Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Oct. 2
By Huseyn Hasanov – Trend:
Russia and Turkmenistan have discussed prospects for cooperation in the field of shipbuilding and ship repair, Trend reports Oct. 2 with reference to the press service of Russia’s Nevsky Shipyard.
A delegation from Turkmenistan, accompanied by Russia’s trade representative in Turkmenistan, Alexander Elizarov, visited the Nevsky Shipyard.
The delegation included representatives of shipyards, ports, transport, logistics and freight forwarding companies of Turkmenistan.
The purpose of the meeting was to familiarize with the activities of the shipyard, to inspect production facilities being built there, the report said. In particular, multipurpose dry cargo ships, rescue tugboats, cargo and passenger ferries were presented.
In June it was reported that Turkmenistan is exploring opportunities for cooperation with the Zelenodolsk Shipyard JSC.
Meanwhile, the Balkan shipyard in Turkmenbashi city near the Caspian Sea has been recently established. Dry cargo ships and oil tankers are repaired at the plant.
It is planned to build ships of various classes and types in the future. Among them, there are the RO-RO ferries for transportation of vehicles (cars, trucks, trailers and wagons).
The Balkan shipyard started to operate in May at the Turkmenbashi International Seaport.
The shipyard was designed according to the requirements of IACS (International Association of Classification Societies).
The shipyard holds a total area of 166,000 square meters. Its construction project was implemented by the Turkish company Gap Insaat.
With the commissioning of an additional international sea port in Turkmenbashi in May 2018, optimal opportunities emerged for sending goods that enter the port along the Silk Road route from the countries of Asia and the Pacific, and further to European countries through the ports of Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran.
The annual throughput capacity of the port is 17-18 million tons. Together with the previously operating port, this figure reaches 25-26 million tons.