OREANDA-NEWS.  February 13, 2012.  Icebreakers of Rosmorport continue operations releasing merchant ships stuck in the ice-bound Sea of Azov, the Azov Ice Operations HQ said.

Ice-breakers "Kapitan Demidov" and "Kapitan Chudinov are now cutting through the 40cm ice to assist the M/V Volga-Balt 226 and the M/V Sormovsky- 49.

 The Kapitan Krutov and the Kapitan Moshkin have escorted the M/V Vega II to open water and are now heading towards the Pyalma and the Oryel-1 (Eagle 1) to escort them to the anchorage of the port of Kavkaz. Then the first icebreaker will escort a convoy of ships from Temryuk and Kavkaz to the the Black Sea.

Then the icebreakers Kapitan Demidov, Kapitan Chudinov and Kapitan Moshkin will escort a convoy of merchant ships from the ports of Rostov-on-Don, Azov, Taganrog and Yeysk.

In addition, stuck in the southern part of the Azov Sea Azov ship the wind is supposed to bring an icebreaker, "K. Cool "with the courts of the Temryuk approximately February 14. The vessel "Elga-1" will take the same wiring icebreaker approximately February 13. The vessel "A. Swan "(near Spit Dolzhanskaya) should join the caravan of 11 ships under the wiring icebreakers" C. Demidov, "and" C. Chudinov "approximately February 14.

Overall, there are currently 39 vessels in the Sea of Azov, which need icebreaking assistance, 68 ships to be escorted from the Black Sea via the Kerch Strait, 69 – from Russian ports based in the Azov Sea.