A collective blocks the entrance to the largest liner in the world in Marseille

Twenty activists in canoes blocked Tuesday morning for 1:30 the entrance to the

, the largest liner in the world, in the port of Marseille, we learned from activists from the collective Stop Croisières and the port. .

Attached to a floating water tank, a dozen canoes had been stationed since 7:30 a.m. at the entrance to the cruise port to prevent the entry of the ship, before the intervention of the maritime gendarmerie.

The

finally docked around 9:30 a.m., one hour behind schedule for a stopover during the day, a spokeswoman for the Grand Port Maritime de Marseille told AFP.

More than road emissions

According to the site marinetraffic.com,

, 362 meters long and belonging to the shipowner Royal Caribbean, is now effectively docked, as well as the MSC Orchestra, of the Italian-Swiss group Mediterranean Shipping Company, also temporarily blocked.

The activists are calling for "concrete actions in the face of this cruise industry" and the air pollution it induces, particularly in the northern districts of Marseille which border the port, explained to AFP a member of the collective who organized this action with Extinction Rebellion.

“We no longer want to see the

in the harbor of Marseille,” she insisted.

On Saturday, a hundred people demonstrated in the Marseille city to denounce air pollution, which would lead to some 2,500 premature deaths each year.

In the second city of France, emissions of nitrogen oxides of maritime origin – 20% of which are due to cruise ships – exceeded road emissions for the first time in 2018, according to the organization AtmoSud.

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