ASTANA, Kazakhstan, August 15. The
minister of Industry of Kazakhstan has launched the construction of
a container terminal in the Georgian port of Poti, Trend reports.
According to the ministry, the project will begin in
September 2023, construction will start in October this year, and
commissioning is scheduled for 2024. The terminal will be located
on an area of eight hectares, and its capacity will be 80,000
containers (in twenty-foot equivalent units) per year.
The terminal will increase the volume of freight
traffic on the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route.
“The container terminal will allow Kazakh and Georgian
businesses to participate in the formation of cargo flows and will
also create favorable tariff conditions on this route. In addition,
it should contribute to an increase in the volume of transit cargo
through Kazakhstan and Georgia,” said Marat Karabayev, Minister of
Industry and Infrastructure Development of Kazakhstan.
The new facility on the Black Sea coast will be built
by the Kazakhstan transport and logistics investment group of
companies, PTC Holding.
“Economic cooperation between Georgia and Kazakhstan
is now entering a new stage of development, and this is
demonstrated by the fact that the cargo turnover between the
countries amounted to $3 million in 2022 and tripled over the past
year. It is absolutely necessary to develop infrastructure in terms
of cargo transportation logistics for the proper and competent
development of relationships and potential,” said Levan
Davitashvili, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of
Georgia.
