Greenpeace protest: Icebreaker reverses course; St. Johns Bridge reopens.

The Shell Oil icebreaker MSV Fennica moved out of dry dock, environmental activists and protesters pinched the Willamette River's shipping channel and Portland police closed traffic across the St. Johns Bridge on Thursday morning.

The moves set the stage for a showdown involving Greenpeace protesters who are hanging from the bridge and floating on the Willamette River with the goal of blocking the ship from moving out of Portland and returning to the Arctic where it has been part of oil-drilling operations.

Within two hours, the ship had turned around and headed back upstream toward downtown Portland, protesters celebrated a first victory and police allowed traffic to return to the bridge during the morning commute's busiest hours.



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