ombugge
February 23, 2021, 12:02pm
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Winter navigation season in the Gulf of Finland is progressing without major problems:
610 vessels have been escorted, so far this season.
Some of the icebreakers involved:
Here is a couple of ships that manage on their own thank you:
Forest Wave Navigation BV’s TIDE NAVIGATOR & TRADE NAVIGATOR in beautiful conditions
PS> Nothing stated about where the picture was taken.
Tupsis
February 23, 2021, 12:34pm
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I haven’t seen the Sorokin -class icebreaker Kapitan Dranitsyn deployed yet, but the following medium and large icebreakers were mentioned in today’s ice chart (and I’ve seen them active in AIS):
Murmansk (Project 21900M, 18 MW)
Vladivostok (Project 21900M, 18 MW)
Viktor Chernomyrdin (Project 22600, 25 MW)
Kapitan Sorokin (Sorokin class; Thyssen-Waas icebreaking bow conversion, 16.2 MW)
Kapitan Nikolaev (Sorokin class; Wärtsilä conical icebreaking bow conversion, 16.2 MW)
Mudyug (Mudyug class; Thyssen-Waas icebreaking bow conversion, 7 MW continuous/9.1 MW peak)
The rest are smaller Project 97, Checkin - and M. Izmaylov -class icebreakers.
It’s really nice to see Kapitan Nikolaev in service again.