Magadan icebreaker, owned by Far East Shipping Company (FESCO) will continue piloting vessels inbound and outbound Magadan port until May 10, 2010, the FESCO press service said.
This year there is the most difficult ice condition on the approaches to the port of Magadan, to persist, the weather forecast says, until April 10-15 2010. The icebreaker has to operate on the 135-140-mile route.
As to other FESCO’s icebreakers, Admiral Makarov ship may leave the Tatar Strait in the first decade of April 2010. Krasin icebreaker time-chartered by Exxon-Oil & Gas Ltd., will continue operating until the first decade of May 2010 in the Tatar Strait and Sakhalin Island offshore near the Orlan platform. The Department of Special Fleet of FESCO said the ice conditions there was more difficult than in previous years.
This year there is the most difficult ice condition on the approaches to the port of Magadan, to persist, the weather forecast says, until April 10-15 2010. The icebreaker has to operate on the 135-140-mile route.
As to other FESCO’s icebreakers, Admiral Makarov ship may leave the Tatar Strait in the first decade of April 2010. Krasin icebreaker time-chartered by Exxon-Oil & Gas Ltd., will continue operating until the first decade of May 2010 in the Tatar Strait and Sakhalin Island offshore near the Orlan platform. The Department of Special Fleet of FESCO said the ice conditions there was more difficult than in previous years.