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.