OREANDA-NEWS. The operation of the Vanino-Kholmsk ferry service in Tatar Strait in the north of the Sea of Japan has resumed after three days of a storm, which was brought on by a powerful cyclone. On Tuesday the cyclone left the strait, moving to the Sea of Okhotsk.

The Kholmsk-bound ferries Sakhalin-7 and Sakhalin-8 set out from Vanino on Tuesday morning. Each takes on board 26 railway cars laden with freight, and 100 passengers.

According to a report by a ferry service controller, four vessels serve the Vanino-Kholmsk shipping line. When the cyclone swept the area, the ferries took shelter in the bays of the ports of Vanino and Sovetskaya Gavan.

Weather forecasts have it that the cyclone is currently moving slowly eastward across the Sea of Okhotsk. Next cyclone can be expected on Sakhalin Island next weekend.