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Anaklia Deep Sea Port was to have been the first Georgian deep water container port with state-of-the-art infrastructure and equipment. In January 2020, the Anaklia port project was cancelled by Georgia’s government, which claimed that the owners, Anaklia Development Consortium, had not met the terms and conditions of the contract. The government plans to reissue the tender. The issue is embroiled with international, political and business interests.

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...

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),...

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...

Analysis – Was the Anaklia Deep Sea Port project torpedoed in the name of a free zone near Poti port?

Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) October 8, 2021 – Georgian billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party, has been opposing...

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”...

Georgia plans transport infrastructure investment including for Black Sea ports

Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) July 8, 2021 – Earlier this week, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Natia Turnava presented the vision of...

Georgian government plans to seek investor for the Anaklia Deep Sea Port project

Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) March 5, 2021 – Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said yesterday that the government would soon start the...

Analysis – Georgia helped Russia sink Anaklia Deep Sea Port project – can Poti replace it?

Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) January 3, 2021 – Anaklia Deep Sea Port project did not have a chance fighting for its survival against Georgia’s political...

Georgia government seeks renewed feasibility study for Anaklia port

Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) December 15, 2020 – Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Natia Turnava, has said that the government needs to...

NGO raises issue of Anaklia port issue in meeting with US Secretary of State

On his official visit to Georgia, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with representatives of non-governmental organizations. The meeting was attended by...

Anaklia Development Consortium welcomes visit to Georgia by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

The Anaklia Development Consortium (ADC) today issued the following statement in advance of the 17-18 November visit to Georgia by U.S. Secretary of State Mike...

U.S. Secretary Pompeo set to visit Georgia

Tbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) November 15, 2020 – U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo is currently in France on a tour which will include Turkey,...

Anaklia Development Consortium accuses government of favouring Poti port

Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) October 28, 2020 – The Anaklia Development Consortium (ADC) has issued a news announcement entitled, “Government...

APM Terminals Poti and Poti New Terminals Corporation sign agreement for joint development of a new bulk cargo facility

Poti, Georgia (PortSEurope) October 26, 2020 – APM Terminals Poti (APMT) and Poti New Terminals Corporation (PNTC) have signed an agreement for the joint...

Anaklia port facing unclear future

Tbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) October 12, 2020 – The ongoing saga regarding the future of the Anaklia deep sea port project continues with a further...

Anaklia Development Consortium issues statement claiming government’s intention to end project

Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) September 11, 2020 – The Anaklia Development Consortium (ADC) has published a statement supporting its opinion that the...

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