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).
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...
TRACECA and USAID will hold a Study Tour for carriers along the Central Asia
News Release – TRACECA and USAID will hold a Study Tour for carriers along the Central Asia – May 4, 2022 Starting from May 16, 2022, the Road...
Asian Development Bank approves loan to improve regional connectivity in Georgia
Tbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) May 4, 2022 – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $114 million loan to improve regional connectivity and road...
Port of Batumi receives oil from Tengizchevroil
Batumi, Georgia (PortSEurope) April 20, 2022 – Tengizchevroil (TCO), operator of the giant Tengiz oilfield in Kazakhstan, has started supplying oil to...
A new container hub to be created in the Port of Aktau due to sanctions against Russia
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) March 30, 2022 – The Kazakhstan government is planning a new container hub for the Port of Aktau. Minister of Industry and...
Azerbaijan Railways changes exports routes to avoid Russia
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) March 17, 2022 – The Russian invasion of Ukraine means that exporters, companies and countries, are diverting cargo...
Kazakhstan seeks greater use of ports of Aktau and Kuryk
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) March 10, 2022 – International sanctions against Russia means that Kazakhstan is seeking alternative routes to export...
Iran, Azerbaijan and Georgia agree on a transit route connecting Persian Gulf with Black Sea
Amirabad, Iran (PortSEurope) December 15, 2021 – In a desperate need of trade links severely curtailed under Western sanctions, Iran has agreed with...
Batumi Oil Terminal LLC Group increases oil shipments in Q2 2021
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) August 15, 2021 – Batumi Oil Terminal LLC has reported a 77% increase in the transshipment of oil, petroleum products and...
Batumi Sea Port handles first cargo for Wondernet Express
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) July 30, 2021 – On July 16, Batumi Sea Port Ltd received the vessel “Arborella” intended for loading cargo of the...
U.S. State Department publishes Investment Climate Statement on Georgia
Washington, USA (Ports Europe) July 23, 2021 – The U.S. State Department has published its “2021 Investment Climate Statements: Georgia”...
New multimodal urea terminal has been opened in Batumi seaport
“The implementation of such an important project in the Batumi seaport as the multimodal urea terminal is an example of the fact that we are already a...
Analysis – New container and breakbulk shipping line: from Yarimca, via Don-Volga rivers canal, into Aktau and Turkmenbashi, then to China and back
Yarimca, Turkey (Ports Europe) June 7, 2021 – The big losers of the yet to be launched new container and breakbulk shipping line, linking Marmara (Yarimca...
Ukrainian minister visits Batumi Sea Port
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) April 23, 2021 – First Deputy Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Dmitry Abramovich, has visited the Georgian Black Sea...
Batumi port on the agneda for Ukrainian delegation visit to Georgia
On April 21-24, 2021, as part of the visit of the Ukrainian delegation to Georgia headed by First Deputy Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Dmytro...
Cleveland Cascades supplies equipment to Batumi port, Georgia
Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) March 1, 2021 – The UK’s Cleveland Cascades Ltd has supplied Batumi port with a Cascade systems for a ship loading...
Analysis – Central Asia to help China bypass Russia en route to Europe
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) December 3 – It is China, again, that is emerging as an unlikely winner from the agreed direct link between Turkey and...
Batumi port to inaugurate new multimodal terminal early in 2021
Batumi, Georgia (PortSEurope) November 19, 2020 – In January 2021, Batumi Sea Port, plans to commission a new multimodal terminal built by the company...
U.S. Ambassador to Georgia visits Batumi port
Batumi, Georgia (PortSEurope) July 17, 2020 – U.S. Ambassador to Georgia Kelly Degnan, visited the Adjara region yesterday and the agenda included a...
Turkey ratifies Lapis Lazuli transport corridor route
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 14, 2020 – The Resmi Gazete, the national and only official journal of the country that publishes the new...