The diesel-electric icebreaker Kapitan Chudinov has led a convoy of 16 ships to the Azov-Don and Taganrog sea channels, the Azov Ice Ops HQ said.
The icebreaker was escorting the vessels to the entrance buoy on the Don River, then to Taganrog. At the same time, the icebreaker Kapitan Demidov with a caravan of five ships was en route to Yeysk port.
The icebreaker Kapitan Krutov had guided a caravan of five ships to the offshore anchorage of the port Temryuk cut an open water passage in the harbor and then escorted the convoy to the port. Then the icebreaker will lead a 11-ship convoy to the Kerch Strait.
As of 5:00 pm, March 9, there were 39 ships in the Sea of Azov, 38 of them were en route and 1 damaged. 83 ships in the Azov Sea-based ports are ready to depart (9 had ice class). There are also 63 ships in the Black Sea ready to pass the Kerch Strait, 14 of them with ice-class hulls.
The icebreaker was escorting the vessels to the entrance buoy on the Don River, then to Taganrog. At the same time, the icebreaker Kapitan Demidov with a caravan of five ships was en route to Yeysk port.
The icebreaker Kapitan Krutov had guided a caravan of five ships to the offshore anchorage of the port Temryuk cut an open water passage in the harbor and then escorted the convoy to the port. Then the icebreaker will lead a 11-ship convoy to the Kerch Strait.
As of 5:00 pm, March 9, there were 39 ships in the Sea of Azov, 38 of them were en route and 1 damaged. 83 ships in the Azov Sea-based ports are ready to depart (9 had ice class). There are also 63 ships in the Black Sea ready to pass the Kerch Strait, 14 of them with ice-class hulls.