The international seaport in the city of Turkmenbashy plays a major role in the development of economic and trade cooperation between countries, adding unique beauty to the vast Turkmen coast of the Caspian Sea.

The Balkan shipbuilding and repair plant has today undergone significant changes and is constantly making a significant contribution to the development of the water transport industry. The powerful plant is designed for industrial processing of thousands of tons of steel, construction of new ships, and repairs of various types of ships. Currently, technical examination of various types of cargo, passenger, oil-transporting and service vessels used for other purposes, floating equipment, their light and major repairs is being carried out at an energetic pace.

In the group, based on the wishes of customers, the necessary equipment, parts, tools, all necessary materials are manufactured, and metal parts of various sizes are also processed uninterruptedly.

Works that fully meet advanced production requirements and modern quality standards deserve the boundless gratitude of customers. The production of steam boilers and compressors is efficiently organized in a powerful enterprise. It should be noted that in order to prepare cooling equipment used in greenhouse conditions, as well as expand the volume of reservoirs in our country, and increase the water permeability of water pipelines, the repair of used suction pumps is being successfully carried out.

In this regard, we had a conversation with Yhlas Osmanov, deputy head of the technical development and regulation department of the Balkan shipbuilding and repair plant.

-Since the beginning of this year, -says Yhlas Osmanov, specialists of our company have carried out a major overhaul of the tugboat «Caspian Mainport Limited». Today this ship sails in the vast Caspian Sea. Currently, our repairmen are on the ships of the «Türkmendeňizderýaýollary» agency, the open joint-stock company Deňiz söwda floty Hazar, which transports oil and petroleum products, Saparmyrat Ataýewiç Nyýazow, which transports dry cargo, as well as dry cargo. At -abraý». The repair of the ship «Marco Polo» is being carried out effectively.

Today, productive work, fueled by rewarding labor achievements, indicates a high level of development of the enterprise's production and quality standards.