The action of Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise passes through the locks at IJmuiden. © anp.
Greenpeace Russian tanker Mikhail Ulyanov should not interfere in the port of Rotterdam. The judge decided Saturday night that hamper on arrival, unloading and departure of the ship is prohibited. Greenpeace is doing that anyway, it costs the organization as campaign director Joris Thijssen 50,000 at a time with a maximum of one ton.
Crewmembers of the action ship Arctic Sunrise are welcomed. The ship became world famous after Russian Coast Guard boarded it and put the chain in Murmansk. © anp. 
© anp. Greenpeace wanted to campaign against the extraction of oil in the Arctic. The tanker that will soon arrive in Rotterdam, transporting such oil. Or is going to be, there are now claimed in a different way is not yet clear. “It is in the nature of Greenpeace to ensure that the oil does not arrive,” said Thijssen.
The lawsuit was filed by Gazprom, the company that wins the oil. Greenpeace now waiting for the explanation of the verdict. On that basis, the organization might go, even if it takes a few months before that would serve.
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The Arctic Sunrise was involved in the appeal action and is off the coast near the port of Rotterdam. It is unclear whether the ship remains there now. It would be the first time that the ship is engaged, since last September was laid in the Russian port of Murmansk. Chained again That happened when the crew campaigned against the extraction of Arctic oil at an oil rig.
The crew came in December 2013 released, but the ship was until this summer at the port in the north of Russia. When the ship was released, it had to be repaired to sail to Amsterdam. Locally Also, there was a considerable time in a dry dock for repairs. In total there was certainly 400,000 worth of damage to the old icebreaker.
Greenpeace argued in May, even when the Mikhail Ulyanov docked in Rotterdam. When Greenpeace tried to prevent the first Arctic oil cargo was discharged in vain.
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