The nuclear-powered icebreaker “Taimyr” conducted seven ships along the water area of the Northern Sea Route. Now the ships continue to move on their own, according to the communications department of Atomflot FSUE.
“On December 7, the nuclear-powered icebreaker Taimyr of FSUE Atomflot completed the escort of a convoy of seven vessels (Kumpula, Vladimir Rusanov, Severny Project, RZK Constanta, Turukhan, Grigory Shelikhov and Mechanic Pustoshny) … From the western edge of the Kara Sea ice, the motor ships independently continued to move from the water area of the Northern Sea Route, “Atomflot said in a statement. It is noted that a caravan with so many ships made its way through the water area of the Northern Sea Route from east to west at this time of the year for the first time in history.
At the end of November, Rosatom announced that six ships stuck on the Northern Sea Route due to severe ice conditions could not continue without the help of icebreakers. The media reported that about 20 vessels drifted in the Kara Sea and further east in anticipation of pilotage.
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