Russian Ice Report 22-03-2011
Gulf of Finland:
In the harbours of Saint Petersburg there is compact ice. On fairway up to the longitude of lighthouse Tolbukhin there is fast 50- 65 cm thick ice. Farther out on the fairway there is fast 40 - 60 cm thick ice up to the line Toila Motshjnyj island, Sescar island, lighthouse Shepelevski, lighthouse Tolbukhin, Bolshoy Berezovyj island. Farther out on the fairway there is very close 40 - 60 cm thick ice up to the longitude of Hogland island. Farther out on the fairway up to the longitude of Suur Pakri island there is very close 25- 45 cm thick ice. Westward on the fairway there are stripes of compact ice up to the line Keri island, Naissaar island point 4 8 miles to north from Peninsula Pakri lighthouse. The Vyborg bay is covered with fast 45 - 55 cm thick ice up to the latitude of lighthouse Rondo. Farther out there is fast 40 - 60 cm thick ice up to the latitude of Rock hally. In the strait Bjerkesund there is fast 30 - 50 of thick ice. In the entrance there is fast 30 - 60 cm thick ice. In Luga and Kopora bays there is fast 30- 50 cm thick ice. In the entrance there is fast 30 - 60 cm thick ice. The area of compact ice is saved north of a line Hogland island, Rodskaer island from lighthouse Luppi to lighthouse Tiskeri.
At the moment there are 29 cargo ships awaiting icebreaker assistance in the eastern Gulf of Finland as per the Port Authority of Big Port St. Petersburg info.
The St. Petersburg PA reports of total 70 merchant ships currently located in the water area, 19 of them - in motion.
Over the past day 8 ships have reached the entrance buoy of St Petersburg port, 16 vessels are westbound from the Gulf area, 11 ships arrived at the port of St. Petersburg, 9 - departed.
Icebreakers:
Vessels are assisting in port Saint Petersburg by icebreakers -> Semyan Deznev, Kapitan Zarubin, Mudjug, Ivan Kruzenshtern and Yuri Lisyanski. In ports Vyborg and Vysotsk vessels are assisting by icebreakers Kapitan Izmailov and tor. In port Primorsk vessels are assisting by icebreakers Ermak and Moskva. In port Ust Luga vessels are assisting by icebreaker Karu. On the fairway from receiving buoy up to the ice edge vessels are assisting by icebreakers Sankt Peterburg, Kapitan Dranitsin and Vaigach.
Restrictions to navigation:
The tow boat barges structure, vessels with ice class 1 and less, vessels with engine less than 3500 hp are not assisted to the ports Saint Petersburg, Vyborg, Vysotsk and Ust Luga. The vessels with ice class 1 and less, vessels with engine less than 3500 hp are not assisted to the port Primorsk.
Of course this have effect on the calls in Gaevle and Gothenburg as vessels are getting delayed in Sankt Peterburg. On top of that there are problems with heavy ice building up on the containers and ships at sea. We regret the situation but unfortunatly this is out of our control.
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