EPA assesses damage to Fuvahmulah reef from grounded ship
The Environment Protection Agency is assessing the damage caused to the Fuvahmulah reef after a Vietnamese cargo ship ran aground on the southern island’s lagoon.
18 Sep 2016, 9:00 AM
The Environment Protection Agency is assessing damage caused to the Fuvahmulah reef after a Vietnamese cargo ship ran aground on the southern island’s lagoon.
An EPA official told local media that a team arrived in Fuvahmulah today to assess the damage with the help of a Singaporean crew that completed salvaging the vessel last Thursday.
The MV NGOC Sun was carrying construction material for a water and sanitation project when it ran aground on Fuvahmulah’s southwestern reef on August 14.
About 5,000 tonnes of construction aggregate and river sand were dumped onto the reef with the approval of the EPA after previous efforts to salvage the 102-meter-long carrier failed.
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