A director at Baku Shipyard has left his position.
Sea-news.az reports citing 1xeber.media, that Siyavush Akhundov, Director of the Project Management Office at Baku Shipyard LLC, the largest and most modern shipbuilding facility in the Caspian Sea basin, has stepped down from his position.
Siyavush Akhundov held this position from August 2025 to September 2026.
Prior to that, he served as Advisor to the Chairman of the Management Board from August 2024 to August 2025, Commercial Manager from March 2023 to August 2024, and Procurement and Supply Chain Manager from March 2020 to March 2024.
From January 2016 to March 2020, S. Akhundov worked as Deputy Operations Manager; from July 2015 to January 2016 as Project Manager; from July 2014 to July 2015 as Assistant Project Manager; from July 2013 to July 2014 as Project Engineer; and from August 2012 to July 2013 as Assistant Project Engineer.
He began his career in December 2010 as a technical specialist at SOCAR, serving in that role until August 2012.
It should be noted that Baku Shipyard operates as part of the Azerbaijan Transport and Communication Holding (AZCON). Covering an area of 620,000 square meters, Baku Shipyard is the largest shipbuilding facility in the Caspian basin. Inaugurated on September 20, 2013, the shipyard is equipped with machinery manufactured in Finland, the Netherlands, Germany, the Czech Republic, South Korea, Singapore, and other countries.
