MOSCOW. Nov 16 (Interfax) - Rescuers have found the Captain Kuznetsov motor ship, which disappeared earlier in the White Sea, the Russian Transport Ministry told Interfax.
"The Captain Kuznetsov motor ship was found at the estimated search location, it is adrift. In two hours it should be approached by the Dixon icebreaker," the source said.
On Wednesday, apart from the Vladislav Strizhov owned by Gazprom (RTS: GAZP), the search and rescue operation will be carried out by the Dixon icebreaker of the Arkhangelsk branch of the federal state unitary enterprise Rosmorport and the Captain Martyshkin tug boat from the Murmansk Basin Emergency and Rescue Directorate, the Transport Ministry said earlier, citing the State Sea Rescue Coordination Center.
The vessel was found at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, according to the regional office of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry.
The vessel was found adrift "at 11:30 a.m. by an (Ilyushin) Il-38 aircraft of the Defense Ministry," the ministry said.
It was reported earlier that contact was lost with the dry cargo carrier Capitan Kuznetsov, which had left Varandei Port and was heading to Arkhangelsk, on the White Sea.
The Capitan Kuznetsov is a river-sea vessel, which is owned by Northwest River Shipping Company. Its home port is St. Petersburg.