Batumi port is connected with all sea countries of the world by sea ways. It is the transport link connecting the sea, river, railway, automobile, air and pipeline types of transport. The main purpose of port is the uninterrupted cargo handling and passenger service. Port performs the bunkering of vessels, supplying of fresh water and the safe mooring of vessels in port.

To perform its purpose Batumi Sea Port Limited has a territory and water area with the appropriate special equipments and facilities, major of which are berth securing devices, berths, loading mechanisms, warehouses, auxiliary service vessels, railway and automobile ways, vehicles, repair shops, systems of water pipe, communication and the Sea station.

There are 5 terminals in Batumi Sea Port Limited: the oil terminal (berths №1, №2, №3 and CBM-conventional Buoy mooring, which can accept 4 tankers simultaneously), the multi-purpose container terminal (berths №4, №5), the railway ferry terminal, the dry cargo terminal (berths №6, №7, №8, №9) and the passenger terminal (berths №10, №11). The maximal throughput of oil terminal is about 18 mln. tons, dry cargo terminal - 2,3 mln. tons, railway ferry - 700 thous. tons. The prospective throughput of the new container terminal will reach 300 thous. TEU per year.

The railway ferry terminal was constructed taking into consideration "Geroy Shipky" type vessels, which ply between ports of Varna (Bulgaria), Poti (Georgia), Ilichevsk (Ukraine) and Batumi (Georgia). Ferry is three-decked; its deadweight tonnage is 12600 tons.

The maximal speed of the ferry is 19, 4 units, and operational speed - 12 units.

The three-decked ferry is capable to accept aboard 108 eight-wheel railway cars.

The loading of cars is performed with speed 3 km / hours, unloading - with speed 4 km / hours. Length of the steel ferry bridge is equal 36,35 m. Width of a forward part -17,53 m, width of a back part - 9,44 m. Weight of the bridge makes 400 tons. The work of ferry system is completely automated. The nominal annual throughput of the terminal is about 700 thousand tons.

Nearest plans include reconstruction of railway ferry terminal, which will give compatibility to the wide and narrow (European type) gauges.

There are available powerful portal cranes (with capacity from 5 up to 20 tons), large park of auto-loaders. The port fleet consists of twelve various purposed vessels.

Batumi Sea Port Limited’s turnover essentially has increased for last ten years. Tradition is continuing and from 80 to 90% of complete turnover are crude oil and oil products. About 70% of total turnover of dry cargo is general cargo.

In March of 2002 Batumi Sea Port Limited was the first Port on the Black Sea which get the Quality Certificate of Bureau Veritas according to International Standard ISO 9002- 1994.

In April of 2003 the Port was given the new Certificate according the International Standard ISO 9001-2000.

In April, 2005 Bureau Veritas Quality International (London), the world leader in the field of certification in third times in succession, has given out to Batumi Sea Port Limited, the certificate of conformity to the requirements of the international standard ISO 9002-2000.