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The Poti Sea Port is a major seaport and harbor off the eastern Black Sea coast at the mouth of the Rioni River in Poti, Georgia. It is home to APM Terminals Poti.

Poti-Port Kavkaz train-ferry link between Georgia and Russia set for delay

Poti, Georgia (PortSEurope) June 24, 2022 – The Armenian government has indicated its concern that the proposed Poti-Port Kavkaz train-ferry link between...

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...

Julián Fernández appointed as Managing Director of APM Terminals Poti

Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) June 16, 2022 – Julián Fernández has been appointed Managing Director of APM Terminals Poti and joins APM Terminals’...

Kazakhstan Railways and Nurminen Logistics start new trans-Caspian Sea service

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) May 24, 2022 – KTZ Express JSC and the Finnish operator Nurminen Logistics Services OY have started a new trans-Caspian...

Protest in Poti against pollution and noise from the port

Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 24, 2022 – For a second day in a row the entrance to the Georgian Black Sea Port of Poti is blocked by local residents who...

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...

Maersk introduces new rail-sea connection between Asia and Europe together with APM Terminals

In response to customers’ ever-changing supply chain needs in the current extraordinary times, Maersk introduces a new rail-sea offer connecting Asia to...

Maersk launches a new Middle Corridor rail service

Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) May 17, 2022 – Maersk has launched a new rail-sea service connecting Asia to Europe through Central Asia using the...

Western sanctions against Russia force Kazakhstan to seek transport solutions via Turkey

Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 12, 2022 – Western sanctions against Russia are forcing Kazakhstan to seek transport solutions via Turkey. This means a...

APM Terminals plans to start construction of a new terminal in Georgia’s Poti in 2022

Poti, Georgia (PortSEurope) April 11, 2022 – APM Terminals plans to start in 2022 construction of a new terminal in the Georgia’s Black Sea port of...

Georgian government claims Anaklia deep sea port project will go ahead

Tbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) April 3, 2022 – The Anaklia deep sea port project in western Georgia will go head and there is renewed investor interest,...

“Resume Anaklia deep sea port project, Poti will not withstand the new traffic”

Poti, Georgia (PortSEurope) March 30, 2022 – In an interview with Business Media Georgia, Paata Trapaidze, the founder of Caucasus Road Project (CRP),...

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...

Event: Black and Caspian Sea Ports & Shipping 2022 Exhibition and Conference – April 5-7, 2022

Tbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) March 21, 2022 – The Black and Caspian Sea Ports and Shipping 2022 Exhibition and Conference will take place at the...

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...

Poti increased its cargo handling capacity just in time to take over cargo destined to Russian and Ukrainian ports

Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) March 6, 2022 – The Georgian-American transport company PACE Group, the country’s largest, opened on January 29 a new...

Port of Poti opens new PACE group seaport facility

Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) January 31, 2022 – Last Saturday saw the official opening of a new terminal in Poti on the Southern Georgian Black Sea...

APM Terminals Poti explores plans for regional transport hub

Interview with Iain Rawlinson, Chief Commercial Officer at APM Terminals Poti – January 19, 2022 Originally published in Forbes Infrastructure in...

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...

The saga with Anaklia deep-sea port continues. Is the project realistic?

Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) November 7, 2021 – The Georgian government plans to announce in 2022 a new international tender for an investor for the...

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