June 14, 2008
Greenpeace activists boarded the Yang Ming Success and prevented the offloading of an illegal container of waste electronic devices (e-waste) from Port of Oakland in the United States, on its way to Sanshui district in mainland China, via Hong Kong. Activists unfurled a banner reading, “Toxic waste not welcomed here,” and demanded that Hong Kong authorities refuse entry of the container and return it to the US.