According to the AFP agency, the activists tied themselves to the lock, the blocking of which prevented the ship from leaving the port. “Serenade of the Seas”The unit has 1,000 cabins and takes on board almost two and a half thousand passengers.
Activists from the organization Extinction Rebellion Nederland On the lock they painted the slogan “deadly oil, stop cruise ships”. They broadcast their action on the Internet. The blockade lasted several hours.
The Dutch news agency ANP reports that the police intervened at the site at around 5:00 p.m. The lock was cleared eight demonstrators. They were initially detained, but ultimately no one was arrested and all were released, a police spokesman told the agency.
Blockade of a ship in Amsterdam. This is another such action
The blockade of the ship lasted several hours, a port spokeswoman told AFP that the vessel was eventually able to resume its voyage. In the meantime, activists also managed to block the use of Amsterdam port tanker.
“We are protesting against the arrival of cruise ships and therefore against the harmful impact of cruise shipping on the climate. Cruise ships are ecological disaster and that's no exaggeration. They dump toxic waste into our waters, fill the atmosphere with carbon dioxide and are deadly to marine life,” the activists wrote on social media.
Public broadcaster NOS points out that a similar situation occurred a week agowhen two thousand passengers had to be evacuated from another ship.
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