Israel Ports Assets and Development Company Ltd to cooperate withGeorgia's Black Sea port of Poti

Mr. Amos Ron director general of Israel Ports Assets and Development Company Ltd (IPADC) met last week a Georgian port delegation headed by Mr.Temur Miminoshvili, director general of the Black Sea port of Poti.
 
In a press release the IPADCnoted that Georgia's Black Sea port of Poti provides access to the Mediterranean Sea via the Bosporus. More than 150 years Poti Sea Port has been successfully performing the role of a linking bridge between Europe and Asia .
 
Poti's man-made harbor is regarded as Georgia's principal port. It carries more cargo because of its rail links to Tbilisi. The port at Poti can handle ships having up to ten meters draught and 30,000 tons in weight. Altogether, nine berths can process as much as 100,000 tons of general cargo, 4 million tons of bulk cargo, and 1 million tons of grain per year.
 
The Israel Ports Company offered the poti port management to assist in the construction of a new container terminal. Ron added that port of Poti's management showed interest in the ports reforms as well as in the development of the new container terminal at the port of Ashdod.
 
Both side will sign a memorandum of understanding within a few month during a visit to Poti of a high ranking israeli ports delegation to Georgia.