The Poti port in Georgia is the linking point when it comes to transports from Turkey,the Near east,Europe to the countries in central Asia and Afghanistan.

The advantages of the port of Poti:

From the statistics for 2012 of the Georgian Railway Company results that they posses of an adequate number of wagons,which annuls the need to rest private wagons,of paying their rent and of the trip back with them empty.The simplicity of customs procedures,it offers the best price for transportsto countries in the Middle East and Kazakhstan.

The disadvantages of the port of Poti:

The Georgian railway does not have any 20-foot and 40-foot containers.The permanent blockages in the ports of Baku,Turkmenbashi and Aktau,as well as in boarder stations with Afghanistan (Serkhetabad towards Turghundi and Galaba towards Hairaton station) lead to an increase in transit time for transports made frome the port of Poti.

Transports through the port of Poti are made in 3 main directions:

Transports in to Azerbaijan,Russia through the customs point of SamurYalama. Transports in to Turkmenistan,Afghanistan,Tajikistan,Uzbekistan by means of the Baku-turkmenbasi ferry. Transports in to Kazakhstan,Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan by using the Baku-aktau ferry.

IT&ES is offering the following transport services in Poti harbor:

Naval transport from Turkey in to Poti harbor. Container transport from any port in the world in to Poti port. Transshipping of cargo from maritime containers in to wagons in the port of Poti. Transshipping services from ship to railway cars. Transshipping of cargo from trucks in to train cars with their expedition by rail to their destination. Expedition services by using ferryboat train lines from the ports of Poti and Batumi. Transport of oversized cargo through the port of Poti (construction Equipment,big rigs,metallic constructions etc.). Transshipping of private containers from the ship on to fitting type railway platforms and their transport by rail (including transports of military loads in Afghanistan to the Armed Forces of USA,NATO,ISAF etc.).