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Batumi

Batumi is a port in Southwest Georgia and a main transportation trade point in the Black Sea basin. Batumi, with its large port and commercial centre, is also the last stop of the Transcaucasian railroad and the Baku oil pipeline. It is situated some 20 kilometres from the Turkish border. The port is managed by KazTransOil JSC, a subsidiary of Kazakhstan’s national oil and gas company JSC NC KazMunaiGaz. The port takes part in many transport projects and corridors, being a participant of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), the Eurasian transport corridor TRACECA and the Association of ports of the Black and Azov Seas (BASPA).

U.S. Ambassador to Georgia visits Batumi port

Batumi, Georgia (PortSEurope) July 17, 2020 – U.S. Ambassador to Georgia Kelly Degnan, visited the Adjara region yesterday and the agenda included a...

Turkey ratifies Lapis Lazuli transport corridor route

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 14, 2020 – The Resmi Gazete, the national and only official journal of the country that publishes the new...

Batumi port receives two ships with a total of 63,000 kg of food and medicine

Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Gakharia met two ships at the port of Batumi, which imported a total of 63,000 kg of food and medicine into the country...

ICTSI increases traffic and revenue in 2019

5 March 2020 Throughput increased 5% to 10.2 million TEUs Revenues grew 7% to US$1.5 billion EBITDA improved 10% to US$830.1 million Enrique K. Razon, Jr.,...

Ukraine supports digitization of GUAM transport corridor

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 25, 2020 – Ukraine will facilitate the digitization of the GUAM transport corridor, said Minister of...

Trammo in talks to construct new terminal in Batumi port

Batumi, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 16, 2020 – TRammo Inc of the U.S,. is in talks to invest $20 million in Georgia and build a new terminal in the...

Trans-Caspian International Transport Route expands regular container line at the Caspian Sea

Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (Middle Corridor) expands regular container line at the Caspian Sea – December 12, 2019 On December 9-10,...

ICTSI reports third quarter financial results.

Manila, Philippines (Ports Europe) November 13, 2019 – International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI), a leader in port development, management...

Romania’s Grampet Group launches naval route between Batumi and Constanta ports

Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) October 28, 2019 – Three members of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) – Grampet – Grup...

Issues in the field of transport were discussed at a trilateral meeting of representatives of Ukraine, Georgia and Belarus

On October 22, 2019 in Tbilisi, Georgia, Minister of Infrastructure Vladislav Krykliy participated in a trilateral meeting with Deputy Minister of Economy and...

George Gakharia – A safe Black Sea is a guarantee of a safe Euro-Atlantic space

A strong relationship with NATO is the basis of Georgia’s foreign policy and its security, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia said at a meeting of...

Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company to test Batumi-Constanta ports container service

Constanta, Romania (PortSEurope) August 27, 2019 – At a meeting of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Corridor International Association in...

Georgian government reiterates support for Anaklia port

Batumi, Georgia (PortSEurope) July 14, 2019 – Speaking at the 16th Batumi International Conference, Georgian Minister of Infrastructure Maia Tskitishvili...

16th Batumi International Conference starts in Georgia

News – 16th Batumi International Conference Dedicated to 10th Anniversary of Eastern Partnership – July 10, 2019 10 years passed since the launch...

Commissioner Stylianides addresses the 16th Batumi International Conference in Georgia

News – Commissioner Stylianides addresses the 16th Batumi International Conference in Georgia – July 11, 2019 Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and...

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...

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...

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