Northern seaports

Northern ports open for foreign stopover

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dent shipping agents. The directory lists altogether

then the small river craft are at risk in crossing

only 28 Russian ports, and only one, Igarka, is

open coastal water with uncertain weather.

located on the NSR. Four of the ports are found on

the White Sea (Archangel'sk, Kandalaksha, Mezen,

Northern seaports

and Onega) and two on the Barents Sea (Murmansk

and Nar'yan Mar). As of July 1994, Igarka was the

Sources consulted

only port on the route that was officially open for

This section summarizes information for

foreign stopover. Information on northern Russian

Russia's northern ports that are currently open for

seaports from Ports of the World is included as Ap-

foreign stopover or are scheduled to be opened at

some future unspecified date. Several providers

Another directory of ports worldwide that is

of port information were consulted, primarily

published periodically is the World Port Index

Lloyd's of London in England (LLP), the U.S. De-

(DMA 1992a). It lists a total of 45 north coast and

fense Mapping Agency (DMA), and the Russian

far eastern Russian ports (App. G). Twenty-four of

State Ministry of Transport (RSMOT).

these are located between the NorwegianRussian

In addition, a computerized database entitled

border and the Kara Strait, and eleven more lie

Commercial Sea Ports of the CIS and Baltic States, and

along the NSR (Fig. 28). Its wide array of informa-

River Ports of Russia, available from Russia's Cen-

tion is presented in a table nearly 75 columns wide.

tral Marine Research and Design Institute

The Defense Mapping Agency also publishes a

(CNIIMF), is described in Appendix E. The

series of sailing directions that provide detailed

CNIIMF database is currently available only in

navigational information for harbors, coastlines,

Russian and was not consulted for this study.

Ports of the World 1994 (LLP 1994) is a compre-

and passages of the entire world. These are peri-

hensive directory that provides a wide range of

odically updated in regional volumes every 5 to

navigational information on approximately 2,700

10 years with subsequent amendments between

ports worldwide. It is updated annually, and its

editions appearing in the DMA Weekly Notice to

information includes each port's authority, physi-

Mariners. Sailing Directions (Enroute): Northern Coast

cal description, navigation season, the type of cargo

of Russia (DMA 1993) covers the region from the

handled, facilities and accommodations, approach

NorwegianRussian border to the Bering Strait and

was consulted for some of the information pre-

description, communication frequencies, and resi-

Kandalaksha

Arkhangel'sk

Nar'yan-Mar

Figure 28. Russian Arctic seaports listed in DMA (1992a). Those in bold type and marked with triangular

symbols are open for foreign stopover, as of July 1994.

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