Batumi
Batumi is a port in Southwest Georgia and a main transportation trade point in the Black Sea basin. Batumi, with its large port and commercial centre, is also the last stop of the Transcaucasian railroad and the Baku oil pipeline. It is situated some 20 kilometres from the Turkish border. The port is managed by KazTransOil JSC, a subsidiary of Kazakhstan’s national oil and gas company JSC NC KazMunaiGaz. The port takes part in many transport projects and corridors, being a participant of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), the Eurasian transport corridor TRACECA and the Association of ports of the Black and Azov Seas (BASPA).
UK Ambassador to Georgia visited the Batumi Seaport
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) November 21, 2023 – The UK Ambassador to Georgia Mark Clayton has visited Batumi Seaport, the Black Sea port in South...
Cargo keeps declining in Georgian ports in Q2 2023
Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) September 11, 2023 – The Georgian Black Sea ports of Poti and Batumi handled more than 3.5 million tonnes of cargo in Q2 2023,...
Hamburg to support Georgia’s National Maritime Single Window Initiative
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) September 6, 2023 – HPC Hamburg Port Consulting (HPC) will provide comprehensive IT management services for the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Shanghai ACE Investment & Development looks at Batumi port trade
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) April 13, 2023 – Director General Batumi Seaport LLC, Ulan Tleugali, and Chairman of the Board of Shanghai ACE Investment...
KazTransOil in Georgia and Abu Dhabi Ports in talks
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) April 12, 2023 – The Georgian subsidiary of KazTransOil (KTO) and Abu Dhabi Ports have discussed a cooperation based...
Georgia cargo figures recover in 2022
Tbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) March 6, 2023 – Georgia cargo figures recovered in 2022 reported the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of...
Batumi port hosts delegation from Uzbekistan
Batumi, Georgia (PortSEurope) March 1, 2023 – A delegation from the Republic of Uzbekistan, headed by the Deputy Minister of Transport, visited Batumi...
Georgian ports handled 12.8% more cargo and 18.9% more containers in 2022
Poti, Georgia (PortSEurope) February 20, 2023 – Georgia’s two Black Sea ports of Poti and Batumi processed 12.4 million tonnes of cargo in 2022, which...
Batumi Oil Terminal handled 82,500 tons of oil from Tengiz oilfield in January 2023
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 8, 2023 – The Batumi Oil Terminal handled 82,500 tons of oil from the Tengiz oilfield in Kazakhstan in January...
TengizChevrOil to export more oil via Georgia’s Batumi port
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) January 26, 2023 – Kazakhstan’s TengizChevrOil (TCO) plans to boost its crude oil exports via Georgia’s Black...
No chance for passenger ships between Russia and Georgia
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) January 26, 2023 – The Maritime Transport Agency (AMT) of Georgia refuted the statement of the General Director of...
Georgia to retain 51% stake in “new” Anaklia deep sea port
Tibilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) December 13, 2022 – An announcement by Georgia’s government says that the country is to retain 51% stake in...