Shell icebreaker bound for Portland
Protests are expected to greet vessel
EO Media Group: 24 July 2015
Royal Dutch Shell’s MSV Fennica icebreaker vessel passed through Astoria Friday evening and picked up a U.S. Coast Guard escort on its way up the Columbia River to Portland.
The vessel, which suffered a 39-inch gash in its hull and is bound for a Portland shipyard for repairs, is expected to be met by protesters concerned about Shell’s exploration of the high Arctic for oil and gas.
“The ship was on its way to support Shell’s drilling fleet as the company commences putting in two exploratory wells 70 miles off the coast of Alaska. The Chukchi Sea’s icy waters make it far too dangerous to drill without icebreaker ships in support,” according to Sightline, an online news source.
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