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Old Sep 7, 2016 | 7:51 am
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Badenoch
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Originally Posted by YVR Cockroach
One hazard of travelling on a freighter is being stuck due to port strikes, or, as a recent example, the line's bankruptcy. Hanjin, a Korean line (owned by the same corporate parent as KE FWIW), went insolvent over the weekend stranding the goods, crew and possibly passengers on 85 ships. You still have to pay even if stranded onboard!
You can face the same risk if there's an airport strike or if an airline goes bankrupt.

Freighter travel interests me. The joys of sea travel minus the odious "cruise culture."
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