FESCO's icebreaker Magadan arrives at its namesake port to escort commercial ships (photo)
The Magadan icebreaker has arrived at the Russian seaport of Magadan. The vessel was chartered by FSUE Rosmorport from FESCO Group and will be used by Rosmorport's Magadan branch for ice-breaking support of inbound vessels during the winter shipping season of 2015-2016, the state-owned port manager and developer said.
During the 2014-2015 winter shipping season the icebreaker Magadan escorted 103 commercial ships that carried 328,000 tonne of cargo to the seaport of Magadan.