The world's beaches are in trouble!
Shipbreaking takes place in poor countries, where once pretty beaches in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Turkey are turned into ship graveyards. However, old ships contain hazardous substances such as asbestos, lead paint and PCBs, which are released into the environment. The Rainbow Warrior is in India to visit the shipbreaking yards. Evedien from the Netherlands is on board....
November 21, 2003
Make the Rainbow Warrior shine
Although we're still looking for 'end of life' ships coming in to Alang, a lot of work still needs to be done to maintain the Rainbow Warrior. Today I joined the crew and did some deck work. I started working on the boom together with Lesley and Lama. All the rusty paint needed to be scrapped off in preparation for a new coat of paint. Others were sanding wood, painting, deck washing.
Besides the necessary deck work, the preparation for our toxic patrols also continued. Grant and Adarsh worked on floating banners, in case a ship with destination Alang shows up. We'll see what we can do here, at high seas. The fact of us just being here has a huge impact on the political level. It would be great to have the opportunity to show these people how a toxic patrol should be done on these toxic ships. Meanwhile we keep on working to make the Rainbow Warrior shine!