Georgia
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.
Georgian ministers visit APM Terminals Poti
Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) August 17, 2023 – Georgia’s Vice Prime Minister & Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Levan...
Kazakh container terminal in Poti to be ready in 2024
Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) August 14, 2023 – In October, Kazakhstan’s transport and logistics investment group of companies PTC Holding will start the...
Could China be given Anaklia port project?
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) August 6, 2023 – The long-delayed Georgia Anaklia deep sea port project in the Black Sea seems about to be served on a...
Russian cruise ship leaves Batumi port after protests
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) August 2, 2023 – The Russian cruise ship Astoria Grande has left the Georgian Black Sea port of Batumi following local...
Georgia hosts Uzbek delegation
Tbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) July 19, 2023 – The Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has welcomed a visit of Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla...
Anaklia port saga (3): International consultants and ongoing arbitration
Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) July 4, 2023 – The saga with the construction of Georgia’s first deep sea port near the Black Sea town of Anaklia...
First Romania-Georgia ferry line
Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) July 2, 2023 – A regular ferry line was opened between Romania’s biggest Black Sea port of Constanta and the Georgian...
Armenia establishes rail-sea cargo route to Russia, bypassing sanctions
Batumi, Georgia (PortSEurope) June 26, 2023 – Without much fanfare, Armenia has established a regular combined rail and sea cargo route to sanctions-hit...
Georgia, Kazakhstan increase mutual trade, plan rail, port investment
Tbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) June 26, 2023 – The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Alikhan Smailov, has been on an official visit to Georgia, where he was...
Kazakh-Azeri-Georgian logistics company for the Middle Corridor
Astana, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) June 26, 2023 – Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Georgia will create a logistics company whose activities will help ensure the...
First pilot transport of cargo by semi-trailer along the TRACECA corridor
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) June 20, 2023 – The first pilot transport of cargo by semi-trailer along the TRACECA corridor has taken place as the...
Kazakhstan’s PTC to build a multimodal terminal in Poti
Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) June 4, 2023 – Kazakhstan’s PTC Holding, the largest owner and operator of railway rolling stock in Central Asia, together...
Armenia tests container ship line via Georgia to Russia
Yerevan, Armenia (Ports Europe) June 2, 2023 – Armenia, desperate to establish a regular combined rail and sea cargo route to sanctions-hit Russia, is...
Surprising decline in Georgia’s port cargo handling
Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 31, 2023 – Georgian ports handled 3.5 million tonnes of cargo in the first quarter of 2023, which is -17.8% less than in...
Georgia’s Poti container terminal with a record TEUs in April
Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 8, 2023 – Georgia’s Black Sea container terminal of APM Terminals in the port of Poti handled in April 53,600 TEUs, which...
Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister visits Georgia, talks Anaklia
Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 5, 2023 – Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Yuumi Yoshikawa has visited Georgia and met with Georgian Economy Minister...
Batumi Sea Port attends trade promotion in Uzbekistan
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 2, 2023 – On April 28, 2023, a conference “Trade relations of Uzbekistan: the role of alternative...
German ambassador visits Batumi Seaport
Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 2, 2023 – Ulan Tleugali, General Director of Batumi Seaport LLC, has met with Peter Fischer, Ambassador of the...
Georgia presents infrastructure programme – Anaklia details “soon”
Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) April 19, 2023 – Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili announced yesterday the launch of a $398 million), five-year...
Batumi Oil Terminal increases traffic in 2022
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) April 13, 2023 – Total volume of cargo transshipment in 2022 by Batumi Oil Terminal LLC and Batumi Seaport LLC was 7.6...