Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 17 / Trend /
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (Socar) is conducting a dock repair of the General Asadov ship. The vessel is one of two passenger ships (another is Sabit Orujev) to transport oil workers to the Oil Rocks field, Socar said in a message on Feb. 17.
The motor ship transports 459 oil workers per a trip.
Repair will be completed within two weeks. Ship's hull will be cleaned and painted. Subsea part of the vessel will be examined.
After the repair, speed of the ship will be increased.
Roughly 3,000 people work on the Oil Rocks.