Danish Pop-Up Terminal Bustles as War Bogs Down Global Trade
- Town of Kalundborg is staging area for banned Russian cargo
- About 8,000 containers this week waited to be redirected
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In the Danish harbor town of Kalundborg, a storage yard for shipping containers that opened last year has quickly become among the Nordic country’s busiest and a towering example of how the war in Ukraine is grinding the gears of global trade.
Sanctions, both voluntary and government-mandated, have forced companies to halt shipments bound for Russia until they decide where to store or redirect the goods. It’s one of the reasons why European port congestion has worsened since Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion.