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By Kamila Aliyeva

The construction of new seaport, through which chemical products will be exported, is currently underway in the Turkmen city of Garabogaz of the Balkan velayat (province).

Turkmen Deputy Prime Minister for Industry Batyr Ereshov reported on the progress of the port’s construction at a government meeting held on April 28.

The construction of a modern port facility in Garabogaz on the site of the old one is envisaged by a large-scale project to build a chemical plant producing 1.155 million of carbamide a year.

With the commissioning of the enterprise the products will be exported by sea.

This project is implemented by the Japanese-Turkish consortium as part of the Japanese company Mitsubishi Corporation and the Turkish construction firm Gap Insaat.

Currently, relevant studies of the seabed and the coast of the Caspian have been carried out, and volumes of construction and installation work have been established. The planned productivity of the future port is 3,500 tons of shipment per day.

The construction of a plant with an annual capacity of 1.155 million tons of carbamide is expected to be completed in June 2018. About 900 workplaces will be created at the plant.

Earlier it was reported that this plant will be the largest enterprise of this kind in Turkmenistan and the cost of the contract is approximately $1.3 billion. Natural gas, on the reserves of which Turkmenistan occupies a leading position in the world, will be the raw material for the enterprise.

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Kamila Aliyeva is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @Kami_Aliyeva

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