Greenpeace Activists Mark Shadow Tanker As ‘Risk’ In Protest Off Denmark

Greenpeace activists have carried out a protest against a sanctioned shadow chemical tanker, Prosperity, off the coast of Denmark, painting the word “RISK” in large yellow letters on its hull while it was underway.

The protest was aimed at drawing attention to the environmental hazards posed by aging tankers transporting Russian oil, as the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nears.

A team of 15 Greenpeace members from Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Poland, and Ukraine took part in the operation.

Using at least one rigid high-speed boat, they managed to reach the tanker, spray-painting the warning sign while others held banners with messages like “Oil Kills.”

Prosperity is a 40,000-deadweight-ton (dwt) chemical tanker built in 2006. Previously named NS Pride, it was operated by Russia’s state-owned Sovcomflot before sanctions were imposed to disrupt Russian oil shipments.

In early 2024, the vessel was reflagged to Gabon, and by November, it changed its identity again, registering under the Barbados flag.

According to Greenpeace, Prosperity left the Russian port of Primorsk on February 8 with 40,000 metric tons of oil and is …

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