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A ship is bound for Finnish ports in the northern Bay of Bothnia during the winter. What is a typical ice class restriction?

She would have to have a classification society’s ice class equivalent to Finnish-Swedish ice class IA and a minimum deadweight of 4000 dwt. There may also be a restriction on the amount of cargo loaded in a Finnish port.

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A ship is bound for ports in the southwest of Finland during the winter. What is a typical ice class restriction in this case?

Why are ice class restrictions imposed on ships in ice regions, such as the Baltic?