One nuclear and six diesel icebreakers will be working in the Finnish Gulf area this winter. The work of the Port will be coordinated by one situational room. Only electronic requests for ice channeling will be accepted.
To avoid the last year’s difficulties the Port of St. Petersburg has already freighted a nuclear icebreaker.
This winter all Russian ports in the Finnish Gulf (the big Port St. Petersburg, Primorsk, Ust-Luga, Vysotsk, Viborg) will be able to accept nuclear icebreakers. Last year it was only the port of St. Petersburg which could accept these vessels.
Also this year all the requests for ice channeling will be accepted in electronic form.
Source: www.tks.ru