At high seas off Alang

This morning we moved the Rainbow Warrior a few miles east, because we were within the port authority zone of Alang meaning we could be violating the port-rules. So now we're at high seas, in "no-mans-land". Just after we moved the ship we got a call from these port authorities. They wanted to pay us a courtesy visit, because we answered their request. This time it didn't take them so long to show up. Again there were a few people carrying guns, but at our request they didn't bring them on board.

They wanted to talk with our captain (Cosmo). To discuss what we needed to perform our research. In short: we need permission from the home ministry, the ministry of shipping and the ministry of environment all seated in New Delhi. If we have permission from these ministries, the port authority guaranteed us that we could do our "toxic patrols".

We had asked a local agent in Bãvnagar to help us with customs, immigration and the port authorities. But the port authority told us that it seems that this agent doesn't want to represent us anymore. This makes it harder for us to do what we're here for: to perform "toxic patrols" in a legal way.

To be continued...