Ice Report St. Petersburg, Primorsk, Ust-Luga and Vyborg/Vysotsk ports

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1 Ice Report St. Petersburg, Primorsk, Ust-Luga and Vyborg/Vysotsk ports Present ice conditions / Ice conditions forecast: Ice melting is in progress. Basis current weather forecast, it is still expected rapid ice destruction. As a result, eastern part of the Gulf should be fully ice free around 25th-30th of April. Currently, in the Neva Bay and in the harbours of St. Petersburg port there is close, partly rotten ice with thickness cm, further on the Fairway up to the longitude of Kotlin Island there is very close ice with thickness cm, but close to the Zelenogorsk shore line there is still fast ice up to cm thick, further up to the longitude of Seskar Island there is close and very close ice with thickness cm, further westward mainly open water, but in places fields of floating rotten ice up to cm thick. In the top of Vyborg Bay there is still fast ice up to cm thick, in the area of Vyborg/Vysotsk ports there is fast ice with thickness cm, on approaches close and very close ice with thickness cm. In the Bjerkesund Strait and area of Primorsk port there is fast ice up to cm thick, on approaches close and very close ice with thickness cm. In the Luga Bay, area of Ust-Luga port and on approaches there is mainly open water, but in places fields of floating rotten ice up to cm thick. Weather forecast:

2 Navigation restrictions / requirements: - St. Petersburg port: Since it is announced icebreakers assistance period. Since : - tug + barge tandems are not allowed to navigate in ice. Since : Since : Since : - Vyborg port: Since it is announced icebreakers assistance period. Since : Since : Since : - Vysotsk port: Since it is announced icebreakers assistance period. Since : Since : Since :

3 - Primorsk port: Since it is announced icebreakers assistance period. Since : *Basis current weather forecast, it is expected that ice restrictions for the vessels without ice class will be lifted around middle of April. - Ust-Luga port: Since it is announced icebreakers assistance period. Since : Since : Since :

4 Icebreakers in service: Meeting point with icebreakers: In position with coordinates 60 11,5'N / ,0'E - From meeting point: i/b Kapitan Sorokin ; - St. Petersburg port: i/b Ivan Kruzenshtern, i/b Semen Degnev, i/b Novorossiysk ; - Vyborg/Vysotsk ports: i/b Kapitan Izmailov, i/b Saint Petersburg ; - Primorsk port: i/b Kapitan Nikolaev ; - Ust-Luga port: i/b Mudjug ; All other local icebreakers are in stand by and ready to assist vessels during forthcoming winter navigation. *Harbour Master s office warning: All vessels navigating in ice should have necessary stores, fuel, fresh water and provision available on board for at least 20 days. Please note that since 01 st of December till 30 th of April winter rate of Ice dues is in force: Tankers: GT Reduced (less SBT) x 18,14 roubles x 2 (in & out) Winter tariff (from to 30.04) Ro-Ro, Ro-Flow ships: GT x 6,36 roubles x 2 (in & out) Winter tariff (from to 30.04) Container ships: GT x 11,58 roubles x 2 (in & out) Winter tariff (from to 30.04) General cargo ships: GT x 16,55 roubles x 2 (in & out) Winter tariff (from to 30.04) Ice classes by Classification Societies:

5 Previous years ice restrictions record: St. Petersburg Entered Entered Lifted Entered Lifted Entered Lifted Entered Lifted Entered Lifted Primorsk Entered Entered Lifted Entered Lifted Entered Lifted Entered Lifted Entered Lifted Ust-Luga Entered Lifted Entered Lifted Entered Lifted Entered Lifted Entered Lifted Entered Lifted Vyborg /Vysotsk Entered Entered Lifted Entered Lifted Entered Lifted Entered Lifted Entered Lifted