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Trans Mountain protesters rappelled from Vancouver’s Ironworkers Memorial Bridge as part of an aerial blockade of oil-tanker traffic on Tuesday.

Seven climbers suspended themselves from the span connecting North Vancouver and Vancouver as part of the protest, according to Greenpeace Canada. Five others were in place on the bridge to help support the seven climbers.

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The dozen protestors spent the day in place and Greenpeace spokesperson Jesse Firempong said they planned to remain there overnight.

“The blockade is an act of peaceful resistance to the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline and tanker project,” Greenpeace said in a statement Tuesday morning.

“It comes on the heels of months of escalating resistance led by Indigenous communities and supporters across Canada and around the world.”

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Firempong said seven suspended climbers blocked oil-tanker traffic moving under the bridge, including the Serene Sea, which she said Greenpeace understood was scheduled to depart the Trans Mountain terminal in Burnaby Tuesday morning.