Environmental group Greenpeace claimed avessel named as Alma is heading to Japan with the controversial 2,000-ton Icelandicfin whale cargo.

Satellite data indicates it is the 194,620–cbf Alma(built 1997), which was off the South African coast on Sunday and has a destinationlisted as Tokyo.

Greenpeace gathered a petition of 21,000people who called on port authorities to deny it entry.

It wants other African ports to alsorefuse it a berth.

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