Video will play in Play now Don't auto playNever auto playGreenpeace yesterday intercepted the world's largest seismic oil ship off the Wairarapa coast. The environmental group said in a statement it located the 125m ship Amazon Warrior while it searched for oil on behalf of Statoil and Chevron. Greenpeace crews travelled some 50 nautical miles in two rigid-hulled inflatable vessel in order to intercept the ship. Greenpeace campaigner Kate Simcock radioed the Amazon Warrior from one of the vessels to deliver an open letter of protest signed by over 60,000 New Zealanders, the organisation said. The Amazon Warrior had two support vessels circling it, "acting as guard dogs of its behemoth seismic array", Greenpeace said.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 14, 2017 03:39 UTC