The “Georg Ots” left Sankt Petersburg on 28 August with Vladivostok as its destination. On 26 September the vessel arrived in the port of Anadyr in Chukotka. It proceeded on 30 September and is expected to arrive in Vladivostok on October 10, MBnews.ru reports. The ship is expected also to make a stop in Petropavlovsk at Kamchatka.
The ship was accopanied through the Northern Sea Route by nuclear-powered icebreakers, the Russian Sea and Port Agency (Rosmorport) informs.
“Georg Ots” has been operating in the Baltic Sea ever since it was built in Poland in 1980, the last years on the route Baltiisk-Sankt Petersburg. The ferry will now start a new life in Vladivostok. In addition to regular sailing in the area, the ship will also be used in connection with the summit of the Asian-Pacific Cooperation in 2012.
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