Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Astrakhan Region Denis Afanasyev announced the region’s readiness for closer cooperation with Turkmenistan in the field of shipbuilding. He announced this on the sidelines of the International Conference and Exhibition “Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan-2023,” TASS reports.
He also noted that Astrakhan shipyards have experience in the production of marine equipment and offshore equipment, which is used for oil and gas production on the Caspian shelf. “Moreover, even now there are several facilities operating on the Turkmen shelf that were built at our shipbuilding enterprises,” added the deputy chairman.
In addition, Afanasyev announced the completion of negotiations on the creation of a Turkmen logistics center in the Astrakhan special economic zone (SEZ) Lotus.