The former president of Concordia Maritime and immediate past chairman of Intertanko casts his vote in the TradeWinds' poll on the growing involvement of Greek and other warm water shipowners in the ice class trades.

Lars Carlsson writes:

The traditional ice class operators have a huge advantage as their organisations have an understanding for ice, ice navigation, ice convoys, poor weather conditions and all other hazards involved in safe navigation in winter conditions.

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