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By Aynur Jafarova

The Palmali Group of Companies launched the Shovket Alekperova tanker on May 1.

The tanker of the RST22M project was launched at the Turkish Yalova shipyard, the company said.

With a load-carrying capacity of 7,000 tons, the tanker was named after the outstanding Azerbaijani singer Shovket Alekperova at the initiative of Mubariz Mansimov, the head of the Palmali Group of Companies.

The vessels of the RST22M, RST22, 005RST01, and RST12 projects enjoy the possibility of using the full-revolving propeller-steering columns as a single movement and control means, absence of longitudinal bulkhead in center plane, usage of submersible pumps, complete absence of framework in the cargo tanks, and a developed trunk.

The vessels correspond to the dimensions of the Volga-Don Canal and Volga-Baltic Waterway. The overall length, width, and board height of the RST22M project vessels are 139.95, 16.6, and six meters, respectively.

The vessels belong to the Volga-Don Max Class.

They also fully comply with new international requirements for vegetable oil transportation, and have two watertight compartments.

The design of the vessels meets the special requirements of Russian and international oil companies and additional ecological restrictions of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping ECO Project (ECO-S) class.

The Palmali Group of Companies is specialized in transporting goods in the Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian seas. Palmali is a general carrier for oil companies, including Azerbaijan's state energy company SOCAR and Russian Lukoil, and has long-term contracts on oil and oil products transportation with other oil companies.