Greenpeace ship to confront Russian Arctic tanker

By Toby Sterling

Published April 28, 2014 12:05pm ET

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Greenpeace ship to confront Russian Arctic tanker — This image made available by environmental organization Greenpeace on Monday, April 28, 2014 shows the Mikhail Ulyanov oil tanker on its way from the Prirazlomnaya oil drilling platform in the Pechora Sea to Rotterdam, Netherlands. Greenpeace International said Monday it has sent the 'Rainbow Warrior III' to protest the arrival of the Russian-flagged tanker that is bringing the first oil produced at a new Russian offshore platform in the Arctic circle to Rotterdam. Greenpeace spokesman Arin de Hoog could not immediately say when the two vessels are expected to meet and what form the protest will take. (AP Photo/Dmitrij Leltschuk, Greenpeace) NO SALES NO ARCHIVE | Dmitrij Leltschuk

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Greenpeace International is sending out a ship to protest a tanker bringing the first oil produced at a new Russian offshore platform in the Arctic Circle to Rotterdam.

The environmental group said Monday it has sent the “Rainbow Warrior III” to meet the Mikhail Ulyanov, a tanker chartered by Russia’s state-controlled oil company, Gazprom OAO.

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