The new tanker “Zangilan”, built on the order of Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (ASCO) CJSC, made its first voyage and delivered a batch of Turkmen crude oil to the Sangachal sea port of Azerbaijan, ASCO’s press service reports.
This oil will transit through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, which underlines the strategic importance of this route for the export of energy resources.
The tanker was officially commissioned on July 2 in Baku with the participation of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. “Zangilan” is a modern ship with a length of 141 meters and a width of 16.9 meters. “Zangilan” is equipped with 6 cargo tanks and can transport 7.8 thousand tons of cargo.
This flight became an example of the expansion of Turkmen-Azerbaijani cooperation in the field of transportation of energy resources and opened up new opportunities for the development of sea transportation in the Caspian Sea.