SOCAR buys Greek tankers

Baku/26.04.21/Turan: The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) purchases from the Greek company Okeanis Eco Tankers (OET) for $ 120 million three tankers Nissos Therassia, Nissos Heraclea and Nissos Schinousa, built 6 years ago.

SOCAR agreed to this deal even despite the European tanker prices rose to a ten-year high in April.

These vessels with a deadweight of 115 thousand tons, a length of 252 m and a width of 45 m will be transferred to SOCAR in the third quarter of 2021 and will be renamed in honor of a number of heroes of the Second Karabakh War.

Thus, SOCAR's tanker fleet will exceed 40 vessels.

The state-owned company has Suezmax and Aframax class tankers for the transportation of bulk cargo across the oceans.

In the spring of 2020, the first Lachin tanker manufactured in Azerbaijan at a new shipyard with a deadweight of 7875 tons, a length of 141 m and a width of almost 17 m was launched. This vessel is involved in the transportation of goods for SOCAR in the Black and Mediterranean Seas.-0-