Several members of the environmental group Extinction Rebellion (XR) tied themselves to a seawall today, preventing a cruise ship from reaching the Dutch capital, until they were removed by the intervention of police, a spokeswoman for the Port of Amsterdam said. The Serenade of the Seas, a giant 1,000-cabin cruise ship, “can continue on its way to Amsterdam” after being blocked for hours by activists, said Carlin van Essen. “Oil kills, stop cruise ships,” the activists wrote on a banner they hung at the dam, to whose gates they tied themselves in the morning, according to footage broadcast live online. Due to the situation, another ship, an oil tanker, interrupted its route. Police intervened at around 18:00 (Greece time) and eight activists were “brought to a police station”, but were not arrested as they were all released shortly afterwards, according to the Dutch news agency ANP. It’s the second week in a row that activists have tried to stop large, polluting ships from docking […]
Source: News Beast
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