sented in this chapter. The reader is also advised
across the entire Northeast Passage. At that time,
of the agency's Sailing Directions (Enroute): East
the only Russian port that was officially open to
Coast of Russia (DMA 1992b) for similar coverage
foreign call anywhere along the official NSR was
from the Bering Strait to North Korea.
Igarka. The ANSR has been systematically easing
The scope of information provided by these LLP
restrictions and implementing procedures to al-
and DMA directories is similar although very dif-
low greater freedom of movement of foreign ships
ferent in format. LLP's port descriptions tend to
through its territorial waters, which includes mak-
be more literal and quantitative, and DMA's are
ing more ports of call available along the route.
coded and qualitative, employing indices for
The list of Russian ports that have been offi-
ranges of values. A comparison of the two de-
cially opened to foreign stopover is published an-
scriptions for Igarka reveal differing lapses of data
nually in issue No. 1 of the Russian Notices to
in each and sometimes disagreement (e.g., the lo-
Mariners (RSMOT 1994). The list appearing as
cation coordinates and minimum channel depth).
Table 12 was reported to be valid as of July 1994.*
The Igarka example indicates that both directories
What follows is information summarized from the
can provide important information that is not en-
above-named sources on those ports that are lo-
tirely available in either one. The LLP source book
cated along Russia's northern coastline.
presently has little information about NSR ports.
Murmansk. Some sources consider the port of
However, in time more will be learned, and this
Murmansk to be the western terminus of the
source should be much more useful in the future.
Northern Sea Route. It does play an important
Another useful source of ports information,
role as the home port of the Murmansk Shipping
RSMOT's Guide to Navigation on the Northern Sea
Company, the marine operator of the western half
Route, was described in the Administration and
of the NSR. Situated on the eastern shore of the
Regulation section of this report.
Kolskiy Gulf, approximately 24 nm from the
Barents Sea, it is connected to the Baltic Sea via
Northern ports open
the White SeaBaltic Canal. Murmansk is open
for foreign stopover
year-round except for short episodes of heavy
For more than 50 years prior to 1991, the seas
along Russia's northern coastline and its ports were
closed to foreign shipping. In July of 1991, the first
* M. Maliavko, 1994, HydroCon, Ltd., St. Petersburg,
foreign ship since 1940, L'Astrolabe, was escorted
Russia, personal communication.
Table 12. Russian ports open to foreign shipping, as of July 1994. Ports in boldface are
those that have been opened since the latest edition of Notices to Mariners (RSMOT
1994).
Arctic seas:
Arkhangelsk, Igarka, Kandalaksha, Mezen, Murmansk, Nar'yan-Mar, Onega.
Baltic Sea:
Vyborg, Vysotsk, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad-Rechnoy, Brusnichnoye, St. Petersburg.
Black Sea:
Anapa, Novorossiysk, Sochi, Tuapse, Gelendzhik, Ozero Solenoye.
Sea of Azov:
Taganrog, Kerch, Yeysk.
Caspian Sea:
Makhachkala.
Pacific Ocean:
Aleksandrovsk-na-Sakhaline, Beringovskiy, Vanino, Vladivostok, Vostochnyy, Korsakov,
Korf, Magadan, Nakhodka, Nevel'sk, Nikolayevsk-na-Amure, Oktiabr'skiy, Okhotsk, Poronaysk,
Provideniya, Reid Makarova, Bukhta Svetlaya, Uglegorsk, Khasanskiy, Kholmsk, Shakhtersk,
Sovetskaya Gavan', Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Anadyr', Bukhta Troitsy, De-Kastri,
Komsomol'sk-na-Amure, Krabozavodsk, Kuril'sk, Lavrentiya, Mago, Pos'yet, Severo-Kuril'sk,
Uelen, Yuzhno-Kuril'sk.
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