Taking into account the forecast of considerably low temperatures facilitating ice formation in the water area and at the approaches to the port of Ust-Luga as well as a possibility of 10-cm and thicker ice floes to appear in Ust-Luga Bay of the Gulf of Finland, restrictions on navigation in the port’s waters comme into effect on 31 January 2019 (if ice thickness reaches 10-15 cm).
According to the order signed by the Port Harbour Master Igor Ishchenko, navigation of ATB units is not allowed while vessels without ice class are allowed to sail in and out the port only under the guidance of icebreakers; vessels of Ice1 category and above are allowed to sail in ice waters under the guidance of the icebreaker or independently on the permission and recommendations of the icebreaker.