On November 20, the Vaygach nuclear-powered icebreaker of FSUE Atomflot (an enterprise of the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom) will complete the convoying which consists of five motor ships: UHL FUSION, GOLDEN PEARL, GOLDEN SUEK, NORDIC QINNGUA, NORDIC NULUUJAAK ". In the area of ​​Cape Dezhnev, ships will start moving without icebreaker assistance.

After the operation completion, the Vaygach nuclear-powered icebreaker will proceed to the roadstead of the Pevek port, where a caravan of three vessels (RZK Constanta, Turukhan, Grigory Shelikhov) will be formed for further convoying in the western direction. In the area of ​​the Novosibirsk Islands, the "Kumpula", "Selenga", "Vladimir Rusanov", "Northern Project", "Mechanic Pustoshny" motor ships will join them.

Favorable ice conditions of previous years have distorted the idea of ​​working in the water area of ​​the Northern Sea Route in an easterly direction among some ship owners. At the same time, according to the Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation of October 13, 2015 N 298 On the approval of mandatory regulations in the seaport of Pevek, clause 8 states: “Navigation in the seaport is performed from July to October. In case of favorable ice conditions, the navigation period can be extended. "

Today there are three nuclear-powered icebreakers operating in the waters of the NSR: Yamal, Taimyr and Vaygach. In early December, they will be joined by the nuclear-powered icebreaker 50 Let Pobedy, and then by the lead universal nuclear-powered icebreaker Arktika.

Source: Atomflot