#Greenpeace boards ship in bid to halt delivery of UK-bound #VW #diesel cars
▻https://www.reuters.com/article/legal-volkswagen-emissions-britain/greenpeace-boards-ship-in-bid-to-halt-delivery-of-uk-bound-vw-diesel-cars-i
Greenpeace activists unfurl a banner on a ship carrying Volkswagen vehicles for import as it sails on the Thames Estuary near the port of Sheerness, Britain, September 21, 2017.
Kristian Buus/Greenpeace handout via REUTERS
Greenpeace activists boarded a ship arriving in Britain on Thursday to stop the delivery of more than 1,000 Volkswagen cars from Germany while others sought to immobilise vehicles at a port in anti-diesel protests.
VW admitted cheating diesel emissions tests in 2015, triggering political and consumer pressure that has caused a slump in sales of diesel cars in major markets, with governments announcing plans to ban vehicles powered by conventional combustion engines.
Greenpeace said its volunteers had boarded the ship in the Thames Estuary in an attempt to stop it unloading at the port of Sheerness in the southeast of England.
The ship had moved to an anchorage point off the coast of Margate on Thursday afternoon, VW said.
Two Greenpeace activists were still on board, having unfurled a banner with the words “Ditch Diesel” alongside an image of a young girl suffering from a respiratory illness, a spokesman for the environmental pressure group said.
Le navire, non cité dans l’article est le Elbe Highway, sous pavillon des Bermudes, annonce un trajet retour de Sheerness à Emden, mais est en route vers le sud devant Margate.
