The shipping platform

Location: Port Poti is on a plain, where the Rioni River empties into the Black Sea, 265 km northwest of Tbilisi, with its geographical location represents a crossroad of the Caucasian corridor, approx 110km N of the Turkish border. General overview: Poti is the principal port for the transhipment of cargo to and from Central Asia and the Trans-Caspian district, has recently been acquired by APM and RAKIA, handling liquid and dry bulk, ferries as well as containers. It is also the shipping port for the export of manganese ore from the Caucasian and Chiaturi regions. The port consists of an outer roadstead and an inner harbour. The inner harbour, which is protected by breakwaters, consists of 4 basins approached by a channel. It has 15 berths, with total berth length of 2,900m and more than 20 quay cranes. Beths: -No.7: LOA: 140m; draft: 8,2 m; remarks: containers and OOG -No.14: LOA: 210m; draft: 8,5 m; remarks: containers and OOG APM Terminals Poti is planning to expand the Poti Sea Port in the city of Poti, Georgia. The expansion will involve the construction of a new deep-water multipurpose port, which will be able to handle cargo throughputs of 50 million tonnes and two million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) per year. The project will involve the development of a 1,700m-long breakwater and a quay with a depth of 13.5m. The 400m-long multipurpose quay will support the loading / unloading of dry bulk cargo and an additional 150,000 TEUs. The new berth is expected to have a capacity to handle 9,000 TEU container ships. Traffic figures: Approx 2,050 vessels, 7,292,000t of cargo and 210,000TEU handled annually. Load line zone: Summer. Max size: Max LOA 250m, beam 35m, draught 10.3m. Max draught in entrance channel 11.5m.