What should we learn from another Northwest Passage close call? – Cabin Radio
September 23, 2025
A commercial freighter that ran aground in the Northwest Passage earlier this month is the latest in a string of Arctic shipping incidents where experts say luck prevented a worse outcome.
On September 6, the Dutch-owned cargo ship MV Thamesborg was transporting industrial carbon blocks from China to Quebec when it hit a shoal in the Franklin Strait, which lies between Prince of Wales Island and the Nunavut mainland.
Another commercial vessel was soon directed to the scene, followed by two Canadian Coast Guard icebreakers.
