Wednesday, November 21, 2007

ICTSI takes over Georgian port operation

The Batumi Sea Port officially handed over the operation and management of the Batumi Container Terminal (BICT) a Georgian Company, to an International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI).

Nugzar Katamadze, BSP deputy director general; Harsh Khare, ICTSI vice president; and the entire BICT management team lead by its general manager and chief operating officer, Tonny P. Bestenbreur, witnessed the handover. BSP and BICT representatives signed the Hand-Over Protocol later in the afternoon. The container terminal handover also includes the rail ferry terminal facilities and the 181-metre general cargo berth, Berth 6. This berth caters to the receiving and loading to an export vessel of metal scraps coming from Georgia and her neighboring countries. The lease agreement to operate and manage the Batumi Container Terminal for 48 years was signed in September 2007.

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