Next week "Caspar" will receive from Croatia one more ferry

Next week Azerbaijan State Caspian Shipping Company ("Caspar") will receive a ferry "Balaken" built in the dock "Ulyanina" (Pula, Croatia). On the ship will hoist the  flag of Azerbaijan, and he will go to Baku, said the spokesman  of "Caspar" , Vugar Sadigov.

According to the "Caspar" representative, on September 14,  the Pula shipbuilders passed  to  the Azeri seamen  the ferry "Berde", an analogue of the ferry "Balaken". The ship is moving in the direction of the Caspian Sea.

The length of the  ferry is 154.8 m, width = 17.5 m. Deadweight  of the ship is 5,000 tons. The ferry can accommodate 54 rail cars.

Contractual value of a ferry is 22 million euro. Purchase of vessels is  financed from the state budget of Azerbaijan. Over the last four years, "Caspar" bought four ferries.

In 1984-1986,  eight ships were built for Azerbaijani sailors in the same dock.

At present, the fleet of  "Caspar" has more than 80 tankers, freighters and ferries, which operate exclusively in the Caspian Sea in the transport corridor TRACECA. -08D0