Greenpeace unwelcome

October 28, 2003

SP Times

The Port of Miami refused to allow a Greenpeace ship to dock Monday, saying it poses security problems.

Greenpeace, an environmental activist group, requested a one-week berth for the 237-foot Esperanza, a retrofitted Soviet navy icebreaker used to highlight its campaigns. It wanted to resupply the ship, change its crew and conduct onboard tours.
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The request to dock originally was denied in early October. Juan Kuryla, an assistant port director, said port officials decided the ship poses “undue security concerns.”

In an Oct. 14 letter to Greenpeace, port director Charles A. Towsley cited the ship’s intention to hold tours in a restricted area of the port and “an apparent inability, or unwillingness, to abide by applicable laws and security regulations” to explain the denial.

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