Azerbaijan Debuts Dredging Vessel Construction

2025-04-11 10:11:55

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 11. The "Engineer Soltan Kazimov" offshore dredging vessel, built for the first time in Azerbaijan by the Baku Shipyard LLC, a resident of Garadagh Industrial Park, managed by the Economic Zones Development Agency (EZDA), was launched via a floating shipyard today, a source in the agency told Trend .

According to the source, the design of this vessel was developed by experienced specialists of the Damen Shipyards Gorinchem B.V. company.

"The construction of the ship has already been completed. The next stage will be the testing of the ship at the berth of the Baku Shipyard.

The dredging vessel, built by the order of Baku International Sea Trade Port, has a total length of 61.2 meters, a hull length of 49.3 meters, a total width of 10.5 meters, a draft of 1.65 meters, and a drilling depth of 18 meters," the source emphasized.

The fabrication of the vessel, designated for executing offshore dredging operations, is slated for culmination and handover in May of the current fiscal year.

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