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| Subject: Whalers say activists ruined refuelling Wed Feb 27, 2013 4:28 am | |
| Japanese whalers are angrily renewing demands for action to restrain Sea Shepherd activists after what was claimed to be sabotage of refuelling operations off the Australian Antarctic Territory.
Following five hours of intense conflict, the factory ship Nisshin Maru abandoned its latest attempt to refuel from the tanker Sun Laurel on Monday night.
Sea Shepherd is sabotaging [the] refuelling operation, which is essential for safe navigation of ships.
During clashes among scattered icebergs north-west of Australia's Davis base, the Sea Shepherd vessels Bob Barker and Sam Simon suffered superstructure damage in collisions with the Nisshin Maru and Sun Laurel.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/whalers-say-activists-ruined-refuelling-20130226-2f44u.html#ixzz2M5eJpAIQ
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