Icebreakers owned by Rosmorport the Kapitan Moshkin and the Kapitan Krutov continue assisting shipping in the Sea of Azov. The Kapitan Moshkin has escorted a convoy of merchant ships to the anchorage of Taganrog port, the Azov Sea Ice Ops HQ said.
As of 5:00pm, the icebreaker was guiding three ships to the harbor, while another icebreaker Kapitan Krutov was cutting a path for a caravan of seven ships to the port of Yeysk.
The Kapitan Demidov and the Kapitan Chudinov continue escorting a convoy of 17 ships to the ports of Azov and Rostov-on-Don.
Presently, there are 35 cargo ships in the Sea of Azov, 33 of them en route and 2 stricken ships, 71 vessels – in the Black Sea set to pass through the Kerch Strait (21 of them have ice-class). Besides, 85 ships (12 ice-classed) in the Sea of Azov are awaiting icebreakers to depart from the regional ports.