FSUE Rosmorport says the Krasin icebreaker of its Far Eastern Basin Branch arrived at the seaport of Vanino on February 3 to replace the Kapitan Khlebnikov icebreaker for providing icebreaker support for vessels in the seaport of Vanino and on the approaches toward it.
The Krasin icebreaker and, if necessary, the Khasanets towboat, and the Spasatel Kavdeikin multifunctional rescue vessel will permanently provide icebreaker support for vessels in the seaport of Vanino till the end of March 2018.
For its part, the Kapitan Khlebnikov icebreaker, which has been working in the seaport of Vanino for 21 days and has provided 11 icebreaker escorts for 15 vessels, will leave for the seaport of Prigorodnoye (the Sakhalin region) to provide icebreaker support for gas tankers transporting liquefied natural gas.