New tankers named "Koroglu" and "Dede Gorgud"

Two new oil tankers built by request of Azerbaijani State Caspian Steam Navigation at the Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard in Nizhni Novgorod, Russia have been named after Azerbaijani epic literature heroes "Koroglu" and "Dede Gorgud".

Construction of new tankers similar to the "President Heydar Aliyev" is going on according to schedule, press-service of the Caspian Steam Navigation said. New tankers have to be reportedly delivered to Baku bay in late November, 2006.