applying modern floating storages as part of the refuelling solutions, Monjasa has enabled steady and efficient supply of more than 10m tonnes of marine fuels across West Africa in the period 2010-2020.
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