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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).

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...

Swedish ambassador visits Port of Batumi

Batumi, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) November 7, 2022 – On October 31, 2022, the Ambassador of Sweden to Georgia, Ultrik Tidestrum, visited Batumi Sea Port...

Port of Baku and EU cooperate on “Green Port Concept”

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) December 5, 2022 – The Port of Baku and EU cooperate on the “Support for the implementation of the Green Port...

Batumi International Container Terminal welcomes COSCO’s TBX1 service

Batumi, Georgia (PortSEurope) November 16, 2022 – Batumi International Container Terminal (BICT)has welcomed the inaugural vessel call of Diamond...

Port of Batumi: Meeting with the Second Secretary of the U.S. Consulate

Batumi, Georgia (PortSEurope) November 7, 2022 – As part of Program for US Export Control and Related Border Security Program in Georgia, yesterday,...

Port of Batumi to export oil for Tengizchevroil, Kazakhstan

Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) September 20, 2022 – The Black Sea port of Batumi will export oil from Tengizchevroil (TCO). TCO is the operator of...

Georgian seaports increase cargo traffic in Jan-Jun 2022

Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) September 12, 2022 – Georgian seaports increase cargo traffic in Jan-Jun 2022, reaching 6.3 million tons (mt). This...

Port of Constanta receives intermodal fertiliser from Uzbekistan

Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) September 5, 2022 – The Port of Constanta has received intermodal fertiliser from Uzbekistan via a co-ordinated...

Armenia to launch Poti-Kavkaz twice weekly train-ferry link by end-August

Poti, Georgia (PortSEurope) August 15, 2022 – Landlocked Armenia plans to launch the long delayed twice weekly train-ferry service from the Georgia’s port...

Landlocked Uzbekistan seeks export routes to Europe via Georgian Black Sea ports

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (PortSEurope) July 31, 2022 – Landlocked Uzbekistan, trying to avoid transit via western sanctions hit Russia, is looking for ways...

Batumi welcomes new Asia-Europe multimodal service

Batumi International Container Terminal (BICT), International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s (ICTSI) business unit in Georgia, recently welcomed ADY...

Armenia considers Batumi as link in Russian train-ferry service

Batumi, Georgia (PortSEurope) July 8, 2022 – The Armenian government is looking at the Georgian port of Batumi as a link in its proposed train-ferry...

Batumi International Container Terminal delivers the first cargo via the new ADY Container feeder service.

Batumi, Georgia (PortSEurope) June 28, 2022 – Georgia’s Batumi International Container Terminal (BICT), part of International Container Terminal Services...

ADY Container launches a new service from Port of Batumi connecting China and Europe

Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) June 23, 2022 – ADY Container LLC has launched a new service from Port of Batumi connecting China and Europe via...

Georgia: Total cargo traffic, Jan-Apr 2021, Ports of Batumi and Poti

Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) June 21, 2022 – The Georgian government has published cumulative cargo figures for the January-April 2022 for its...

Grampet Group announces its first train on the Middle Corridor

Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) June 6, 2022 – GRAMPET Group has announced the first train organized on the the Trans-Caspian International Transport...

Companies launch new feeder service between Poti and Constanta

Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 26, 2022 – GR Logistics and Terminals, ADY Container (Azerbaijan), KTZ Express (Kazakhstan) and the Caspian Shipping...

Kuryk to triple its cargo handling and increase the transport of vehicles

Kuryk, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) May 23, 2022 – The war in Ukraine and the massive Western sanctions against Russia are redrawing the transport map of...

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