A delegation from the Chinese Railway visited the Batumi sea port
On December 05, 2023, a
delegation from the Chinese Railway visited the Batumi Sea Port under the
leadership of Mr. Huang Xin, Deputy Director of the Freight Transportation
Department of China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., in order to consider issues
of increasing container traffic through the Trans-Caspian International
Transport Route connecting China and Europe.
The delegation included
the heads of the Chinese Railway, representatives of the China Railway
Container Company, China Railway International Multimodal Transport Co., Ltd.,
China Railway Design Group Co., Ltd., as well as representatives of CRCT
Kazakhstan International Logistics Ltd., Xian International Trade and Logistics
Park and the head of GR Logistics and Terminals.
The Managing Director of the Batumi
International Container Terminal attended the meeting as invited guests.
The delegation was met
by the Director General of the Batumi Sea Port and his deputies.
The guests got
acquainted with the technical and operational capabilities of the Batumi Sea Port
and the container terminal.
The meeting was held in
a business atmosphere in the B2B format. Problematic issues in the logistics
chain of the Middle Corridor, as well as ways to resolve them, were discussed
at the meeting.
It was noted at the
meeting that the multimodality of the corridor passing through two seas and the
territories of numerous countries makes it possible to effectively use the
capabilities of this corridor.
The participants of the
meeting noted that their goal is to increase the volume of container traffic in
2024.