Russian shipyard to build new oil tanker for Turkmenistan

Turkmendenizyollary (Turkmen sea and river lines) will sign a contract for the construction and purchase of the river-sea vessel with the capacity of 7100 tons for transportation of oil and oil products. The vessel will be built at the shipyard "Krasnoe Sormovo (Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation). The total contract value will be US $ 17 million.
As the Turkmenistan.ru correspondent reports from Ashgabat, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed a decree to this effect at a cabinet meeting yesterday.
The President noted the need to replenish Turkmenistan's new tanker fleet with modern vessels that will transport hydrocarbons and oil products in coastwise trade along the Caspian coast and to foreign countries.
"This task is posed by long-term plans to significantly increase oil production in Turkmenistan, which, in turn, requires the availability of adequate transport facilities," he stressed.
It should be recalled that last year the first two large ships were brought in the seaport city of Turkmenbashi, capable of carrying 6 types of oil products simultaneously. Tankers "Sumbar" and "Khazar" were built on the order of Turkmenistan at the shipyards of Krasnoe Sormovo using IDB loans totaling US $ 31 million.