Shell’s Arctic icebreaker damaged in Alaska
Shell's contracted ice management vessel, the MSV Fennica, is being examined by marine experts, but it is uncertain how quickly a breach in its hull can be repaired and whether this will delay the...
View ArticleCoast Guard probing cause of gash in Shell-contracted icebreaker
In the Alaska port of Dutch Harbor on Thursday, workers were considering how to fix the damage to the MSV Fennica, which was discovered by crew members and a marine harbor pilot on July 3.
View ArticleDamaged Arctic icebreaker’s route questioned
Newly analyzed marine tracking data shows a Shell-contracted icebreaker may have crossed through shallow waters that offered it little clearance.
View ArticleEnvironmentalists insist feds must block Shell’s Arctic drilling while...
Shell is counting on the Fennica to keep ice at bay during normal drilling operations as well as any oil spill response, noted 10 environmental groups in a letter to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell.
View ArticleDamaged Shell icebreaker arrives in Oregon for repairs
Environmental activists in Portland are protesting the arrival of the Fennica, a vessel that Royal Dutch Shell plans to use in its Arctic offshore drilling project after it's repaired.
View ArticleActivists rappel off Oregon bridge to stop Shell icebreaker
The Royal Dutch Shell PLC icebreaker Fennica arrived in Portland for repairs last week. The vessel was damaged earlier this month in the Aleutian Islands when it struck an underwater obstruction,...
View ArticleObama administration gives OK to Shell to drill deeper in Arctic
Shell has already been drilling the well for more than two weeks. But BSEE had ordered the company to halt after completing the top 3,000 feet, because critical emergency equipment were not nearby to...
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