Russian trade and the challenge of logistics bottlenecks created by sanctions

Port of Batumi, Georgia Photo: © Tetiana Vychegzhanina |

Georgia

Georgian container terminals at Poti and Batumi, situated on the east coast of the Black Sea, showed remarkable results for 2023.

The market has shown particularly active growth since the beginning of the Russian war on Ukraine. According to Informall BG data, prior to the Russian invasion in February 2022, Georgia’s container market experienced a decline between 2020 and 2022. However, since the beginning of the war, container turnover in the port of Poti began rapidly growing, reaching a little over ...