Anti-coal activists cause havoc by blocking two ports for second day

Climate activists in Brisbane and Melbourne floor main roads into two of Australia’s greatest ports to a halt this morning, freezing the move of all exports and imports.

For the second day in a row, Blockade Australia shut down operations at Port of Brisbane and Port of Melbourne by hanging activists off harnesses which have been suspended over key entry factors.

At 9.15 AEST, the person blocking Port of Melbourne was but to be taken down by police, whereas the Brisbane activist had been delivered to floor after two hours of disruption.

Trucks cannot drop freight at major ports this morning after climate activists blocked key roads. — Trucks can’t drop freight at main ports this morning after local weather activists blocked key roads. (Supplied)

The move of all items out and in of each ports was abruptly stopped, inflicting extreme disruption to produce strains.

Speaking to 9News, one pissed off truck driver languishing in an extended line of backed up visitors mentioned the activists have been inflicting extra hurt than good.

“You’re putting this many people’s lives at stakes and their daily earnings,” he mentioned.

Another driver referred to as it a “waste of time”, whereas one truckie urged the activists to think about him at 10pm tonight “when I’m still working and they’re at home in bed”.

Blockade Australia yesterday froze operations at Port of Newcastle, the largest coal port on the earth, on a day of “coordinated” protests “in response to Australia’s facilitation of the climate and ecological crisis,” the group declared.

They need the federal government to cease the export of coal and take better motion to chop the nation’s carbon emissions.

With the third largest reserves of coal on the earth, Australia is the second largest coal exporter on the planet.