Jahrgang 82 
Im Auftrag 
Dr. Schmelzer 
Nr. 42 
Freitag, den 02.01.2009 
By order 
Ir. Schmelzer 
Restrictions to Navigation 
Estonia 
Finland 
Russia 
Sweden 
4arbour/District 
__At least dwt/h Ice Class Begin 
2000 dwt Land II 
1500 dwt Il 
1500 dwt IC 
2000 hp required 
- required 
1300 / 2000 dwt IC/NH 
Fornio, Kemi and Oulu 
Lake Saimaa 
Lake Saimaa 
St. Petersburg 
Vyborg and Vysotsk 
Xxarlsborg, Luleä, Haraholmen and 
Skelleftehamn 
18.12. 
29.12. 
05.01. 
05.01. 
05.01. 
16.12. 
information of the Icebreaker Services 
Estonia 
Finland 
The Saimaa Canal will be closed for traffic on Sunday, the 18" January. 
Icebreaker: OTSO assists in the northern Bay of Bothnia. KUMMELI and METEOR are assisting on the 
_ake Saimaa. 
Russia 
Vessels without ice class are not assisted to ports Vyborg and Vysotsk from 5 January. 
cebreaker: Low-powered vessels to St. Petersburg can be assisted at need by port icebreakers KAPITAN 
ZARUBIN, SEMYAN DEZNEV and IVAN KRUZENSTERN, in the ports Vyborg and Vysotsk by icebreaker 
KAPITAN IZMAILOV. 
Sweden 
Vessels not suitable for winter navigation, river vessels and tugs with barge can not expect governmental 
cebreaker assistance. 
All ships entering harbours in the Gulf of Bothnia shall, when passing Svenska Björn (N 59°33’ E 20° 01’) 
contact the VTS Gävle on VHF channel 84