Japan turns down Greenpeace help on whaling ship

PhilipShore

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sat Feb-17-07 01:05 AM
Original message

Japan turns down Greenpeace help on whaling ship

Reuters
Feb 17, 2007

http://www.reuters.com/article/gc06/idUST15518220070217

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has turned down an offer from Greenpeace to tow a whaling ship that caught fire off the Antarctic coast, recalling that activists of the conservation group had boarded the same vessel almost a decade ago.

The fire broke out the Nisshin Maru, the 8,000 ton flagship of the Japan whaling fleet, on Thursday, sparking fears that it could spill oil or chemicals.

Maritime authorities said anti-whaling protesters in the Southern Ocean, which clashed with the whalers earlier in the week, were not involved.

Greenpeace had offered on Friday to tow the stricken boat with its converted salvage ship Esperanza as the Nisshin Maru wallowed without power less than 100 nautical miles from the world's largest Adelie penguin colony.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Name removed

(0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sat Feb-17-07 01:16 AM
Response to Original message

1. Deleted sub-thread

Sub-thread removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

Eugene

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sat Feb-17-07 03:50 AM
Response to Original message

2. AP: Japanese Whaling Ship Back on Even Keel

Associated Press
Japanese Whaling Ship Back on Even Keel
By RAY LILLEY 02.17.07, 1:31 AM ET

A Japanese whaling ship stranded in Antarctic waters was on an even keel Saturday
after pumps cleared water used to douse the fire that crippled it, a government
official said.

-snip-

New Zealand officials and environmentalists have expressed concern that the Nisshin
Maru - left without engine power by the fire and carrying 132,000 gallons of heavy
oil and 211,000 gallons of furnace oil - could threaten the Antarctic's biggest
penguin rookery at Cape Adare, about 100 miles away.

Overnight, Nisshin Maru crew pumped out the water used in the firefighting effort
and a 3 degree list had been corrected, New Zealand rescue official Steve Corbett
said Saturday.

He said because the ship was virtually dead in the water, the main worry was that
it could founder if the sea became rough.It was secured to two other Japanese
whaling vessels but they would have limited control if the seas rose, Corbett said.

-snip-

Full article: http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/02/17/ap3436105.html

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

DU AdBot (1000+ posts)

Tue Apr 30th 2024, 02:34 AM
Response to Original message

Advertisements [?]

Top

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.