Key port information can also be found at: Maritime Database information on Georgia 

Port Overview

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
Nowadays the port is equipped with modern cargo handling facilities and in line with the European standards
The port has open and closed warehouses, supportive constructions, 8 cargo handling complex located at 15 berths at the “northern port” and “inner basin”, passenger station and berths for the fishing fleet
The Port of Poti has all the conditions to satisfy client’s different requirements regarding cargo and passenger carriage

Port website: Georgia Port of Poti Website

Port Picture

Description and Contacts of Key Companies

For information on Georgia Port of Poti contact details, please see the following link: 

4.3 Georgia Port and Waterways Company Contact List

Port Performance

For information on Poti Port performance, please see the following documents: 

Port of Poti export - import activity

Port of Poti Vessels Calls

Total Cargo Handling

Georgia Port of Poti Additional Information

Dry Cargo Turnover

Note: The information provided in the attached documents, which has been taken from the old DLCA, does not match the structure of the new LCA and is therefore provided separately.

Discharge Rates and Terminal Handling Charges

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 moulded depth. Barges and other 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.

For information on Georgia Port of Poti Charges, please see the following links: 

Port of Poti Website

APM Terminals Website

Georgia Port of Poti Additional Information

Note: The information provided in the attached documents, which has been taken from the old DLCA, does not match the structure of the new LCA and is therefore provided separately.

Berthing Specifications

For information on Georgia Port of Poti Berthing Specifications, please see the following documents: 

Port of Poti berthing facilities

Georgia Port of Poti Additional Information

Note: The information provided in the attached documents, which has been taken from the old DLCA, does not match the structure of the new LCA and is therefore provided separately.

General Cargo Handling Berths

Port Handling Equipment

Is the port equipment managed by the government or privately?  Managed by Port of Poti

For information on Georgia Port of Poti Port Handling Equipment, please see the following document: 

Georgia Port of Poti Additional Information

Note: The information provided in the attached documents, which has been taken from the old DLCA, does not match the structure of the new LCA and is therefore provided separately.

Container Facilities

Customs Guidance

For information on Georgia Port of Poti Customs Guidance, please see the following link: 

1.3 Georgia Customs Information

Terminal Information

Storage: Main Quay Transit Sheds x 8 (69,000 m²)

Grain and Bulk Handling

The Port of Poti has no functional bagging equipment

Port Security

For information on Georgia Port of Poti, please see the following documents: 

Georgia Port of Poti Additional Information

Port Scheme

Note: The information provided in the attached documents, which has been taken from the old DLCA, does not match the structure of the new LCA and is therefore provided separately.

Key port information can also be found at: Maritime Database information on Georgia 

Port Overview

The Port of Batumi is only 15 km from the border with Turkey in the Autonomous Republic of Adjara. The port has 12 berths, four of which can be used for the unloading cereal cargo, either in bulk or in bags. The port has gradually specialised itself in the export of petroleum products that reach Batumi from Azerbaijan by rail and pipeline. The Port of Batumi serves as an alternative to the Port of Poti, but is less well served by the Georgian railways which has only a single rail serving as railway link for the port/quays. The freight costs from Batumi are also higher than those from Poti. Batumi faces the same weather constraints as Poti, i.e. wind and rain in autumn that can affect to some extend the entrance of vessels in the port.

Port website: Port of Batumi Website

Description and Contacts of Key Companies

For information on Georgia Port of Batumi contact details, please see the following link: 

4.2.4Georgia Port and Waterways Company Contact List

Port Performance

Bagged cargo is discharged at a maximum rate of 1,000 mt for two hatches per day. In reality, often lower rates are achieved – especially a result of the delays obtained by waiting for railway wagons. Bulk cargo is discharged at some 2,000 mt for two hatches, again facing the same constraints. Containers can be discharged in Batumi, but with quite a lot of effort, as no facilities are available and the vessel’s cranes have to be used in combination with the shore cranes (which are not in optimum condition). There is no specialised container terminal in the port. Cereal cargo – and other bagged cargo – is normally discharged directly into railway wagons, as the –open – storage space in the port is limited. There is no functional covered storage space inside the port complex.

For information on Georgia Port of Batumi additional details, please see the following documents:

Port of Batumi Dry Cargo Turnover

Note: The information provided in the attached documents, which has been taken from the old DLCA, does not match the structure of the new LCA and is therefore provided separately.

Key port information can also be found at: Maritime Database information on Georgia 

Port Overview

The Kulevi Oil Terminal is an oil port in Kulevi, Georgia, located on the eastern Black Sea coast. Its annual capacity is 10 million tons of crude oil and refined products. Kulevi Oil Terminal incorporates three piers, a canal for tankers, a mobile service fleet of 9 vessels, and a laboratory for oil and refined products testing. The terminal is able to receive up to 168 tank cars at the same time, through four railway branches.

Port website: Kulevi Oil Terminal Port Website

For information on Georgia Port contact details, please see the following link: 

4.3 Georgia Port and Waterways Company Contact List