The international activists, equipped with protective safety gear, launched from the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior on RHIBs (rigid-hulled inflatable boats), boarded the tanker Buena Alba at 9.30am and set up on the tanker’s mast. Other activists painted the words "Plastic kills" onto the side of the tanker with washable paint.

Amid Greenpeace’s action, at the multilateral meeting in Busan, oil-producing countries are holding back a deal to cut plastic production.