A Japanese bulk carrier has broken apart off the Mauritius coast after spilling hundreds ... almost entirely detached from the rest of the ship. It ran aground on 25 July with 4,000 tonnes of ...

JOHANNESBURG--Work began Monday to remove the two pieces of a grounded Japanese ship that leaked tons of oil into the protected coast of the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius and broke apart.

Residents and environmentalists alike wondered why authorities didn't act more quickly after the ship ran aground July 25 on a reef. Mauritius says the ship, the MV Wakashio, was carrying nearly ...