Azerbaijan launches new tanker named after prominent academic
By Trend
The Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (ASCO) launched the oil tanker named after Academic Khoshbakht Yusifzade, Trend reports on Sept.20 citing ASCO.
According to the company, the tanker was built by its order at the Baku Shipyard.
Speaking at the tanker launching ceremony, ASCO Chairman Rauf Valiyev said that the Academician Khoshbakht Yusifzade tanker is the third tanker built at the Baku Shipyard by the company's order.
Previously, this shipyard built and commissioned Lachin and Kalbajar tankers.
"Over the past eight years, our fleet has been replenished with 18 new ships. Orders have also been placed for the construction of another 10 similar ships at the Baku Shipyard," Valiyev noted.
The launching ceremony participants also noted that the concept of the new oil tanker was developed jointly with the Ukrainian Odessa Marine Engineering Bureau and ASCO specialists.
