The MY Arctic Sunrise is an icebreaker operated by Greenpeace.
Trimaran greenpeace. The International Yachting Media is the reference point for boating in the world. 2 400 kW 540 hp Cummins Mercruiser. The vessel was built in 1975 and has a gross tonnage of 949 tonnes a length of 50 m and a maximum speed of 13 knots 24 kmh.
Both sides blamed each other for the incident and Maritime NZ launched a subsequent. 12000 nautical miles 22224 km from 12000 litres 2640 imp gal of fuel capacity. Donated 15 million to buy the ill-fated trimaran.
MV Brigitte Bardot formerly MV Gojira Rat Race Media Adventurer Ocean 7 Adventurer and Cable and Wireless Adventurer is a unique high-tech 35 m 115 ft stabilized monohull twin diesel engine powered vessel designed by Nigel IrensConstruction of the vessel began in June 1997 and she was launched on 16 March 1998. The lightning-fast trimaran that holds the world record for global circumnavigation is joining the International environmental organization Sea Shepherd. The official naming ceremony took place on 3 April 1998 in Londons West.
After three days of obstructing the whale hunt by placing inflatable zodiacs between whales and the harpoon the Nisshin Maru rammed the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise. The Earthrace boat isnt some Greenpeace sponsored treehugging tug. The Ady Gil had 35m of its bow sheared off in the collision and Aucklander Simeon Houtman suffered broken ribs.
This protest action about French testing in Mururoa attracted even more attention in the 1970s with Greenpeace vessels travelling to Mururoa in 1972 to protest against testing. Last weekend a protest action of Greenpeace against deep-sea oil drillings off the Canary Islands got out of control with violent attacks of the Spanish Coast Guard ramming the ribs of the environental activists several times. Protest against nuclear testing in the Pacific began as early as the 1960s in New Zealand with many people concerning themselves with the French testing in particular.
The demonstration began on September 10 when Greenpeace anchored its sailing ship the Rainbow Warrior blocking the entrance to the port of Brofjorden located in western Sweden on the North Sea. The new Rainbow Warrior will bring the Greenpeace fleet to six ocean-going ships as big as the navies of many island states such as Madagascar the Seychelles the Maldives and Mauritius. 32 knots 593 kmh Range.