Georgia
Georgia in country located in Transcaucasia, bordering on the Black Sea, north of Turkey and Armenia. It regained independence when the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991. In August 2008 Russia unilaterally recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia (parts of Georgia), and Russian military forces remain in those regions. The country would like to join the European Union. Its leading ports are Batumi and Poti. Also, the country has made efforts to build a deep sea port at Anaklia, although these efforts are currently stalled.
Georgian agency plans expenditure on Anaklia deep sea port project
Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) August 21, 2022 – Georgian agency plans consultancy expenditure on Anaklia deep sea port project, a project that has been...
Kazakhstan exports oil via Baku port to Ceyhan in Turkey
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 16, 2022 – Kazakhstan is to export oil via Baku port to Ceyhan in Turkey using the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC)...
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...
Georgia government to restart Anaklia deep sea port project
Tbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) August 1, 2022 – The Georgia government is to restart Anaklia deep sea port project and plans to retender the project. In...
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...
Russian LPG exporters will start sending it to Bulgaria via Georgia’s Black Sea port of Poti
Poti, Georgia (PortSEurope) July 17, 2022 – Russian liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) exporters will start sending it to Bulgaria via Georgia’s Black...
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...
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...
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...
Total cargo traffic numbers in Georgia show recovery
Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) June 21, 2022 – The Georgian government has published cargo figures for 2019-2021, and January-April 2022. The total...
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’...
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...
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...
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...
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...