“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), said that no matter how the Russian invasion in Ukraine ends, Russia's transit function is zero. An iron curtain is drawn over Russia today. CRP is one of the largest road construction companies in Georgia. “Resume Anaklia deep sea port project, Poti will not withstand the new traffic - iron curtain around Russia”, said Trapaidze. This will definitely increase the demand for Georgia as a transit corridor. Georgia should accelerate the work on strengthening the infrastructure and resume the construction of Anaklia Deep Sea Port. The existing Black Sea port of Poti will not be able to handle future cargo volumes. The cargo turnover between Europe and China is 200 million tonnes, Trapaidze said, adding: “God forces us (Georgia) to use this opportunity. Russia is closed, transit via southern Iran or Afghanistan is unimaginable. Only this narrow Caucasian corridor remains. Cargo transit via Georgia will increase”. Trapaidze was also quoted as saying: “I would definitely restore the construction of Anaklia Port and modernize our railway. I would meet Azerbaijan, which has a great function, because the Caspian Sea is the weakest section (in the cargo corridor to bypass Russia), because the number of ships (in Caspian) is not enough. The government must be as active as we were in 1996 when we have worked on the TRACECA project. TRACECA The Transport Corridor Europe Caucasus Asia (TRACECA) program was launched in 1993 by five Central Asian and three Caucasian countries. It was agreed to implement a program of a European Union (EU) funded technical assistance to develop a transport corridor on a west-east axis from Europe, across the Black Sea, through the Caucasus and the Caspian Sea to Central Asia. TRACECA members include Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Romania, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. The Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) Georgia will also benefit from traders looking to exploit the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR). The TITR route passes through the Kazak seaports of Aktau and Kuryk, then along the feeder and ferry line to the Azeri ports of Baku and Alyat. Then, along the railways of Azerbaijan and Georgia to the Georgian Black Sea ports of Batumi and Poti. Further, via the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway to the Turkish ports of Istanbul and Mersin or alternatively across the Black Sea to Constanta in Romania or Bulgaria’s ports of Varna and Burgas. More PortSEurope news about Georgian ports More PortSEurope news about the Ukrainian crisis Copyright (C) PortSEurope. All Rights Reserved. 2022.

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