Big Port St. Petersburg stops providing icebreaker assistance services from April 25

Amid absence of ice in the water area of Big Port St. Petersburg and at the approaches to the seaport, as well as in the Neva river and in the south-western part of the Ladoga lake, icebreaker assistance services will not be provided from 00:00 Moscow time on 25 April 2017 in compliance with the Order of Harbour Master Mikhail Kharyuzov (20-КП, dated 24 April 2017).

“Appearance of ice floes in canals and fairways is still possible. Therefore, mariners should take due care,” says the document.