Three icebreakers escort 22 merchant ships

Three icebreakers of the Astrakhan branch of Rosmorport are cutting a clear water passage for a convoy 22 vessels, the Astrakhan Port Authority said.

This morning the icebreakers Kapitan Chechkin and Kapitan Bukayev were leading a caravan of 16 cargo-laden ships on the stretch of the 135-170th km of the Volga-Caspian Sea Channel (VCSC) to open water of the Caspian Sea. The icebreaker Kapitan Metsayk was escorting a 6-ship convoy from the Astrakhan harbor.