The company "Black Sea Petroleum" is building an oil refinery in the free industrial zone of Kulev. The new factory should produce fuel of different names in Georgia and sell it on global markets. The total cost of all phases of the project reaches 700 million dollars. The plant's construction permit was issued in August of this year, and the construction of its reservoirs has already begun.

Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan will build a trans-Afghan corridor. Transport Minister Marat Karabayev said that this route will pass through the territory of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, then Afghanistan, including Pakistan, with access to the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean. Back in July 2022, President Tokayev announced that Kazakhstan is ready to engage in the construction of the Trans-Afghan railway, with the route: Mazar-Sharif-Kabul-Peshawar. We remind you that in February 2021, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan approved the road map in Tashkent, which envisages the construction of the Mazar-Sharif-Kabul-Peshawar railway.

According to the information of the Maritime Transport Agency, from October 1, the ships entering the seaports of Georgia will receive digital services "on the principle of one window". This process ensures the elimination of barriers to international shipping, the simplification of national bureaucratic procedures and bringing them into line with international standards.

According to January-September 2024, APM Terminals Poti handled 406,588 TEU containers. APM Terminals Poti received a total of 236 container ships and handled 58,511 vehicles. If we compare the data of 9 months of container processing with the 9 months of 2023, it is 10-11% less.

In September, the preparatory works for the deepening of the bottom of the Anaklia deep-water harbor aquatoria began, based on the agreement signed on August 29, 2024, between "Anaklia Seaport" LLC and the joint venture (JV JAN DE NUL – PRIME CONCRETE).

According to the 2023 financial report of the "Batumi Oil Terminal" Corporation, the total income of the port and the oil terminal near the port increased by 11% to 116.8 million GEL.

The Austrian company Gebrüder Weiss completed the third expansion of the logistics center, for which it invested 12 million euros. The volume of the finished project is 6300 square meters. The new terminal includes both logistics and warehousing areas, with its own parking area. The existing logistics space reaches 18,800 square meters in total. Located in Austria, Gebrüder Weiss Holding AG is a global full-service logistics company with over 500 years of history.

In January-September 2024, the income received from driving trucks in the transport corridor of Georgia has decreased by 1%. During the mentioned period, 132,989,644.50 GEL was received in the treasury from the sale of trailers. It follows from the existing financial indicators that 379,970 trucks crossed the corridor of Georgia in January-September 2024.

The use of Georgian airspace has increased dramatically in the last few years - due to the recovery of the post-pandemic aviation sector, as well as the closure of Ukrainian airspace due to the Russia-Ukraine war and the closure of Russian airspace to Western airlines, the global importance of Georgian airspace has increased dramatically. A significant part of ships going from Europe to Asia make flights using Georgian airspace.

According to the "Sakaeronavigation" report, last year 180,778 overflights took place in the airspace of Georgia, which represented a 72% increase in annual terms, therefore, an average of 495 overflights crossed Georgia per day, while in 2022 this figure was 288 overflights per day. Moreover, according to statistics, Last year flights from Georgian airports increased by 22% and 51,713 take-offs/landings took place last year.

In the period of January - August 2024, the amount of cargo transported in the mode of international transportation amounted to 18.7 million tons, which is 3.7% more than in the same period of 2023. In the mentioned period, the number of containers (6,964 TEU) transported in the Middle Corridor from China or to China, via Georgia, is 728.1% higher than in the same period of 2023.

Azerbaijan wants to create a green corridor along the Middle Corridor route. This was announced by Taleh Ziyadov, the general director of Baku International Sea Trade Port. The greening process includes all modes of transport, including containers, ports, ships, railways - in Azerbaijan and Georgia. According to him, Kazakhstan is seriously considering the use of hydrogen as a green fuel and that in 5-10 years hydrogen will become more available for general use. According to Ziyadov, in the future, everyone will prefer to use the green corridor, due to its environmentally friendly nature.

 

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