As SASI went to press a delicate operation was under way to free a bulk carrier from a coral reef off northeast Mauritius.Panama-flagged 34,942dwt bulker Angel 1, built in 1984 and operated by Vandomar Management of Greece, was carrying 32,000 tonnes of bagged rice from Kohsichang, China, to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, when it suffered engine failure on 5 August and was forced to anchor 2.7nm off the village of Poudre d'Or.
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