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Georgia in country located in Transcaucasia, bordering on the Black Sea, north of Turkey and Armenia. It regained independence when the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991. In August 2008 Russia unilaterally recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia (parts of Georgia), and Russian military forces remain in those regions. The country would like to join the European Union. Its leading ports are Batumi and Poti. Also, the country has made efforts to build a deep sea port at Anaklia, although these efforts are currently stalled.

Commissioner Stylianides addresses the 16th Batumi International Conference in Georgia

News – Commissioner Stylianides addresses the 16th Batumi International Conference in Georgia – July 11, 2019 Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and...

Georgia: Deep-sea port will allow us to develop road, rail, sea connections

Deep-sea port will allow us to develop road, rail, sea connections – July 12, 2019 Georgia has invested heavily in the construction of the East-West...

Prime minister promotes Georgian products in China

News Release – Prime Minister discussed prospects for export of Georgian products to China to Prime Minister of the State Council of People’s...

Result of Anaklia port construction tender due next week

Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) July 8, 2019 – Badri Japaridze, one of the founders of Anaklia Development Consortium, has said that the winner of the...

Batumi Sea Port Ltd and China’s Lianyungang port sign a memorandum of understanding

Batumi, Georgia (PortSEurope) July 1, 2019 – On May 20, Batumi Sea Port Ltd hosted a delegation from China’s Lianyungang port, and the two ports...

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev and Parliament Speaker of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze discuss energy, transport and digital connectivity in the Black Sea Region

News Release – Bulgarian President Rumen Radev and Parliament Speaker of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze discuss the Energy, Transport and Digital Connectivity...

Joint Declaration Eastern Partnership – taking the transport cooperation agenda forward

News – Joint Declaration Eastern Partnership – taking the transport cooperation agenda forward – June 6, 2019 (1) The European Union (EU) and...

Delivering on a stronger partnership: the EU and its six Eastern Partners agree to develop better transport links

News – Delivering on a stronger partnership: the EU and its six Eastern Partners agree to develop better transport links – Jun 6, 2019 Today in...

Analysis – Poti vs Anaklia game sinks Georgia’s hopes for a deep sea port

Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) April 2, 2019 – Anaklia Deep Sea Port, the Georgia Black Sea construction project, was again put in doubt after last week’s...

Anaklia Development Consortium issues statement on Poti port development

Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) June 3, 2019 – The Anaklia Development Consortium (ADC) has commented on a report that the Ministry of Economy and...

PACE Group receives OPIC loan for Poti port development, Georgia

Poti, Georgia (PortSEurope) May 29, 2019 – The PACE Group has reported that it has received $50 million in funding from the Overseas Private Investment...

Wang Yi, State Councilor and Foreign Minister of China visits Georgia

Tbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) May 26, 2019 – The growing economic and trade relations between Georgia and China were the main topic discussed during...

Ministerial Conference on a Joint Maritime Agenda for the Black Sea held in Bucharest

Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) May 26, 2019 – Last week, a Ministerial Conference on a Joint Maritime Agenda for the Black Sea was held in Bucharest,...

Georgian Prime Minister speaks about the development of country as multi-dimensional hub

News – Prime Minister’s Press Office – Mamuka Bakhtadze: We have ambition to be multi-dimensional hub in our region. We must become a hub for Doing...

China’s ZMPC to supply cranes to Anaklia port

Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) May 16, 2019 – The Chinese company ZPMC will supply Anaklia Development Consortium with 12 eRTG type cranes, used for...

Georgia and Kazakhstan to Offer Joint Logistics Projects to International Companies

News – Prime Minister’s Press Office – Georgia and Kazakhstan to Offer Joint Logistics Projects to International Companies – May 15,...

Georgian Vice Prime Minister visits Anaklia port project

Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) May 12, 2019 – Vice Prime Minister and the Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, Maia Tskitishvili,...

China and Georgia sign transport agreement

Beijing, China (Ports Europe) April 29, 2019 – Georgian Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Maya Tskitishvili, has been in the Chinese...

Analysis – Anaklia new port: China probably wants it, Russia hates it, U.S. navy might use it, Georgia would benefit from it enormously

Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) April 21, 2019 – The project for the future biggest deep sea port in the Black Sea, Anaklia, has reportedly secured financing...

Bulgaria and Georgia to establish twice daily ferry services between their Black Sea ports

Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) April 18, 2019 – Bulgaria and Georgia will increase ferry services between their Black Sea ports from twice weekly to twice...

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