Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, August 1
By Huseyn Hasanov – Trend:
Turkmenistan plans to repair foreign ships at the shipyard in the seaport in Turkmenbashi, opened in May 2018, the "Neutral Turkmenistan" newspaper reported.
The repair work is carried out currently on local ships entitled as "Makhtumkuli", "Turkmenistan", "Bitarap" at the "Balkan" shipyard.
It is planned to carry out here the repairs of foreign ships as well in the future. It is also planned to build recreational and sports vessels to meet the needs of tourists in the national tourist area of "Avaza", fishing trawlers.
The shipyard occupies a total area of 166,000 square meters. The implementation of the project was assigned to the Turkish "Gap Inşaat" company.
It is expected that the enterprise will be able to perform a full cycle of work for construction of ships and vessels for various purposes: tankers, dry cargo ships, tow-boats, oil and gas platforms (self-elevating jack up-platforms), etc.
"The modern software of production lines will allow for launching from stocks of the shipyard from four to six large vessels in a year, and also to repair of 20-30 ships per year", "Neutral Turkmenistan" newspaper wrote earlier.
The factory has been designed according to the requirements of the international standard of IACS – International Association of Classification Societies.
With its commissioning, great opportunities opened for sending goods arriving in Turkmenbashi through the route of the "Silk Road" from Asia and the Pacific region, further to European countries through the ports of Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran. The annual capacity of the port will be 17-18 million tons. Together with the previously operating port, this figure makes up 25-26 million tons.