“Environmental” radicals attacked Dutch dredger with stones and Molotov cocktails

QUEEN OF NETHERLANDS

Hopper dredger QUEEN OF NETHERLANDS, owned by BOSKALIS WESTMINSTER SHIPPING B.V. and operated by BOSKALIS Indonesia, was attacked by boats with hundreds of fishermen and “activists” on Sep 12 off Makassar Port, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, when the ship was sailing to her new dredging or sand-mining site in waters of Takalar Regency, southernmost Sulawesi. The ship was shelled with stones and Molotov cocktails, which ignited several fires on board. Protesters also cut several pneumatic cables....

https://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2020/30909/environmental-radicals-attacked-dutch-dredger-ston/

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