Greenpeace protesters dangle from ropes off St. Johns Bridge to stop Arctic drilling ship [View all]
Source: Portland Oregonian
By Stuart Tomlinson | The Oregonian/OregonLive
on July 29, 2015 at 11:30 AM, updated July 29, 2015 at 11:32 AM
Saying they have enough supplies to last for days, a group of 13 Greenpeace USA activists rappelled off the St. Johns Bridge over the Willamette River early Wednesday in an effort to block a Shell Oil Arctic icebreaker from leaving Portland.
11:30 a.m. UPDATE: Shell Oil's icebreaker MSV Fennica remains at the Vigor Industrial dry dock on North Portland's Swan Island. A security patrol boat is floating just to the north of the dock area. There are no indications the ship will be leaving anytime soon and heading north along the Willamette and under the St. Johns Bridge.
Greenpeace activists rappel off the St Johns Bridge, and join people in kayaks in the Willamette river to protest Shell Oil's drilling in the Arctic. Shell's Fennica ship is being repaired at Vigor Industrial, on July 29, 2015. Mike Zacchino/Staff
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Protesters rappel from Portland bridge seeking to keep Shell icebreaker from departing
The “Shell No” campaign moved to Portland on Wednesday, as demonstrators rappelling off a bridge and “kayakctivists” in the water sought to block departure of a Shell-leased icebreaker that has a vital role to play in the oil giant’s Arctic drilling plans.
The 380-foot Fennica remained, for the moment, at the Vigor Industries dry dock in North Portland, where it arrived Saturday for repair of a 39-inch gash in its hull. The gash was acquired when the icebreaker hit an uncharted shoal, as it began the 1,000 mile journey from Dutch Harbor in the Aleutians to Shell’s oil drilling site in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea.
Activists hang under the St. Johns Bridge in Portland, Ore., in an attempt to block the Shell leased icebreaker, MSV Fennica Wednesday. The climbers are currently preventing the ship from passing underneath the bridge on its way to meet Shell’s drilling fleet. The climbers have enough supplies to last for several days. According to the latest federal permit, the Fennica must be at Shell’s drill site before Shell can reapply for federal approval to drill deep enough for oil in the Chukchi Sea.
Craig Mitchelldyer
It looks like a Conde B. McCullough bridge, but apparently it is not. The St. Johns Bridge was designed by David B. Steinman.
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