Authorities raise importance of Anaklia Deep Sea Port project with diplomats
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Georgia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mikheil Janelidze and founder of Anaklia Development Consortium Mamuka Khazaradze met the diplomatic corps accredited to Georgia and introduced them to the development of the Anaklia Deep Sea Port project today.
Representatives of the financial organisations also attended the meeting.
At the meeting Janelidze and Khazaradze highlighted the importance of the Anaklia Deep Sea Port project to the diplomats, announced the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.
The Government of Georgia continues to work to make Georgia a real logistic hub in the region. The Anaklia Deep Sea Port project is a very important project that creates new opportunities in the region,” said Janelidze.
Along with the already existing transit infrastructure, we create additional opportunities for additional freight turnover that will come in the corridor in the next few years. We want international companies and our partner countries to be maximally involved in the corridor development process,” he added.
Construction works of the Anaklia Deep Sea Port is starting this month. The opening of the first phase of the port and receiving the ships in Anaklia is planned for 2021.
Video from Anaklia Development Consortium shows investment opportunities of the Anaklia Deep Sea Port.
The Anaklia Deep Sea Port development will be separated into nine phases. At the end of the final phase the Anaklia Deep Sea Port must be able to handle 100 million tonnes of cargo per year.
- Find out more about the Anaklia Deep Sea Port project in the article ‘Project of the Century: Georgia starts to build Anaklia Deep Sea Port’ by Mariam Papidze on Agenda.ge.
Spread over 400 hectares and boasting access to a deep sea canyon, Anaklia Port’s mission is to create a new, faster maritime corridor between China and Europe, helping restore the historic Silk Road.
The Anaklia Deep Sea Port development will be separated into nine phases and its investment cost is $2.5 billion. The Anaklia Development Consortium is responsible for building the largest port in Georgia.
Besides the Anaklia Deep Sea Port a city Anaklia and special economic zone will also be developed at the area.
One of the world's largest privately held port operators, SSA Marine will operate Georgia’s future port in Anaklia, a Black Sea city near Georgia’s breakaway Abkhazia region.
Anaklia Black Sea Port has attracted the interest of one of the world's largest privately held port operators, SSA Marine.
Those who want to catch up on the development process of the Anaklia Deep Sea Port project – Georgia’s largest port on the coasts of the Black Sea - are now able to get all information at a newly opened information centre.
Anaklia Black Sea Port is attracting the interest of one of the world's largest privately held port operators, SSA Marine.
Georgia is one step closer to creating a new, faster maritime corridor between China and Europe, helping to restore the historic Silk Road by building the Anaklia Deep Sea Port. As the construction of Anaklia Deep Sea Port is now underway, Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili and other members of the Cabinet of Ministers joined the works today.
Chinese corporation ZPMC will be involved in the construction of Georgia’s largest port Anaklia Deep Sea Port, on the shores of the Black Sea city of Anaklia, near Georgia’s breakaway Abkhazia region.
One of China’s largest companies, China Railway International Group, is interested in investing in Georgia’s Anaklia Deep Sea Port project, which is underway on the shores of the Black Sea city of Anaklia, near Georgia’s breakaway Abkhazia region.
Georgia and Israel are discussing the possibility of transferring several Israeli enterprises to Georgia’s Black Sea town of Anaklia.
A leading British company, BuroHappold Engineering, will be responsible for developing a visionary master planning and development plan study for Georgia’s Black Sea town of Anaklia, which soon will be transformed into a modern, bustling city.
A cutter suction dredger ship, the Athena, has arrived in Anaklia to help in the implementation of the works being carried out.