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  • Transport In Georgia: Problems Face Poti-Kavkaz Ferry Service

    TRANSPORT IN GEORGIA: PROBLEMS FACE POTI-KAVKAZ FERRY SERVICE

    source: The Messenger
    Railway Market Magazine, Poland
    Nov 30 2006

    General Director of Georgian Railway Ltd., Irakli Ezugbaia, says that
    discussion of the renewal of the ferry service renewal Poti in Georgia
    and Russia's Port of Kavkaz has not been placed on the agenda yet.

    He denied information released by the North Caucasus Railway press
    department, which claimed rehabilitation of the ferry was moving at
    an accelerated pace, and that the service will resume by February 2007.

    "Kavkaz Port reconstruction has not been completed yet, therefore,
    it is impossible to begin ferry transportation," said Ezugbaia,
    reports the newspaper Akhali Versia.

    According to him, renewal of the ferry service faces additional
    problems as well. For example ferry transportation is not very
    profitable because the ferry consists of only a few decks and
    cannot carry large loads. The Poti-Kavkaz ferry is the only way
    to transport railroad cars from Russia to Armenia via Georgia. The
    transportation costs often exceed the amount of the income received
    for their transportation.

    Russia cut transport links with Georgia in October and so the route
    will be changed to add the Turkish port Samsun. This has means that
    cargo that would have been transported directly from Kavkaz to Poti
    port will now first have to go through Samsun and then on to Poti.

    This route will be more expensive for Armenia.
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