The continuing effort by activist groups to interrupt the shipment of military supplies to Israel took a new turn as an activist group demanded that Spain stop permitting port calls for Maersk Line, Limited ships. The groups calling themselves Progressive International and the Palestinian Youth Movement pointed to at least 25 shipments that were aboard vessels making port calls at Port Algeciras.
A member of the Spanish Congress of Deputies and secretary-general of the Communist Party of Spain Enrique Santiago also stepped into the controversy sending a letter to Spain’s Attorney General calling for two Maersk Line, Limited vessels currently sailing toward the Mediterranean to be denied port calls in Spain.
