PALMALI’S NEW TANKER LAUNCHED

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Dec 22 2009
Azerbaijan

Turkish Shipyard Celik Tekne launched Khankendi Tanker, built at
the order of Palmali group of companies. This IMO-2 tanker was named
after the central city of Nagorno-Karabakh which is under Armenian
occupation, Palmali said.

Palmali continues the tradition of naming its ships after heroes,
scientists and territories of Azerbaijan in order to present it to
the world public, the report said. It is not accidental that the
Khankendi tanker was launched five days prior to the 18th anniversary
of the occupation of the territory. Another two tankers, which are
now under construction and will be launched in 2010, will be called
Shusha and Khojali.

The new tanker was designed to carry chemical products. Its deadweight
is 14,000 tons. Its length is 142.98 meters, width – 21.7 meters. The
vessel was built in accordance with international conventions and
environmental norms.

The launching ceremony was attended by the First Vice President of
Palmali, Marif Mansimov, company’s other representatives and a large
delegation, including members of the Celik Tekne factory, the press
service of Palmali’s Baku office said.

Palmali, a large shipping company, mainly specializes in the
transportation of oil products (petrol, gasoline, vacuum gasoline,
stove fuel, and kerosene), crude oil, food, and industrial lubricants.

Furthermore, the company has its own dry cargo fleet, which is used
in the transportation of all types of dry cargo.

Palmali is involved in cargo deliveries in the Mediterranean,
Caspian and Black Sea Basin. It is the largest company involved in
transportation in Russian internal waters with a fleet comprising
over 129 owned and leased vessels.