Icebreaking assistance in the Gulf of Finland is being rendered by 7 icebreakers. According to the data provided by the Federal Marine and River Transport Agency as of January 30, 2014, 3 icebreakers operate at Big Port St. Petersburg (Semen Dezhnev, Mudyug, Yury Lisyansky), 2 icebreakers – at ports of Vyborg and Vysotsk (Kapitan Izmailov, Ivan Kruzenshtern) and 2 icebreakers – at Ust-Luga port (Saint-Petersburg and Kapitan Zarubin).
7 icebreakers are in reserve.
During this winter navigation icebreaking assistance of has covered 80 vessels.