MOL extends Mauritius pollution response aid package

Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), charterer of the bulk carrier which grounded on Mauritius causing a major pollution incident, has extended its support package to include the country's fishing industry.

MOL said its aid package is intended to help Nagashiki Shipping, owner of the 203,000-dwt Wakashio (built 2007), in its response to the casualty.

Nagashiki Shipping has direct liability for the damage caused by the pollution but does not have MOL’s financial resources or capacity to respond to an incident of this scale.