They’ll be tricky to start in the morning! New cars are delivered to Russian port caked in several inches of ice due to freak weather
- Cars were plated with a thick layer of frozen seawater on arrival in Vladivostok
- Vehicles had to be hoisted off the deck by a crane in temperatures of -19C (-2F)
- Local sea captain said sea water splashed on board and turned into a thick crust
- Crowds came out to witness the cars being lifted from Panama-registered ship
Dozens of cars have been delivered to a Russian port caked in several inches of ice due to freak weather.
Unusually cold and windy conditions meant the Toyotas and Hondas were plated with a thick layer of frozen seawater on arrival in Vladivostok on board the Sun Rio Ro-Ro cargo carrier.
The frozen vehicles had to be hoisted off the deck by a crane in temperatures of -19C (-2F) in Russia’s Pacific capital on Tuesday.
Some were clad in ice up to six inches thick, reports said.
A Sun Rio cargo ship is seen carrying Toyotas and Hondas from Japan plated with a thick layer of frozen seawater on arrival in the port of Vladivostok on Tuesday
Two workers unload an ice-covered vehicle from the ship carrying cars from Japan in temperatures of -19C (-2F) in Russia’s Pacific capital
A view of the ice-covered cars and railings on board the Sun Rio cargo ship. Some were clad in ice up to six inches thick, said local media reports
An aerial view of an ice-covered Sun Rio cargo ship carrying cars from Japan in the port of Vladivostok. ‘The cars are so caked in ice you can’t tell the type of vehicle,’ said an onlooker
Second hand Japanese cars are popular in Russia, even though they are ‘wrong-side drive’ for local roads. There is a regular export market across the Sea of Japan.
Ship icing occurs due to a humid sea wind and sub-zero air temperatures which can lead to an increase in draft, heeling and heighten the risk of a ship’s overturn.
Local sea captain Pyotr Osichansky, 72, said: ‘It’s December, and the sea is rough and windy.
‘Seawater splashes on board, and turns into a thick [ice] crust. This year winds are much stronger than usual.’
Crowds of people came out to witness the icy cars being lifted from the Panama-registered ship.
‘The cars are so caked in ice you can’t tell the type of vehicle,’ said an onlooker.
The frozen vehicles had to be hoisted off the deck by a crane in temperatures of -19C (-2F) in Russia’s Pacific capital on Tuesday
Dozens of ice-covered vehicles are seen on the Sun Rio cargo ship in the port of Vladivosto. Crowds of people came out to witness the cars being lifted from the ship
A view of an ice-covered Sun Rio cargo ship carrying cars from Japan in the port of Vladivostok with cable-stayed bridge across Zolotoy Rog (Golden Horn) Bay in the background
The ice-covered cars can be seen from on board the ship. Local sea captain Pyotr Osichansky, 72, said: ‘It’s December, and the sea is rough and windy’
Ship icing occurs due to a humid sea wind and sub-zero air temperatures which can lead to an increase in draft, heeling and heighten the risk of a ship’s overturn
