Maersk launches a new Middle Corridor rail service
Copenhagen, Denmark (PortSEurope) May 17, 2022 - Maersk has launched a new rail-sea service connecting Asia to Europe through Central Asia using the "Middle Corridor".…
Western sanctions against Russia force Kazakhstan to seek transport solutions via Turkey
Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) May 12, 2022 - Western sanctions against Russia are forcing Kazakhstan to seek transport solutions via Turkey. This means a new significance…
APM Terminals plans to start construction of a new terminal in Georgia’s Poti in 2022
Poti, Georgia (PortSEurope) April 11, 2022 - APM Terminals plans to start in 2022 construction of a new terminal in the Georgia’s Black Sea port…
Georgian government claims Anaklia deep sea port project will go ahead
Free ReadTbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) April 3, 2022 - The Anaklia deep sea port project in western Georgia will go head and there is renewed investor interest,…
Trapaidze: “Resume Anaklia port project, Poti will not withstand the new traffic – iron curtain around Russia”
Poti, Georgia (PortSEurope) March 30, 2022 - In an interview with Business Media Georgia, Paata Trapaidze, the founder of Caucasus Road Project (CRP), said that…
A new container hub to be created in the Port of Aktau due to sanctions against Russia
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) March 30, 2022 – The Kazakhstan government is planning a new container hub for the Port of Aktau. Minister of Industry and…
Event: Black and Caspian Sea Ports & Shipping 2022 Exhibition and Conference – April 5-7, 2022
Tbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) March 21, 2022 - The Black and Caspian Sea Ports and Shipping 2022 Exhibition and Conference will take place at the Paragraph Resort and…
Kazakhstan seeks greater use of ports of Aktau and Kuryk
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) March 10, 2022 - International sanctions against Russia means that Kazakhstan is seeking alternative routes to export and transship cargo. Options include…
Poti increased its cargo handling capacity just in time to take over cargo destined to Russian and Ukrainian ports
Poti, Georgia (PortSEurope) March 6, 2022 – The Georgian-American transport company PACE Group, the country’s largest, opened on January 29 a new multifunctional marine terminal…
Port of Poti opens new PACE group seaport facility
Poti, Georgia (PortSEurope) January 31, 2022 - Last Saturday saw the official opening of a new terminal in Poti on the Southern Georgian Black Sea…
APM Terminals Poti explores plans for regional transport hub
Interview with Iain Rawlinson, Chief Commercial Officer at APM Terminals Poti - January 19, 2022 Originally published in Forbes Infrastructure in Georgian language. The pandemic…
Iran, Azerbaijan and Georgia agree on a transit route connecting Persian Gulf with Black Sea
Amirabad, Iran (PortSEurope) December 15, 2021 – In a desperate need of trade links severely curtailed under Western sanctions, Iran has agreed with Azerbaijan and…
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 construction…
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 Anaklia deep port…
U.S. State Department publishes Investment Climate Statement on Georgia
Washington, USA (PortSEurope) July 23, 2021 - The U.S. State Department has published its "2021 Investment Climate Statements: Georgia" which reviews the Georgian economic and…
Georgia plans transport infrastructure investment including for Black Sea ports
Tbilisi, Georgia (PortSEurope) July 8, 2021 - Earlier this week, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Natia Turnava presented the vision of long-term development of…
Toyota senior representatives visit APM Terminals Poti
On 24th June, Mr Koji Matsuno - President of Toyota Caucasus, Mr. Tomoya Yamaguchi - Director of Sales & Marketing of Toyota Caucasus and Ms.…
Kaikaku Kaizen Week in APM Terminals Poti
“We can learn, improve and grow only by hearing the voice of customer - we should listen more and assume less”- Keld Mosgaard Christensen, Managing…
Analysis – A new Caspian Sea-Black Sea transport corridor to link port of Baku with Turkey’s Samsun and Trabzon, could diminish Poti port
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) June 9, 2021 – Construction of the Azerbaijani section of the railway to Azerbaijan’s landlocked exclave of Nakhchivan that passes through the recently liberated…
Analysis – New container and breakbulk shipping line: from Yarimca, via Don-Volga rivers canal, into Aktau and Turkmenbashi, then to China and back
Yarimca, Turkey (PortSEurope) June 7, 2021 – The big losers of the yet to be launched new container and breakbulk shipping line, linking Marmara (Yarimca…