On 31 March 2017, North-Western Basin Branch of FSUE Rosmorport (Russia) and Arctia Icebreaking Ltd (Finland) signed a framework agreement on icebreaking services to be provided by Finnish flagged icebreakers in the territorial and internal waters of the Russian Federation in the Baltic Sea and outside them.
FSUE Rosmorport says the document was signed by Sergei Pylin and Tom Ekergen, representatives of Rosmorport and Arctia Icebreaking Ltd.
The agreement between the governments of Russia and Finland on cooperation in icebreaker assistance in the Baltic Sea, signed on September 15, 2014, regulates clearance procedures enabling Russian and Finnish icebreakers to operate in the two countries’ internal and territorial waters to assist vessels.
Under the framework agreement, 8 icebreakers of Arctia Icebreaking Ltd can be involved. The icebreakers’ capacity ranges from 10 to 19 MW, towing force - 113 to 234 t.
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