"Balkan" Shipbuilding and Repair Plant, located within the Turkmenbashi International Seaport, started the construction of two new dry cargo ships fully meeting international requirements at the open joint-stock company. This was reported in the "Turkmenistan" newspaper.

In order to establish international voyages of newly built ships in accordance with world standards, formalities are being carried out for acceptance by the International Association of Classification Societies.

In terms of training the personnel of the plant, under the new project, more than 300 people related to shipbuilding are expected to be employed, and 2 months of specialized training sessions and trainings were held by the experts of the Korean company.

The first batch of materials and spare parts for the ships to be built were brought from the Republic of Korea, and the construction of the ship began. It should be emphasized that more than 90 percent of the participants in the implementation of this important project are local experts. They will have a lot of experience in this field and will be able to build ships that meet world standards in the future. The dry cargo ships under construction are 123 meters long, 16.5 meters wide, and 8.3 meters high, and they are very convenient for transporting various types of cargo.

As we previously reported, in accordance with the decision of the President of Turkmenistan "On the construction of dry cargo ships", open-ended shareholders of the "Balkan" Shipbuilding and Repair Plant" to the "Turkmendenizderyayollary" agency of the Transport and Communications Agency under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan to build two dry cargo ships. authorized to contract with the community. On the basis of this Decision, open joint-stock company "Balkan Shipbuilding and Repair Plant" Koryo Shipbuilding Industry Technology Co., Ltd. of the Republic of Korea. Ltd. has signed relevant contracts with the company for the design and joint construction of two dry cargo ships with a carrying capacity of 6 thousand 100 tons each.