New supply chain of transportation of grain cargoes from Ukraine to the countries of Asia. Tariff policy and the efficiency of the new Silk Road. Grain logistics in the Caspian region(Kazakhstan/Iran/Azerbaijan)

The Memorandum of mutual- cooperation Between the subsidiary company "Trans Kavkasus Terminals" of the JSC "Georgian Railway " and companies of the group LAM

has been drawn up

• March 24, 2016

• Subsidiary company the “Trans Kavkasus Terminals" of the joint-stock company JSC " Georgian railway" and the companies of group LAM have signed the Memorandum of intentions. According to the Memorandum, the cooperation of the companies in the transport sphere, will promote the connection of transport potential of Georgia to the world trade ways. Also, will jointly develop Sea alliance of Georgia, Turkey and the relevant European markets.

• “We are proud of the fact that ” Trans Kavkasus Terminals” became the member of Trans Caspian Consortium. The consortium provides sea container transportations from China to Georgia, further for the purpose of their transportation in the different directions. -the director of the "Trans Kavkasus Terminals" Levan Sulaberidze has declared.

• “In recent years Georgia has considerably developed in the area of transport. And the Silk way China - Georgia in this direction shows additional opportunities. The companies of the group LAM as a global transport company, by partnership with the Trance Kavkasus Terminals plans the maximum use of these opportunities that will give to Georgia a significant role in the sphere of the world transportation. We are proud we make our contribution to this project", - has declared the executor of the Board of directors of a group of LAM companies Selim Makzume

The first transit train running from China is in Georgia

• December 13, 2015

• Tbilisi, the first transit train departed from the terminal of the Chinese port Lianyungang has arrived. With arriving of the train "The silk railway" officially opened.

• The Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili, the Director General of the JSC " Georgian railway" Mamuka Bakhtadze, representatives of the accredited embassies in Georgia and members of the Cabinet Council participated in a ceremony.

• The Head of the Government met the train together with the Director General and the ambassador of China.

• Irakli Garibashvili called this day historical and noted that the Silk Way project will increase investments and quantity of workplaces in Georgia.

• The train passed China, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and through Georgia will arrive to Turkey.

• It is the first transit cargo and really carried out Silk Way project. In the future the transit train in the shortest possible time will connect Asia to Europe. From extreme eastern part of China, the cargo sent from the port of Lianyungang will arrive to Istanbul maximum in 14-15 days that is a good result in those conditions, while the vessel requires 40-45 days.

• Until the end of the year Tbilisi will accept one more transit train, and since 2016 within the mentioned project transportation of some thousands of containers is planned in addition.

• By the project, the transit potential of the country significantly increases.

China- Baku-Poti-EU Rail Road Project

The presentation of Transcaspian International transport route "China-Turkey-Europe" was held in Turkey

• November 27, 2015

• On November 19, 2015, in Turkey, Istanbul, the presentation of prospects and opportunities of the Transcaspian International transport route "China-Turkey-Europe" was held. The presentation under the name "The International Transcaspian Thoroughfare — New Multimodal Decisions" was held within the annual international transport - logistic exhibition Logitrans, with assistance of Council co-operation of Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Turkey and the Turkish speaking Countries, in a format of a round table. Representatives of large transport logistic operators of Turkey, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Lithuania took part in the mentioned action. Participants of a round table studied the project and noted the importance of development of the Transcaspian route. In their opinion, the Transcaspian route has a high transit potential. Representatives of the Turkish side expressed readiness to take part in the project of development of the Transcaspian route. As a result of a meeting, agreements on the organization of the first demonstrative train from China to Europe and in this regard also commissioning of regular container service in the mentioned direction are achieved. According to the statement of the Director " Trance Kavkasus Terminals" LLC Levan Sulaberidze,- the company together with cofounders of the International Consortium already works and carries out the activity in all countries operating along this route. "Correspondingly we already were in China, in Ukraine and now we are in Istanbul".

• Within this project in the territory of Georgia within next year passing of some thousands of containers is planned and in such way freight from China will pass across the direction of Turkey in the near future and from the next year freights will pass through Ukraine to Northern and Eastern Europe. By means of this project, Georgia will return again to that big, trade, traditional historical way which is called as the Silk Way - Levan Sulaberidze noted". Together with opening of the project of the Silk Way and by means of our neighbors including Georgia as well, we have a brilliant possibility of transportation of freights from Europe to China and from China to Europe, through such countries as Turkey which by its geographical location connects the West to the East. We are sure that Georgia in the shortest possible time, by means of ports will become one of the important links in this route. Due to the opening of a new railway line, there appears an alternative to sea routes and at the same time trade between our countries Turkey and Georgia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, China and Europe will develop to the utmost " - the head of the Turkish Company of "SOYVCAN GROUP" Yalmaz Soikan declared. I will remind that through the Transcaspian thoroughfare to destination of Turkey and Europe, for the purpose of transportation of the Chinese freights Transport Consortium is created. Founders of Consortium are Mishgeng Logistics (China); Subsidiary “Trance Kavkasus Terminals” of "Georgian railway" "; Subsidiary of the Kazakh railway "KTZh Express"; "Caravan logistics"; international Marine Steamship company Kaspia (Azerbaijan); "Caravan logistics" (Azerbaijan). The interested country Turkey, which is considered as an associated member. Turkey is a large partner of China, with $22 billionth turn.

New Rail Way Network

On November 11-12, in Tbilisi, the meeting of representatives of the parties of the international transit project "VIKING Train" is held

• November 26, 2015• On November 11-12 in Tbilisi, in the hotel "Mercury", the two-day working meeting of representatives of the parties of the

international transit project "the combined train Viking" ("VIKING Train"), railway administrations and known logistic companies is held.

• The Georgian railway became the full member of VIKING train in April, 2015, at the working meeting held in Vilnius.• The combined transport train VIKING train is the joint railway project of Lithuania, Ukraine, the Belarus, Romania, Bulgaria,

Moldova and Turkey. It connects a sea container chain of the region of Baltic to the Black Sea and similar systems of the Mediterranean Sea.

• The regular running of the combined train VIKING began on February 6, 2003.• Within the project an active work on optimization of the scheme of cargo delivery in the "Baltic Sea — the Black Sea" direction,

processing of recommendations, and development of technologies and routes of container and contrailler trains, the improvement of legal and organizational structure of mixed (multimodal) and intermodal transportations is carried out.

• "With participation of the Georgian railway in the project of container transit transportations, connection with Transcaucasia, countries of Middle Asia, with the region of Eastern Europe, Baltic and the countries of Scandinavia, become possible, that is a significant favorable factor in order that Georgia would get the Europe-Asia connecting transport hub function. Georgia will become the connecting knot of the Viking and a transit corridor of "TPACEKA" - is noted in the joint statement of Coordination Council of the project.

• The combined transport train Viking by Transport Commission of the European Union is called as the best European project in sector of freight transportations.

• At the meeting, the parties has discussed the report on carrying out the project and its future prospects, new competitive tariff decisions will be made. According to the agenda the issue of accession Azerbaijani party to the project will be discussed.

• "The idea of the mentioned project is contained in the fact, that the North European countries, the Countries of Baltic would join to the Black Sea Basin. In the mentioned project eight countries are enlisted, also accession of Azerbaijan is expected, that means, that we will have opportunity, to connect the countries of Middle Asia to Northern Europe" - declared Mamuka Bakhtadze - the Director General of the JSC" Georgian railway".

Alyat Port

Вставка рисункаJuly 05, 2015

Within the project of modernization of Georgian Railway, on 5th of July, near railway station "Dzirula", together with heads of the Georgian Railway and Partnership fund the Prime Minister of Georgia in a festive atmosphere opened a 962 meter long tunnel. Within the project, construction of a new, electrified double-track way is also carried out on 22 km site of Khashuri-Moliti. Full reconstruction of 23 km railway track on the site of Kharagauli-Zestafoni is also planned.

According to the project, in total, construction of 6 railway tunnels is planned. The modernization project of the Georgian Railway, cost of which makes 260 million CHF, will come to the end in November, 2019. As a result of implementation of the project the capacity of freights will increase to 65 million tons a year; and in case of adjustment of systems of the alarm system, centralization and blocking on all railway line the capacity of freights will increase to 123 million tons. Environmental risks on a railway site of Moliti-Kharagauli will be reduced; the operating activities connected with railway transportation will improve and time of a trip by train in the Tbilisi-Batumi direction will be reduced approximately by one hour.

Rail Road • Georgian railway has a sufficient number of cars (wagons) IPU, eliminating the need to rent own wagons and their empty

return easy transit customs procedures and the lack of pressure and corruption on the part of customs authorities.

• Through the ports the shipment is being made to 3 main areas:

• •Transportation in Azerbaijan, Russia through the border crossing Samur / Yalama;

• •Transportation to Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan via ferry Baku – Turkmenbashi;

• •Transportation to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan and China via the ferry Baku - Aktau.

• Disadvantages:

• - The lack of the Georgian railway containers of 20 and 40 ft. under transshipment of containers (500 TEU );

• - Disruptions on the ferry Baku-Turkmenbashi and Baku-Aktau, as well as at border crossings with Afghanistan (Serhetabat in the direction of Turgundi and Galaba towards Hairaton) lead to a significant increase in transit time.

Rail Road Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Project

Anaklia Port Project

The Deep Sea Port in East part of Black Sea is in demand.. The strength of Georgian ports right now represents 40 mil. tons, 60 % of which are oil terminals, and 25% is Poti Port which specializes on transshipment of containers. Therefore Georgia’s commercial ports transshipment of dry cargo does not exceed 6 mil. tons. Their loading does not go below 80 % which shows us high demand. All above mentioned facts show the necessity and demand of another deep port in the region.

Anaklia can service a wide range of cargos, than any other ports of the country. Competition probability is very low and though only possible during first years of operations of the port. Anaklia is oriented on other types of cargos, while ports of Poti and Batumi have their own specialization – containers and oil.

The Anaklia Port’s mission is to create a new, faster maritime corridor between China and Europe, helping restore the historic Silk Road.

The Anaklia Deep Sea Port development will be separated into nine phases spread over 400 hectares and has access to a deep sea canyon a Black Sea

APM Inland Container Terminal (project) • A grain processing terminal with potential of 500,000 tons annual

capacity was opened in May 2013, opening an alternative route for Central Asian wheat exports to the Black Sea and Mediterranean regions. In 2014, total container throughput of Georgian ports was approximately 480,000 TEUs, with Poti’s container volume 80% of this total, or 385,000 TEUs. In 2015, the current Poti Seaport is expected to handle over 8 million tons of cargo and 400,000 TEUs, with more than 1,300 vessel calls.

• APM Terminals Poti has completed a comprehensive study for the port master plan to drive and accommodate future cargo flows through Georgia and neighboring Armenia and Azerbaijan. With the completion of the Inland Container Terminal last year, APM Terminals has taken the first step towards executing this large scale port expansion. The next phase of the expansion plan, with projected completion in 2018, includes two new deep water berths able to accommodate vessels of 9,000 TEU capacities and an annual throughput capacity of one million TEUs.

• The planned new quay to be constructed in front of the existing Inland Container Terminal will enable full integration of the terminal yard, road and rail infrastructure into the expanded deep-water Mega-Port facility. At completion, the fully built-out mega-port will have an annual cargo throughput capacity of 50 million tons and 2 million TEUs. With a water depth of up to 16 meters the port will be able to accommodate the largest vessels calling the Black Sea. An adjacent industrial and free trade zone complements the projected cargo throughput growth.

Road Project

Freight traffic growth is only related to GDP growth and income elasticity:

FTG = GDPG X EiWhere:FTG = Freight traffic growth rate;GDPG = GDP annual average growth rate;Ei (freight) = Income elasticity of freight traffic.

Trends in railway freight tonnage in the ESCAP region CAGR (compound annual growth rate)

Armenia 5.7%Azerbaijan 6.1%Georgia 9.8% Kazakhstan 3.9%Kyrgyzstan 14.5%Tajikistan 11.4%Turkmenistan 1.1%

БАКУ - ТУРКМЕНБАШИ – БАКУПримечание:1. Расходы по погрузке и разгрузке не включены.2. Стоимость транспортировки водителя не включена, за исключением упомянутых случаев.3. Указана стоимость транспортировки в один конец, за исключением упомянутых случаев. 4. Для колесной техники шириной более 2,5 метра требуется дополнительная плата в размере 40% от стоимости транспортировки.

Груз    Цена ($ / погонный метр) Грузовые автомобили (с грузом или без, включая проезд одного водителя, в один конец) 65Грузовые автомобили (с грузом или без, включая проезд одного водителя, в оба конца) 52

Палубные грузы   Цена ($ / погонный метр) 

 Металл, строительные материалы на

паллетах

01-10 т 7011-20 т 6021-50 т 5051-70 т 40

Продовольственные товары и предметы первой необходимости, овощи и фрукты и т.д.  100Крупногабаритные грузы (нефтяное оборудование, металлические конструкции, двери, окна, пластик, алюминиевые профили и) 200

Контейнеры  Цена ($ / один)  40 футовый 1000 20 футовый 500 10 футовый 350 5 футовый 250

БАКУ - АКТАУ - БАКУ

 Груз  Цена ($ / погонный метр)

 Грузовые автомобили (с грузом или без, включая проезд одного водителя, в один конец) 72.72

Грузовые автомобили (с грузом или без, включая проезд одного водителя, в оба конца) 127.27

 Палубные грузы  Цена ($ / погонный метр)

 Металл, строительные материалы на паллетах

01-10 т 80

11-20 т 70

21-50 т 60

51-70 t. 50

Продовольственные товары и предметы первой необходимости, овощи и фрукты и т.д.  100

Крупногабаритные грузы (нефтяное оборудование, металлические конструкции, двери, окна, пластик, алюминиевые профили и т.д.)  220

 Контейнеры Цена ($ / один) 

  40 футовый 1200

 20 футовый 600

  10 футовый 400

 5 футовый 300

Наименование грузовБаку - Туркменбаши Баку - Актау 

Порожний  Груженный  Порожний  Груженный  

Нефть и нефтепродукты в цистернах (в расчет принимается 4-х осный вагон длиной 13 м) 30 68 35 81Нефть и нефтепродукты в крытых вагонах ( в расчет принимается 4-х осный вагон длиной 15 м)  34 68 39 81

Спирт и спиртные напитки в цистернах или в крытых вагонах  34 70 39 75

Сжиженный газ 34 117 39 133

Рефрижераторные грузы в рефрижераторных вагонах   34 39 39 44Строительные материалы (цемент, кирпич, полиэтилен, гранит, лампы, бумага, битум, пиломатериал и прочее)  34 40 39 45Пищевые продукты (фрукты, зерно, цитрусовые, табак, табачные изделия, виноград, сахар и прочее) 34 41 39 46

Металл и металлопродукция (алюминий, железобетонные шпалы т.д..)  34 40 39 45

Контейнеры на платформе 34 39 39 44ТНП (мебель, одежда, белье, полотенца, моющее средства, освежители, лаки, мазь для обуви, кожа) 34 43 39 48

 Безалкогольные напитки 34 41 39 46

Удобрение (аммофос) 34 42 39 47

Хлопок 34 42 39 47

Селитра, карбамид 34 44 39 49

Сульфат аммония 34 48 39 53

Дезинфицирующие средства 34 48 39 53

Поливинилхлорид 34 48 39 53

Карбамид 34 44 39 49

Прочие неопасные или нетоксичные грузы, экспорт из Азербайджана 34 41 39 46

Прочие неопасные или нетоксичные грузы, транзит через Азербайджан 34 43 39 48

Change in ease of trade across borders, 2006-2011

Economy Documents to export

Time to export Cost to export Document to import

Time to import

Cost to import

Armenia Decreased  

Decreased Increased Unchanged Decreased Increased

Azerbaijan Unchanged Decreased Increased Unchanged Decreased Increased 

Georgia Decreased Decreased Decreased Decreased Decreased Decreased

Kazakhstan Decreased Decreased Increased Decreased Decreased Increased 

Kyrgyzstan Decreased Decreased Increased Decreased Decreased Increased 

Russian Federation

Unchanged Unchanged Increased Unchanged Unchanged Increased 

Tajikistan Unchanged Unchanged Increased Decreased Unchanged Increased 

Uzbekistan Unchanged Decreased Increased Unchanged Decreased Increased 

Ministry of Economics official statistics.

• Cargo transported by modes mln.tn

• 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

• Road 28,8 29,1 29,4 29,8 30,1

• Rail 20,1 20,1 18,2 16,7 14,1

• Avia 15,9 16,5 16,7 16,9 14,8

• Cargo handling by port and terminal mln.tn

• 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

• Poti 7,9 7,9 8,3 8,6 6,8

• Batumi 7,2 7,5 7,4 6,3 5,7

• Kulevi 3,3 2,5 2,1 2,1 2,5

• Supsa 3,8 3,9 4,0 4,2 4,2

• Total cargo mln.tn.

• 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

• 48,9 49,2 47,6 46,4 44,2

• Total cargo handling by port and terminal mln.tn

• 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

• 22,1 21,8 21,9 21,3 19,2

• Total TEU/Unit handling by port and terminal

• 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

• 299,464 357,654 4003,447 446,976 879,816

• TEU/Unit handling by port and terminal

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

• Poti 254,022 284,559 331,324 384,992325,121

• Batumi 45,442 73,095 72,123 61,980 54,695

Valerian Imnaishvili

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