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Greenpeace Statement on the Departure of the Disabled Whaling Ship Nisshin Maru

24 February 2007

At approximately 17.30 (New Zealand Daylight Time) the expedition leader of the Japanese government whaling fleet radioed the Greenpeace ship Esperanza to say the disabled Nisshin Maru plans to start sailing in three hours.

Greenpeace blockades the Panamanian flagged cargo vessel Probo Koala in the harbour of Paldiski in Estonia. On 19th August this year the Probo Koala unloaded a toxic waste shipment in the town Abidjan of the Ivory Coast. A shipment that killed 7 people and injured 55,000 people. Enlarge Image

Greenpeace condemns Trafigura-Cote d’Ivoire deal as travesty of justice

19 February 2007

Greenpeace condemns the deal struck between the Presidency of the Cote d’Ivoire and the Trafigura group. Trafigura will reportedly pay € 152 million towards clean-up costs, without accepting liability or responsibility for the dumping of highly toxic chemical wastes from their ship, the Probo Koala.(1) In return, the President has agreed to drop all charges against the company and its executives (who will now be released from prison) and undertaken not to pursue any further financial claims against the Trafigura.

The MY Esperanza in the Southern Ocean. The Greenpeace vessel is on its way to offer assistance to the Japanese Whaling fleet's factory ship Nisshin Mauru after it caught fire. Greenpeace has offered to tow the factory ship out of the Whale Sanctuary and the pristine Antarctic Environment. Enlarge Image

Greenpeace Ready To Tow Stricken Japanese Whaling Ship Out of Danger and Prevent Potential Environmental Disaster in Antarctica

16 February 2007

The Greenpeace ship, Esperanza is less than twenty-four hours sailing from the disabled whaling factory ship, Nisshin Maru and has made a commitment to the fleet to assist the crew in any way possible and make an environmental impact assessment if needed. One crewmember of the Nisshin Maru is still missing and it is reported that the ship could be carrying approximately 1,000 tons of oil. The vessel is reported to be disabled less than 100 nautical miles from the largest Adelie penguin colony in the world.

We Love Japan, But Whaling Breaks Our Hearts

14 February 2007

Greenpeace activists took to the streets across the globe on Valentine's Day to send a message of love to Japan from twenty different countries, while at the same time demanding the government end high seas whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.

Greenpeace Condemns Violence in the Southern Ocean

12 February 2007

This afternoon the Greenpeace vessel Esperanza received a distress call from the Japanese whaling fleet's unarmed sighting vessel, the Kaiko Maru. The Esperanza offered immediate assistance, heading at full speed to their position.

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