Astrakhan Branch of FSUE Rosmorport is completing preparing its fleet of icebreakers for winter navigation period. By the beginning of the season of icebreaker ship escorts at the seaports of Astrakhan and Olya all three icebreakers of the branch, Kapitan Chechkin, Kapitan Bukayev and Kapitan Metsaik, 6.5 MW each, will assist ships calling at the ports. According to the press center of Rosmorport, this was announced at the meeting held by Astrakhan Branch on November 23, 2015.
The meeting dedicated to the period of icebreaker assistance at Astrakhan and Olya seaports in the season of 2015–2016 was attended by the management of Caspian Sea Ports Administration and Astrakhan Branch of FSUE Rosmorport, representatives of the regional Ministry of Transport, customs and border services, shipping and stevedoring companies.