The environmental group Greenpeace has reached an out-of-court settlement with Shell after protesters boarded one of its North Sea installations.
The charity has agreed to pay £300,000 to the RNLI after campaigners climbed onto the floating production vessel while it was being transported to the Penguins field last year. Shell originally sued for £1.7million in damages,
Greenpeace activists boarded the White Marlin ship north of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic in January 2023 and occupied it for 13 days.
Following the settlement, Greenpeace said it would continue to campaign against Shell, including in the North Sea.
A Shell spokesperson said: "Shell is pleased that the dispute has been settled and that a payment in lieu of the costs it incurred can benefit a charity working on safety at sea.
"For Shell, the right to protest is fundamental and has never been at issue. Instead, this case was about an illegal boarding by protesters which a High Court judge described as "putting their lives and, indirectly, the lives of the crew at risk".
"He was also clear that Greenpeace could still protest from a safe distance and their human rights were not infringed."
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