The Kapitan Demidov icebreaker (Azov Basin Branch of FSUE Rosmorport) has performed an individual ice escort of the SHENG QIANG bulk carrier flying the flag of the People’s Republic of China.
The accurate and professional performance of the icebreaker’s crew allowed to escort the bulk carrier, which was going in ballast to the seaport of Berdyansk (Ukraine), from the western part of the Azov Sea, where it was under the influence of heavy north-western winds driven by drifting ice fields, to a safe area in the southern part of the Azov Sea.
From the beginning of winter navigation 2013-2014, icebreakers of the Azov Basin Branch have performed 78 ice escort operations for 253 vessels to/from the ports of Azov, Rostov-on-Don and Taganrog.