Icelandic cargo ship Alma carrying 2,000 tons of fin whale meat skipped the port of Durban in South Africa after a campaign to protest against whaling. According to the website of The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) environmental organisation, Greenpeace, has asked the South African government to put pressure on African port cities not to accept the ship for resupplying.
Alma left the port of Hafnarfjörður town in Iceland on March 21 heading to Japan with the largest consignment of fin whale meat out of Iceland in years. Instead of to sailing through the Suez- or Panama-canal the ship was diverted south of Africa, a much longer sailing route that is a familiar one for those transporting illegal or dangerous cargo. It's been suggested the route was chosen as an attempt to avoid raising the attention of anti-whaling groups Greenpeace and Sea Shepherd.
Last year, three large containers of fin whale meat were sent back to Iceland by the governments in Rotterdam, Netherlands and Hamburg, Germany.
Will the 2,000 tonnes of fin whale meat ever make it onto the Japanese market?
Icelandic cargo ship Alma carrying 2,000 tons of fin whale meat skipped the port of Durban in South Africa after a campaign to protest against whaling. According to the website of The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) environmental organisation, Greenpeace, has asked the South African government to put pressure on African port cities not to accept the ship for resupplying.
Alma left the port of Hafnarfjörður town in Iceland on March 21 heading to Japan with the largest consignment of fin whale meat out of Iceland in years. Instead of to sailing through the Suez- or Panama-canal the ship was diverted south of Africa, a much longer sailing route that is a familiar one for those transporting illegal or dangerous cargo. It's been suggested the route was chosen as an attempt to avoid raising the attention of anti-whaling groups Greenpeace and Sea Shepherd.
Last year, three large containers of fin whale meat were sent back to Iceland by the governments in Rotterdam, Netherlands and Hamburg, Germany.
