The Ship Was Renamed to Avoid Having Two Ships Named "Karabakh"
There is no sensationalism in the recent renaming of the Azerbaijani ship Karabakh to Mingachevir; the new name was given to the ship to ensure that two vessels would not operate under the same name, the Merchant Fleet of Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (ASCO) CJSC told Turan.
According to a source at ASCO, last year, a ship named Karabakh was added to the shipping company's fleet, operating in distant seas, not in the Caspian Sea. In this regard, the Ro-Ro type vessel Karabakh, used on the Caspian line, has now been renamed Mingachevir.
"The legislation allows the use of two vessels with the same name if they operate in different seas, but the management of the shipping company decided to rename the Karabakh vessel to Mingachevir," the company representative added.
The ferry vessel with the new name Mingachevir was put into operation in 2008. Its length is 154.5 meters, width is 17.5 meters, and speed is 14 nautical miles per hour. The vessel will continue to carry out transportation in the Caspian Sea on the Baku-Turkmenbashi-Baku and Baku-Kuryk-Baku routes.
In June 2023, it was reported that the Aframax tanker, acquired by the joint venture SA Maritime Afezco, established on a parity basis with the consent of Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (ASCO) CJSC and the Supervisory Board of the Azerbaijan State Oil Company (SOCAR), was commissioned in Singapore.
According to TurkicWorld, the name of the vessel is Karabakh. According to ASCO, the total cargo capacity of the tanker is about 115 thousand tons.
Economics
-
A new desalination plant to produce drinking water is set to be built in Sumgait, Azerbaijan, as part of a project aimed at meeting increasing water demands in Baku and the Absheron Peninsula. The project was announced on November 5 during a bid-opening ceremony for proposals submitted in a tender for the plant’s development, according to the Turan news agency.
-
Heydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD) has solidified its role as a critical transit hub for Azerbaijan, connecting Baku to over 80 international destinations across more than 30 countries. With routes linking major European cities like London, Paris, and Rome, as well as strategic points in the Middle East, Central, and South Asia, the airport has become central to Azerbaijan’s tourism and transit expansion.
-
Azerbaijan's Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov has traveled to Italy to participate in the inaugural ministerial meeting of the World Fusion Energy Group (WFEG), scheduled for November 6, 2024, in Rome. The event will be co-chaired by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi.
-
Azerbaijan has introduced a new national standard for Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG), officials announced during a briefing organized by the Small and Medium Business Development Agency (KOBİA) at the “Baku SME House.” The event featured Ilham Bayramov, Director General of the Azerbaijan Institute of Standardization (AZSTANDART), and Natig Hasanov, First Deputy Chairman of KOBİA, who provided media representatives with detailed information on the standard's benefits for businesses.
Leave a review