Seven climate stickers from Extinction Rebellion blocked the locks of IJmuiden in the night from Friday to Saturday, stopping the cruise ship Jewel of the Seas.
Around 3:00 a.m., seven activists chained and glued themselves to the lock.
The activists called their action “a direct indictment of the scandalous pollution caused by cruise shipping.”
They say they deliberately blocked the arrival of the gigantic cruise ship, the Jewel of the Seas.
On its website, Extinction Rebellion demands ‘in the midst of the devastating climate and ecological crisis, an immediate and total halt to the destructive cruise industry’.
At 7:00 a.m. on Saturday morning, the activists called it a day, reports the NOS.
Apparently, the glued and chained activists could easily free themselves or each other.
Because of the right to demonstrate, the police did not intervene.
“As long as no human lives are in danger, we do not necessarily have to intervene,” the police said. Buses However, there were approximately 2,000 affected passengers who were on their way to the Passenger Terminal Amsterdam by ship.
Some of them would fly home from Schiphol on an early flight.
Because the journey by ship to Amsterdam would now take too much time for passengers who had an early flight, it was decided to deploy 80 buses and trucks from all over the country.
A major logistical operation ensued, in which luggage was unloaded on the quay.
Afterwards, the passengers were transported to Amsterdam or Schiphol.
Conversely, at the end of the afternoon, passengers who were supposed to board in Amsterdam were taken by buses to IJmuiden.
This also applied to passengers who had booked a day trip to Amsterdam.
The Jewel of the Seas, which can carry 2,501 passengers and 859 crew members, is owned by Royal Caribbean International.
The ship is 293 meters long and 32 meters wide. Photo: The Jewel of the Seas earlier this year in Southampton, England.
Photo for illustration purposes (Photo: Shutterstock).
