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Russia’ Tatarstan, Turkmenistan to intensify co-op in shipbuilding

Business Materials 1 October 2020 10:24 (UTC +04:00)
Russia’ Tatarstan, Turkmenistan to intensify co-op in shipbuilding

BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 1

By Jeila Aliyeva - Trend:

Russia’s Tatarstan is building А145Е high speed passenger-carrying vessels for Turkmenistan on its Zelenodolsk Shipyard named after A.M.Gorky, Trend reports with reference to “Turkmenistan: Zolotoy Vek” (Turkmenistan: Golden Age) newspaper.

This was said during an online meeting between representatives of the Turkmen Deniz Derya Yollary Agency (Turkmen State Service of Maritime and River Transportation) and the "Merchant marine" JSC (Turkmenistan) with General Director of the "AK bars shipbuilding Corporation "JSC (Republic of Tatarstan) Renat Mistakhov.

The parties also expressed interest in joint work on the development of the The Balkan Shipbuilding and Repairing yard, located on the territory of Turkmenistan's Turkmenbashi International Seaport.

Thus, representatives of the AK Bars Corporation confirmed their readiness to train specialists for the design and technological units of this enterprise.

Earlier, the parties also noted the intensification of cooperation between Turkmenistan and Tatneft oil and gas company, Kazan helicopter plant company, KER-Holding engineering company, AKBars Shipbuilding Corporation, and others.

One of the most important aspect trading partnership between Turkmenistan and Tatarstan include the supply of famous Russian KAMAZ trucks, which are widely used in Turkmenistan's construction and agricultural sectors. Over the past ten years, more than 9,000 trucks and special equipment of KAMAZ Engineering JSC have been delivered to the country.

Branches of the leading companies of Tatarstan, such as KAMAZ, Tatneft, and IED-Holding, operate in Turkmenistan.

Meanwhile, Turkmenistan and Tatarstan Republic(Russia) have discussed the construction of various types of ships aimed at the development of the merchant fleet on April 6, 2020.
In general, Turkmenistan prioritizes cooperation with Russia’s regions and cities, in particular with Republic of Tatarstan, Astrakhan, and Saint Petersburg.

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