Will a ship carrying Australian cargo get stuck… in ice?

Pictured: the Russian icebreaker “капитан уадаев” (Captain Chadaev) which operates in the Russian Arctic Circle. Photo credit: Anton Kraev via Unsplash.

A bit of an unlikely question for Australians, right? Wrong. Or, at least, it could well be wrong in the not-too-distant future.

Europe-Asia… and thence to Australia

About 15 per cent of all of Australia’s containerised cargo comes from / goes to Europe. Containers are normally transhipped into / out of Australia via Singapore or Port Klang...

https://shippingaustralia.com.au/will-a-ship-carrying-australian-cargo-get-stuck-in-ice/

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