MV Portland
CARGO carrier MV Portland will remain docked in the city until its crew decide to sail.
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Alcoa own the ship but announced plans to sell it and use a foreign flagged charter ship on the Victoria-Western Australia route.
The move will cost the 19 locally based seafarers their jobs.
Last Sunday, the crew refused to sail Portland to Singapore. The Fair Work Commission ordered the crew back to work on Saturday after a week of industrial action, but so far the order has been ignored.