Greenpeace Activists Disrupts Indonesian Palm Oil Shipment. Press Release, Greenpeace International, November 10, 2008. "In the latest stage of the [Greenpeace ship] Esperanza's Forest for Climate tour around south-east Asia, activists have arrived in Dumai, Indonesia to block a palm oil shipment from departing for Europe. The shipment was supposed to leave from Dumai, a large port on the eastern coast of Sumatra and Indonesia's main palm oil export port. Activists from the Esperanza left to expose three palm oil tankers anchored in Dumai port. Despite the crew of one ship blasting the activists with fire hoses, the team managed to paint 'Forest Crime' and 'Climate Crime' on the hull of all three ships, as well as the side of a barge loaded with timber from the rainforest. The largest ship to receive a new coat of paint was the Gran Couva, bound for Rotterdam in the Netherlands with 27,000 metric tonnes of palm oil from Wilmar, one of the largest palm oil companies in Indonesia."
2008-11-11
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