Kazakhstan bought two oil tankers to operate in the Caspian Sea

According to the Fars news agency reporter in Astana, the Kazakh government bought two new oil tankers named “Taraz” and “Liva” in order to increase its oil exports in the Caspian Sea.

These 8,000-ton tankers were purchased last summer in cooperation with Abu Dhabi Ports Group (ADP).

According to this report, these tankers now belong to The joint venture company “Caspian Integrated Maritime Solutions” whose shareholders are one of the subsidiaries of “Cosmonaygaz” and International Maritime “Investments Ltd.” ” have been built. They are 140 meters long, 16.7 meters wide and travel at a speed of 18.5 kilometers per hour.

These two ships meet all international safety standards and environmental requirements and are scheduled to be launched in December 2023. come into operation.

“Maxum Mirzagalyu”, the head of Kazakhstan’s “Kazmonaigaz” company, also mentioned in this context: “By purchasing new oil tankers, we have taken an important step in the development of the Trans-Caspian route, in this regard, I would like to thank our strategic partner ADP for the successful implementation of the joint project.

He added: The new tankers pave the way for the expansion of the oil fleet of our joint venture CIMS, which has ambitious goals to improve its services to It has a global logistics market.

Mohammed Juma Al-Shamisi, Chairman of the Board of Directors of ADP, said: If possible, we will increase the number of ships. Our intention is to cooperate with Kazakhstan in the field of exchange of experience between captains and engineers.

Currently, the crew of each ship is 13 people, most of which are specialists from Kazakhstan.

It should be remembered that for the past 20 years, oil has been supplied from Kazakhstan to the Russian city of Novorossiysk through the CPC (Caspian Pipeline Consortium) pipeline. On average, 1.3-1.4 million barrels per day passed through it. It is currently the main export route for Kazakhstan’s oil, which until recently worked without problems, but in the past few years, the system has periodically been disrupted due to various external factors, including the oil spill incident in August 2021, damage to the TPM, and inspections. The blue zone has faced pumping restrictions due to the presence of explosive materials in the marine terminal.

The previous day, the Caspian Pipeline Consortium stopped transporting oil from the marine terminal near Novorossiysk due to a severe storm. .

A year ago, the President of Kazakhstan, Kasem Jomart Tokayev, called for diversification of oil supply, and in March 2023, the shipment of Kazakhstan raw materials on the route “Aktau-Baku-Tbilisi” – Ceyhan” began and bypassed the Russian Federation with an annual volume of 1.5 million tons.

Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan transport oil on the basis of parity on the “Octao-Baku” sea route. The new tankers are expected to fully cover the obligations of the Kazakh side to transfer 750 thousand tons of oil per year.

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