The number of icebreaking assistance in the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland amounted to 72 units per day.

3533 vessels have been carried out since the start of winter navigation

The number of ships sailed in the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland for the day of January 31 - February 1, 2022 amounted to 72 units, according to the information of the Icebreaking Assistance Headquarters (ILO)  of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "AMP of the Baltic Sea" . The number of vessels conducted on an accrual basis since the beginning of winter navigation is 3533 units.

From January 12, 2022, a caravan formation point (TFK) has been announced at Buoy No. 1 of the Big Ship Fairway (BKF).

In operation: Big Port of St. Petersburg - "Semyon Dezhnev", "Mudyug", from January 25, the senior icebreaker "Ivan Kruzenshtern"; ports of Vyborg, Vysotsk - "Captain Izmailov", "Murmansk"; port of Ust-Luga - "Captain Plakhin".

On the site, the receiving buoy of the port of Ust-Luga - TFK - BKF "Captain Nikolaev". On the site, the receiving buoy of the port of Primorsk - TFK - BKF "Viktor Chernomyrdin". On the section of the receiving buoy of the port BP SPb - TFK - BKF "Kapitan Sorokin" Icebreaker "Viktor Chernomyrdin" - the senior icebreaker in the Gulf of Finland. The icebreakers Kapitan Dranitsyn and Kapitan Kosolapov are in operational reserve.

Gulf of Finland: islands of Halli, Somers, Moshchny, Seskar - young ice, sludge with a concentration of 4-6 points 2-5 cm; from buoy No. 8 to buoy No. 12 very close-packed ice 9-10 points, 20 cm; from Buoy No. 12 to PrB solid ice 8-10 points, 35 cm Big Port of St. Petersburg "- from PrB to S-1 ice 9-10 points 35-40 cm, from S-1 to Zolotye Vorota - ice 9- 10 points 35-40 cm. Passenger port of St. Petersburg "- ice 10 points 35-40 cm. In the Vyborg Bay and to Vortex Island, solid ice 10 points - 35-40 cm, from Vikhrevoy Island to Rondo Island, ice in the flood 5- 6 points. In the port of Ust-Luga - along the berths - solid ice along the berths - 15-20 cm Raids of the port of Primorsk - solid ice - 8-10 points, 25-30 cm.

The period of icebreaking assistance in the Big Port of St. Petersburg is announced from December 6, in the Passenger Port of St. Petersburg - from December 7, in the ports of Vyborg and Vysotsk - from December 8, in the port of Ust-Luga - from December 7, in the port of Primorsk - from December 11th.