On September 3, 1964, “On Measures to Accelerate the Development of the Sakhalin Oblast Productive Forces” was adopted by the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR.

On April 12, 1973, the Sakhalin-1 icebreaking ferry, coming its course from the Baltic, under the command of Captain V. S. Bylkova, dropped off at the Kholmsk port.

With the commissioning of this ferry, a qualitatively new stage in the development of transport and economic relations of the Sakhalin and the entire Russian Far Eastern region began.

[2] The first five vessels no longer exist, Sakhalin-6 was sold to the Moscow Government to work in the Kerch Strait ferry line and later also disposed.

The ferry Vanino - Kholmsk and today continues to be the most important transport artery between Sakhalin and the mainland of Russia.

Through the ferry, foreign trade cargoes are brought to the mainland, delivered by maritime merchant ships from Southeast Asia and others to the Sakhalin ports of Korsakov and Kholmsk.

There are no fixed timetables for ferries on the line, they are sent “by filling”, the time of departure and the approach of ships varies depending on the availability of cargo and weather conditions.