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The Poti Sea Port is a major seaport and harbor off the eastern Black Sea coast at the mouth of the Rioni River in Poti, Georgia. It is home to APM Terminals Poti.

Georgia minister comments on Poti, Anaklia ports

Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) June 18, 2024 – Speaking after a government session, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of...

52 kg of cocaine seized in a port in Georgia

Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 24, 2024 – About 52 kg of cocaine were seized in a Georgian Black Sea port in a container with bananas from Ecuador on...

Georgia’s ports handled 3.39 mln tonnes of cargo in Q1’24

Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 24, 2024 – Georgia’s Black Sea ports handled 3.39 million tonnes of cargo in the first quarter of 2024, which is 8%...

Christian Roeder appointed Managing Director, APM Terminals Poti

Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 22, 2024 – Christian Roeder has been appointed Managing Director of APM Terminals Poti, Georgia, effective June 6, 2024....

Georgia, Ukraine join EU’s Connecting Europe Days event

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 8, 2024 – Representatives from Georgia and Ukraine joined the European Union’s Connecting Europe Days 2024...

New rates for Batumi/Poti transport to Turkmenbashi

Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (Ports Europe) April 2, 2024 – Transport and Logistics Centre of Turkmenistan (TULM) JSC has introduced special preferential...

AD Ports acquired a majority stake in Tbilisi Dry Port

Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) March 23, 2024 – Port and logistics operator AD Ports Group (ADP, Abu Dhabi, UAE) has acquired a 60% stake in Tbilisi Dry...

APM Terminals Poti is ready to make a significant investment

News – APM Terminals Poti – March 12, 2024 APM Terminals Poti (JSC Poti Sea Port Corporation) proposes to invest at least USD 200 million in the...

“Single window” for documents in Georgian ports

Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) March 6, 2024 – Georgia’s Parliament is discussing the introduction of a “single window” mechanism in the country’s...

Estonia’s CF&S opened a transit hub in Poti port

Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 25, 2024 – CF&S Group has opened a new transit hub in Georgia’s Black Sea port of Poti. Tallin-headquartered...

Sanctions? Georgia as Russia’s “Auto Heaven”

Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 18, 2024 – Hundreds of cars are supplied to Russia from Georgia every day, directly or through intermediary...

Sanctions change Kazakhstan’s cargo transport geography

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 29, 2024 – The transport industry of Kazakhstan faces an increase in cargo volumes and periodic shortages of...

Georgia’s port of Poti handled 66% more containers in 2023

Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) January 28, 2024 – Georgia’s Black Sea port of Poti handled 592,589 TEUs in 2023, which is almost 66% more than in 2022...

Armenian ferry line between Poti and Kavkaz suspended

Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) January 9, 2024 – Landlocked Armenia has suspended the short-lived Black Sea ferry line between the Georgian Poti and the...

Maersk launches sea-rail service via Poti into Central Asia

Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) September 21, 2023 – Maersk is launching a sea-rail service from Greece to Poti, Georgia, and on to Central Asia. The...

Cargo keeps declining in Georgian ports in Q2 2023

Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) September 11, 2023 – The Georgian Black Sea ports of Poti and Batumi handled more than 3.5 million tonnes of cargo in Q2 2023,...

Hamburg to support Georgia’s National Maritime Single Window Initiative

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) September 6, 2023 – HPC Hamburg Port Consulting (HPC) will provide comprehensive IT management services for the...

Development of international logistics and maritime infrastructure of Kazakhstan

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 3, 2023 – Kazakhstan is starting to expand its logistics capabilities. This includes China and Georgia A new...

Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan to create joint logistics company for TITR

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Ports Europe) August 25, 2023 – Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan intend to create a joint logistics company to operate within the...

Georgian ministers visit APM Terminals Poti

Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) August 17, 2023 – Georgia’s Vice Prime Minister & Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Levan...

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