Port Overview

Being a landlocked country and the subject of a trade embargo by 2 of its 4 neighbors, the Georgian port of Poti serves as a European gateway for international trade in Armenia.

Port Poti is on a plain, where the Rioni River empties into the Black Sea, 265 km northwest of Tbilisi, with its geographical location representing a crossroad of the Caucasian corridor.

Poti Port is the largest seaport in Georgia, handling liquids, dry bulk, 80% of Georgia’s container traffic, and passenger ferries. The multi-purpose facility has 15 berths, a total quay length of 2,900 meters, more than 20 quay cranes, and 17 km of rail track.

Nowadays the port is equipped with modern cargo handling facilities and in line with European standards. The port has open and closed warehouses and supportive constructions, The port consists of an outer roadstead and an inner harbor. The inner harbor, which is protected by breakwaters, consists of 4 basins approached by a channel.8 cargo handling complexes located at 15 berths of the “northern port” and “inner basin, passenger station, and berths for the fishing fleet, with a total berth length of 2,900m and more than 20 quay cranes. Sea Port of Poti has all the conditions to satisfy clients’ different requirements regarding cargo and passenger carriage.

Poti is the principal port for the transshipment of cargo to and from Central Asia and the Trans-Caspian district, 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.

Port website: Our Port - APM Terminals

Key port information may also be found at: http://www.maritime-database.com

Port Location and Contact
Country	Georgia
Province or District	SAMEGRELO -Zemo Svaneti
Nearest Town or City with Distance from Port	POTI
Port's Complete Name	PORT POTI
Latitude	42.15406
Longitude	41.66006
UN/LOCODE	GEPTI
Managing Company or Port Authority	APM Terminals Poti
Management Contact Person	APM Terminals Poti   Poti New Terminal Consortium (PNTC)
Nearest Airport and Airlines with Frequent International Arrivals/Departures	Kutaisi International Airport Airlines: WizzAir, FlyArystan, Red Wings, Pegasus, Belavia, and AK Air Georgia

 

Port Picture

 

 

Description and Contacts of Key Companies

APM Terminals Poti

JSC Poti Sea Port Corporation
I/N 215080999

Legal address: 38 D. Aghmashenebeli Str. Poti 4400 Georgia

Tel: + 995 493 27 77 77.

Operates 24 hrs a day, all year around. closed on the following public holidays.

January 1, January 7, January 19, March 3, March 8, April 9, Moveable - Eastern Orthodox Good Friday, Great Saturday, Easter Sunday, and Easter Monday of  Bright Week (On Bright Monday, the Georgian Orthodox Church serves  Liturgy for Dismissals), May 9, May 12, May 26, August 28, October 14, November 23.

Email: customerservicepoti@apmterminals.com

Administration: Email: AdministrationPoti@apmterminals.com  

https://www.apmterminals.com/en/poti/practical-information/shipping-lines  

Poti New Terminal Consortium (PNTC)

Poti Sea Port Corporation (PSPC) and Poti New Terminals Consortium (PNTC) signs a Memorandum of Understanding. Accordingly, The New Bulk Cargo Terminal has a capability to process more than one million tons of different types of dry bulk cargos annually and will expand new opportunities for Georgian transit corridor.

Tsereteli St. 116th.

 Business Center Didube Plaza Post code: 0119, Tbilisi, Georgia

Tel: (995 32) 35 71 73

didube@plaza.com  

Info@pnt.ge

https://www.pnt.ge/

Service:

1. Passenger ferries,

1. Tugboat Services are provided by SVITZER. Svitzer Azimuth Sterndrive (ASD) tugboats significantly improve harsh weather operating capabilities and night time navigation through the entrance channel. These advanced tugboats provide customers with enhanced night-time navigation and safer towage during harsh weather conditions. This translates into faster turn times for vessels, more berthing windows to fit last minute changes to sailing schedules and the opportunity to welcome even longer, larger vessels. Pilotage is done by the State Authorities. All other Marine Services are carried out by APM Terminals Poti.
2.  Barge, Break Bulk and Out of Gauge (OOG): APM Terminals Poti handles all kinds of dry cargo, including containers, break bulk, bulk, rail, ferry, and RORO cargo.
3.  Ro-Ro: All kinds of wheeled vehicles can be handled, from personal cars to high and heavy cargo.

2. Container Services 

4. Phytosanitary Inspection and veterinary inspections can be arranged from cross-docking and reloading operations for transnational business.
5. On-dock Rail – connecting the port to the Georgian Railway network, as well as to the markets of Armenia.
6. Verified Gross Mass Weighing in full compliance with IMO requirements.

 

3. Warehouse and Storage Solutions 

1. Cross Docking: APM Terminals Poti offers a covered facility for the stripping and cross-docking of containers into trucks and vice-versa.

2. Storage 

3. Stripping and stuffing: All containerized cargo can be stripped and stuffed in the APM Terminals Poti Container Yard.

For more information on port contacts, please see the following link:  4.4 Port and Waterways Companies Contact List

Port Performance

 

Seasonal Constraints

	Occurs	Time Frame
Rainy Season	No	October - May
Major Import Campaigns	N/A	N/A

 

Handling Figures for 2023
Vessel Calls	1300
Container Traffic (TEUs)	400,000

 

Handling Figures Bulk and Break Bulk for 2023
Bulk (MT)	8 million
Break bulk (MT)	n/a

 

Discharge Rates and Terminal Handling Charges

For information on port rates and charges, please see the following link: https://www.apmterminals.com/en/poti/services/tariffs  

https://www.apmterminals.com/en/poti/practical-information/hours-of-operation 

Port tariffs are determined in accordance with the Maritime Code of Georgia, Civil Code of Georgia, Georgian law and other legislative acts relating to transport rules and regulations according to the legislative normative act.

Tariffs are established according to the vessel conditional volume, which is determined with international measurement certificate or according to - LOA of vessel, breadth and molded depth.

Barges, or floating objects combination volumes are determined as sum of separate elements. All charges for services should be paid by forwarder (ship-owner, freighter) or by vessel agent before any vessel leaves from port. In the case of non-payment of service tariffs and fines, the Port Administration Office will provide written notice and the Harbour Master who is permitted to refuse permission for the vessel to leave the port. Lighter ships, which carry out loading operations on internal and external roadstead, pay tariffs according to the lighter volume, which will be given at time of vessel call in port and will receive at time of leaving the port.

Services which are conducted during holidays incur a 25% surcharge for every vessel

Holidays are defined according to the labour law of Georgia. All kinds of service should be in detail decoded in the bill presented to ship-owner, included service carried out during the holidays. For the calculation of service fees, times rounded-up for each 30 minutes. Therefore, less than 30 minutes will be counted as half an hour and more than 30 minutes will be charged as 1 hour. Payment of tonnage, channel, berthing, sanitary inspection service and watchman tariffs are carried out once and will be paid per operation, by which a vessel arrived to the port. The navigation regimes are established for tariff award:

National Transporting – refers to vessels under the flag of Georgia, which carries out a navigation in Azov and Black Sea Basin between the ports of Georgia and CIS.

Vessels with privilege or national regime – refers to vessels, under the flag of Georgia that have concluded an agreement regarding commercial navigation and the vessels under the flag of Georgia as well, which carry out a navigation not in CIS countries.

Vessels with regular regime – refer to vessels, under the flag of Georgia has not concluded an agreement regarding a commercial navigation. For all tariff calculations, for those oil carrier (OBO) vessels and tankers, that have double bottom, double board or insulated ballast tanks (containers), their conditional volume is multiplied on coefficient -0.85, in case the vessel (agent) presents the International Certificate (IOPP) - to avoid the sea from oil pollution.

Berthing Specifications

Type of Berth	Quantity	Length (m)	Maximum Draft (m)	Comments
Conventional Berth	8	154-264	8-12.5	n/a
Container Berth	1	211	8.25	n/a
Silo Berth	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Berthing Tugs	1-2 engine x 1,775 HP 1-2 engine x 1,200 HP 1-2 engine x 600 HP 1-2 engine x 480 HP	n/a	n/a	n/a
Water Barges	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

General Cargo Handling Berths

Cargo Type	Berth Identification
Imports - Bagged Cargo	8, 9, 10 ( see below drawing Nº 1)
Exports - Bagged Cargo	8, 9, 10 ( see below drawing Nº 1)
Imports and Exports - RoRo	(see below drawing Nº 1)
Other Imports	(see below drawing Nº 1)

Port Handling Equipment

Currently the Port is a separate business entity and is operating its own equipment as private company.

Equipment	Available	Total Quantity and Capacity Available	Comments on Current Condition and Actual Usage
Dockside Crane	Yes	20; Capacity – 358 MT	n/a
Container Gantries	Yes	3; Capacity – 120 MT	n/a
Mobile Cranes	Yes	3; Capacity - 138 MT	n/a
Reachstacker	Yes	8; Capacity – 360 MT	n/a
RoRo Tugmaster (with Trailer)	Yes	4	n/a
Grain Elevator with Bagging Machines	No	n/a	n/a
Transtainer	No	n/a	n/a
Forklifts	Yes	8; Capacity – 60 MT	n/a

Port of Poti: Berthing Details 

Berth No	Length (m)		Draft (m)		Specialized for handling	Equipped with
1	200		12.5		Liquid Oil Products	Liquid Oil handling Terminal
2	185		12.5		Rail, Cars, Trucks & Containers	Ferry Terminal 2x 20 mt cranes
3	215		8.5		Metals, Equipment, Pipes	5 cranes up to 20 mt capacity
4	440		6.5		Fertilizer & General cargo	2 cranes up to 20 mt capacity
5	173		8.5		General Cargo	2 cranes up to 20 mt capacity
6	220		9.7		Metal Scrap	2 cranes up to 20 mt capacity
7	210		8.2		Container Terminal	3 cranes up to 40 mt capacity
8	220		9.7		Grain Bulk & General Cargo	3 cranes up to 20 mt capacity
9	220		8.0		Grain Bulk & General Cargo	3 cranes up to 6 mt capacity
10	220		8.0		Grain Bulk & General Cargo	3 cranes up to 20 mt capacity
11	220		8.0		Grain Bulk & General Cargo	n/a
12	260		8.0		Ro-Ro Passenger Terminal	n/a
13	97		8.5		Ro-Ro Passenger Terminal	n/a
14	240		8.5		Dish of fishing fleet	n/a
Port of Poti: Port Specifications
Pilot Boats		2
Water Barges		1
Police Boats		1
Anti-pollution Boats		1
Speed Boats		2

 

Container Facilities

The port has one designated container terminal (terminal No. 7) and each major/ international container lines represented in Port Poti such as Maersk, MSC, CMA/CGM, Zim, Happag Lyods have their own terminals outside of port.

container Facilities	20ft (TEU’s)	40ft (FEU’s)
Container Facilities	Yes	Yes
Container Freight Stations (CFS)	Yes	Yes
Number of CFS	3	3
Refrigerated Container Stations	Yes	Yes
Number of Stations (connection points)	1	1
Containerized Cargo Handling Charges
Discharge, loading, shifting within the hold or shifting on deck without landing	€48	€60
Containers handled via a conventional ship	€23	€30
Containers handled on a Ro-Ro basis	n/a	n/a
Empty Containers	n/a	n/a
Transhipment containers, overland containers, containers shipped & re-landed or landed & re-shipped or shifted from hold to hold	€23	€30

Port Security

 

Security
ISPS Compliant	Yes
Current ISPS Level (Level 1 = Normal, Level 2 = Heightened, Level 3 = Exceptional)	Normal (1)
Police Boats	1
Fire Engines	N/A