ACTIVISTS for greenpeace Nordic were harassing bunker vessels to stymie the Russian oil trade they call a 'ticking environmental bomb' for the Baltic Sea, reported Fort Lauderdale's Maritime Executive.
Using two small rubber boats, the activists painted the messages 'Oil is War,' and 'People Want Peace,' on the hull of the 8,000-dwt tanker Zircone.
The protest followed a report by SVT Nyheter, Sweden's biggest TV network, that alleges the bunker vessel is fueling the shadow fleet of tankers transporting Russian oil.
The broadcaster reported that the bunker vessel which operates out of Latvia and is owned by an Estonian company has been operating for the past few months off the coast of Gotland, a Swedish island that is alongside the main shipping channel in the Baltic.
SVT's analysis said over the past two months 56 vessels had been refueled of which they contend 52 were either sailing to or from Russia. They said the majority of the refueling was for tankers in the so-called shadow fleet operating from the Russian oil terminal of Primorsk.
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Using two small rubber boats, the activists painted the messages 'Oil is War,' and 'People Want Peace,' on the hull of the 8,000-dwt tanker Zircone.
The protest followed a report by SVT Nyheter, Sweden's biggest TV network, that alleges the bunker vessel is fueling the shadow fleet of tankers transporting Russian oil.
The broadcaster reported that the bunker vessel which operates out of Latvia and is owned by an Estonian company has been operating for the past few months off the coast of Gotland, a Swedish island that is alongside the main shipping channel in the Baltic.
SVT's analysis said over the past two months 56 vessels had been refueled of which they contend 52 were either sailing to or from Russia. They said the majority of the refueling was for tankers in the so-called shadow fleet operating from the Russian oil terminal of Primorsk.
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