Title: Icebreaking management in the Russian ports in the Gulf of Finland
1Icebreaking management in the Russian ports in
the Gulf of Finland
- Oleg KudryavtsevSt Petersburg Port Authorities
2Winter navigation in the Eastern part of the Gulf
of Finland
3Winter navigation in the Eastern part of the Gulf
of Finland
4Length of ice pilotage by ice breakers during
winter navigations of 2003 -2005
5Sea port of St Petersburg
6Morskoy Kanal of St Petersburg
7Port of Primorsk
8Port of Vysotsk
9Ice support for winter navigation
- Unassisted ice navigation of ships in ice canals
under supervision of ice breakers - Escorting of single ship by ice breaker
- Escorting several ships by single ice breaker
(ice convoy)
10Unassisted ice navigation of ships in ice
canalsunder supervision of ice breakers
- Unassisted ice navigation is allowed in ice
canals made by ice breakers and by ships which
passed earlier. - Recommendations for unassisted ice navigation are
given by ice breakers Masters taking into
account - - ice conditions
- - meteorological conditions for the route
- - technical data of ship (Ice Class, engine
power) - - crew experience including ice navigation
training
11 Escorting of single ship by ice breaker
- Following the ice breaker in the ice canal
- Ice class of the ship and her engine power enable
ship to keep designated distance to ice breaker
and speed
12Close coupled towing of single ship by ice breaker
- Ice towing is effectedin case of
- 1. Insufficient engine power for unassisted
navigation in the ice canal (not enough to
overcome ice resistance for movement) - 2. Insufficient hull strength for ice navigation
(not enough to prevent damage to hull).
13Ship turn over of the port of St Petersburg for
1995-2006
- Since 2001 all ice breakers of St Petersburg port
begun to provide ice service for all Russian
ports in the Gulf of Finland - Maritime administration of port of St Petersburg
is responsible for ice service and has the right
to collect the Ice Due - In 2001 united ice headquarters were organized in
the port of St Petersburg under command of the
Harbour Master
14Structural scheme of ice service operations
Federal State EstablishmentAdministration of
the seaport of St Petersburg
Harbour Master of sea port of St Petersburg
St Petersburg affiliate of Federal StateUnitary
Enterprise RosMorPort (maintenance and supply
of ice breakers)
Port State Control Inspection
State-owned ice breakers
Ice service due
Ice service for merchant ships
Summer rate (01 May - 30 Nov) 0.015 USD per
cu.mWinter rate (01 Dec - 30 April) 0.070 USD
per cu.m
15Ice information in the Gulf of Finland
16Ice charts
- Ice charts received from scientific research
centre North ??SRI - Ice charts received from St Petersburg
Hydro-Meteorological Centre - Ice charts of Finnish Marine Research institute
- Ice charts from Web-sitewww.baltice.org
- Ice charts received from the ships agent
17Ship turn-over of Russian ports of Primorsk,
Vyborg, Vysotsk and Ust Luga during winter
navigations of 2002 - 2006
18Total ship turn-over of Russian ports in the Gulf
of Finland during winter navigations of 2002-2006
19Total cargo turn-over of all Russian ports in
the Gulf of Finland during winter navigation
from 2002 to 2006
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25Convoy formation
26Thank you for attention!