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The British Royal Society of Naval Architects (RINA - Royal Institution of Naval Architects) has published a list and descriptions of the best ships of 2021 (Significant Ships of 2021).

Among the fifty ships of various purposes, types and sizes (from sea cruise liners and ferries to supertankers, container ships and car carriers), selected by the oldest world community of shipbuilders, was included the cargo-passenger ferry of the CNF18C project "Azerbaijan", designed by the Marine Engineering Bureau, built by the Baku Shipyard (General Director Imanverdy Khasanov) for Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company CJSC (ASCO, Chairman Rauf Veliyev).

According to the conditions adopted in RINA, experts study only the lead (for each shipyard) vessels put into operation last year.

The lead 155-meter railway ferry of the "Ro-Pax" type for the Caspian Sea of the CNF18C project "Azerbaijan" was put into operation on March 1, 2021.

The ceremony of handing over the new flagship of the Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company was attended by President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva.

The new "open" type ferry of the CNF18C project is designed to carry 100 passengers, 56 wagons with a gauge of 1520 mm, trucks (50 road trains), including dangerous goods, with a stern cargo handling scheme for wagons and cars and with an onboard ramp for loading and unloading vehicles to regular berths.

The vessel of the CNF18C project transports dangerous goods on the open upper deck in accordance with the provisions of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (RID Code) and the national Rules for the Maritime Transportation of Dangerous Goods (RID Rules).

The advantages of the new CNF18C project ferry over existing ferries:
 
• total capacity by rail wagons of T-1 dimension with a length of 12020 mm between couplers - 56 wagons (the existing ones have no more than 54 wagons);
• the rails are pushed into the deck;
• an open cargo deck speeds up and facilitates loading and unloading and has a positive impact on navigational safety;
• the on-board ramp for loading and unloading trucks on berths allows you to work not only on conventional railroad piers, but also on regular dry cargo berths of sufficient length;
• the hold height (5.400 mm) allows taller wagons to be transported in the hold (existing ferries have a hold height of 5.000 mm);
• lift length of 25000 mm allows loading/unloading of trains and rolling cargo with total tonnage of 188 t from main deck to lower deck on two tracks including platforms type 11-935A with length of 19620 mm and 3 20-foot containers (on existing ferries lift length is 14540 mm, tonnage 170 t);
• the vessel has room for the accommodation and transportation of 100 passengers. Carriage of passengers at the same time as the carriage of dangerous goods is provided in accordance with the conditions of carriage of dangerous goods.