The diesel-electric icebreaker Kapitan Moshkin has escorted a convoy of 10 ships from the Don River and now is en route to the port of Taganrog, where four ships will be added to the caravan, the Azov Ice Ops HQ said.
The 14 ships will join another convoy of 5 vessels from Yeysk port escorted by the icebreaker Kapitan Krutov. Then this big convoy of 19 ships led by the two icebreakers will proceed to the Kerch Strait.
Meanwhile, the icebreaker Kapitan Demidov, which had previously stopped due to heavy ice, continued escort of a 5-ship convoy.
The icebreaker Kapitan Chudinov with a caravan of 11 ships is approaching the Kerch Strait.