Collision!

Last night a passing ship collided with us while we were at anchor. I had only been asleep for an hour, so I didn't wake up. But most of the crew ran out of bed to see what happened. They were just in time to see a huge barge sailing away.

The watch keeper just did his round, and when he walked on the middle deck he saw four giant lights directly heading our way. Apparently the captain dozed away and woke just in time to turn the wheel 90 degrees. His rear end hit our bow. It could have been worse! In the morning we checked the damage and luckily it's not that bad. But we need to work on it.

We still are at anchor for Bombay harbor. And we're still not allowed in. We had a crew meeting to talk about campaign strategies. We're almost at the end of the 'toxics patrol' tour. It seems a little confusing that we're not allowed in. This is because Greenpeace is campaigning to make the shipbreaking industry a cleaner and more profitable industry. We're here to help and support India.

At this moment the IMO is having her annual meeting. Here India asked for a global mandatory regime to make sure that the ship owners will be responsible to make their ships toxic- free. This is exactly what Greenpeace is campaigning for. So hopefully the Bombay authorities will understand soon that we're not the enemy.

In a afternoon we saw a dead turtle drifting by. It was one of the saddest things I've seen in a while. We all were very affected seeing her drifting on her back. Hope to never see this again...