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MV Wakashio oil spill

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This accident occurred due to a lack of supervision on the ship during the month of August in 2020. Due to the lack of supervision, there has been proof and reports of the crew at the time using their phones before and during the crash. They also failed to do any safety checks during their trip, those included radar and physical inspections of the premises of the ship. As stated by abc.net.au, "Mitsui OSK Lines said its investigation showed the accident was caused by human error, including inadequate nautical charts, navigation systems and risk awareness, and a lack of supervision and safety monitoring," (abc.net.au, 2020). Without taking the right precautions to make sure that everything was running safely and to make sure that everything was running correctly, this caused a serious event to occur that could affect Japan's marine life for the rest of its existence. This spill could potentially wipe out a certain species that might only be unique to Japan. This would mean that the food chain would shorten and certain species might start disappearing because of a lack of sources. These were the main reasons the ship started leaking a lot of oil in the first place. Due to the lack of responsibility that these people had, it caused a lot of harm to marine life and killed many dolphins and whales. This lowers the number of dolphins and whales for those who need to hunt them and keep them going. It also lowers the mating quantity for each species to keep creating so that the species won't go extinct. It was also stated by abc.net.au (2020), "The environmental disaster began on July 25 when the ship MV Wakashio strayed off course and struck a coral reef about 1.6 kilometres offshore," (abc.net.au, 2020). This is a lot of lands to cover and a lot of oil spilled. Although the ocean is large, many species of the ocean could have absorbed the dangerous chemicals by now and have affected many species as well. "After being pounded by heavy surf for nearly two weeks, the ship's hull cracked and on August 6 began leaking fuel into a lagoon, polluting a protected wetlands area and a bird and wildlife sanctuary," (abc.net.au, 2020). Many of those protected wildlife sanctuaries were the homes of certain unique species only found in Japan.

Source:

ABC News. (2020, December 18). Disastrous oil spill in Mauritius partly caused by crew seeking mobile phone signal. ABC News. Retrieved October 10, 2021, from https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-19/japan-mauritius-oil-spill-coral-reef-human-error/12999920.