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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.

Georgia: Deep-sea port will allow us to develop road, rail, sea connections

Deep-sea port will allow us to develop road, rail, sea connections – July 12, 2019 Georgia has invested heavily in the construction of the East-West...

Analysis – Poti vs Anaklia game sinks Georgia’s hopes for a deep sea port

Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) April 2, 2019 – Anaklia Deep Sea Port, the Georgia Black Sea construction project, was again put in doubt after last week’s...

Anaklia Development Consortium issues statement on Poti port development

Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) June 3, 2019 – The Anaklia Development Consortium (ADC) has commented on a report that the Ministry of Economy and...

PACE Group receives OPIC loan for Poti port development, Georgia

Poti, Georgia (PortSEurope) May 29, 2019 – The PACE Group has reported that it has received $50 million in funding from the Overseas Private Investment...

Wang Yi, State Councilor and Foreign Minister of China visits Georgia

Tbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) May 26, 2019 – The growing economic and trade relations between Georgia and China were the main topic discussed during...

China and Georgia sign transport agreement

Beijing, China (Ports Europe) April 29, 2019 – Georgian Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Maya Tskitishvili, has been in the Chinese...

Analysis – Anaklia new port: China probably wants it, Russia hates it, U.S. navy might use it, Georgia would benefit from it enormously

Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) April 21, 2019 – The project for the future biggest deep sea port in the Black Sea, Anaklia, has reportedly secured financing...

Bulgaria and Georgia to establish twice daily ferry services between their Black Sea ports

Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) April 18, 2019 – Bulgaria and Georgia will increase ferry services between their Black Sea ports from twice weekly to twice...

Georgia proposes advancing relations with Romania to strategic level

News Release – Prime Minister Proposes Advancing Relations with Romania to Strategic Level – 15 April 2019 Georgia proposes to advance relations...

Analysis – Anaklia: The long shadows of Russia and China, money laundering, private or with state guarantees, personal feud between the rich

Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) April 2, 2019 – Anaklia Deep Sea Port, the Georgia Black Sea construction project, is not progressing and the reasons...

Bulgaria cancels 2003 multimodal transport agreement with Georgia and Armenia

Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) April 1, 2019 – Bulgaria cancelled in March the tripartite multimodal transport agreement signed in distant 2003 due to its...

Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania, Turkmenistan to promote Black Sea-Caspian Sea multimodal corridor

Bucharest, Romania (Ports Europe) March 6, 2019 – The foreign ministers of Romania, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkmenistan have signed a declaration for...

New deep water terminal to be built in the port of Poti

Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 21, 2019 – A new deep water terminal will be built in the Georgian port of Poti, which will enable it to receive...

EU to lend €250 million to Georgia for improvement of the highway between Caspian and Black Seas (Updated with details)

Originally published February 20, 2019 as “EU to lend €250 million to Georgia for local TEN-T transport development”; Updated with further...

Georgia’s Black Sea ports seek role in new international trade corridors

Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 14, 2019 – The Caucasus country of Georgia has three leading ports alongside its Black Sea coastline, Anaklia,...

Georgian ports see reduced cargo traffic inJan-Sep 2018

December 10, 2018 Georgia’s major Black Sea ports have seen a serious downturn in volume in the first three quarters of 2018, compared to 2017. The 1.1....

APM Terminals Poti introduces eco-friendly equipment

Poti, Georgia (PortSEurope) November 15, 2018 – APM Terminals Poti has commissioned a new, state-of-the-art, revolving spreader to load copper...

Polzug Intermodal in Georgia taken over by HHLA

Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Polzug Intermodal in Georgia has been taken over by Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) and now operates...

APM Terminals submits design for expansion of the Poti Sea Port

January 9, 2018 APM Terminals Poti and Poti New Terminals Consortium have submitted a conceptual design for a first stage construction permit for the expansion...

APM Terminals Poti to build cargo terminal

Poti, Georgia (PortSEurope) January 12, 2018 – APM Terminals Poti and Poti New Terminals Consortium have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for...

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