ICE UNCHANGED AT SOVIET OIL PORT OF VENTSPILS

  Ice conditions are unchanged at the
  Soviet Baltic oil port of Ventspils, with continuous and
  compacted drift ice 15 to 30 cms thick, the latest report of
  the Finnish Board of Navigation said.
      Icebreaker assistance to reach Ventspils harbour is needed
  for normal steel vessels without special reinforcement against
  ice, the report said.
      It gave no details of ice conditions at the other major
  Soviet Baltic export harbour of Klaipeda.
  

