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BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 5. The construction of
'Khoshbakht Yusifzade' tanker is scheduled to be completed in the
late third quarter of 2022, engineer of the Baku Shipyard LLC Elmir
Shamkhalli told Trend .
'We started building the tanker in 2020. In particular, the
installed equipment is being tested. As of today, 250-300 local
specialists have been involved in the construction,' he said.
Besides, the engineer noted that the tanker is designed to
transport oil and petrochemicals.
'It's equipped with special reservoirs (with capacity of more
than 1,000 cubic meters) for the transportation of petrochemicals.
The peculiarity of this tanker is that it's able to go both at sea
and on the river. Its width is 16.19 meters and its length - 141
meters,' Shamkhalli said.
Besides, according to him, the tanker is equipped with two lead
engines with a capacity of 1,200 kilowatts each and four
generators.
'Two tankers - 'Lachin' and 'Kalbajar' have been built and
commissioned at our shipyard. A distinctive feature of 'Khoshbakht
Yusifzade' tanker is that it's designed to transport not only oil,
but also petrochemicals, including lubricants,' he added.
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- Khoshbakht Yusifzade
- tanker
- Baku Shipyard
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