TBILISI, November 15 – Georgian Railway has announced a tender for building a new railway line to the Anaklia deep-water port currently under construction.
Deputy Economy Minister Tamar Ioseliani said the rail connection is needed to link the new port into Georgia’s wider logistics network.
Anaklia is being developed as a deep-water cargo port in western Georgia, near the border with the breakaway region Abkhazia. The project is intended to expand Georgia’s capacity to handle larger ships and more international freight as part of its role in the so-called Middle Corridor, a trade route between Asia and Europe.
For the port to play that role, it will need fast connections to the country’s rail and road system, which carries cargo between the Black Sea, the South Caucasus and markets further east and west.
According to Interpressnews, Ioseliani described the railway tender as an important stage in the project.
“This is an extremely important stage, because construction of the Anaklia deep-water port is already underway,” the news agency reported her saying.
The port is scheduled to become fully operational by 2029.
