重油流出船、亀裂拡大　モーリシャス沖、破断の恐れ―商船三井

　商船三井は１０日、インド洋の島国モーリシャス沖で座礁し、大量の重油が流出する事故を起こした同社手配の貨物船「ＷＡＫＡＳＨＩＯ」について、船体の亀裂が拡大していると明らかにした。亀裂がさらに広がれば船体が破断する恐れもあるという。
　同社は１１日、現地に６人の社員を派遣し、情報収集や流出した重油の回収支援などに当たる。
　一方、現地警察は現地時間９日、同船の船員を同行させ、船に立ち入った。船体の状況を確認するとともに、事故調査に向け運航記録などを回収したとみられる。（2020/08/10-21:45）

A crack on a bulk carrier that has run aground off Mauritius, an Indian Ocean island country, and spilled a large mount of fuel oil, is growing bigger, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. , which chartered the ship, said Monday.
   The Wakashio freighter, owned by Nagashiki Shipping Co., which is based in the city of Kasaoka, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, could break up if the crack grows further, according to Mitsui O.S.K.
   Mitsui O.S.K. will send six employees to the site on Tuesday for gathering information about the incident and helping the ongoing work to collect the spilled oil.
   Meanwhile, Mauritius police entered the Wakashio with crew members of the vessel on Sunday local time, apparently to check the condition of the vessel and seize navigation logs and other items needed for their investigation of the incident.
   The large bulk carrier ran aground on July 25 while on its way to Brazil from China, and fuel oil was confirmed leaking from the ship on Thursday.