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China-Ice Condition at Dalian

2 February 2016 No.801

The Association has received the following information from Chinese correspondent, Huatai Insurance Agency & Consultant Service Ltd. regarding the ice condition at Dalian port, China.


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Regarding the ice condition at Dalian, please kindly note that some ports of Dalian ice free port such as Heshangdao, Xingang, and Beiliang, and some port such as Changxindao terminal exists floating ice.


Attached please the ice forecasting for Liaodong Bay, and more details please kindly note below website of National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center, http://www.nmefc.gov.cn/, from which you may note the weekly and daily ice condition forecasting as well as sea temperature forecasting.


And attached please find the photos taken by the surveyors at Changxindao terminal today (29January, 2016).


There is no ice breaker at Dalian ports, only big tugs are used as ice breaker to break the big pieces of ice when vessel entering/leaving the port.


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We hope it will be of help to you with regard to the safe voyaging.