"The new port will employ additional 200 people, therefore, we are working at the Poti Maritime Training Center to open new courses that will meet the emerging challenges in the port sector," – Head of the Maritime Transport Agency said.

The new port of Poti is one of the largest projects ever implemented in the Georgian maritime sector, with a cost of $ 120 million. It should be noted that the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has financed the port construction project with $ 50 million, which is the largest investment allocated by this organization to a single project in the region.

A total of $ 93 million was invested in the construction of the port, large-scale hydraulic structures were built and modern port infrastructure was arranged.

Further expansion of the project, costing $ 30 million, will include the construction of an additional 230-meter-long deep-water (13 m) berth. The berth and the new port infrastructure allow it to serve large tonnage ships with a load capacity of up to 50,000 tons.

"After the completion of the project, the capacity of the unified port infrastructure of Georgia will increase by 3.5 million tons," - said Tamar Ioseliani.