Anaklia deep sea port
Eiffage SA, one of Europe’s largest civil engineering companies, has become the general construction contractor for Anaklia deep sea port, on the Georgian Black Sea.
The French company will be the general contractor of the Anaklia Development Consortium and will work with Switzerland’s ABB and Georgian construction firm CRP to carry out construction work at the port.
Several international construction and engineering companies participated in the tender to become the general contractor of the Anaklia Port. The tender was held by Anaklia Development Consortium in several stages and was finalised with the appointment of Eiffage.
As general contractor, Eiffage will employ a total of 1,500 people in the initial phase of the construction project, with 90% being locals.
The Anaklia port was launched as a joint US-Georgian venture to create a new, deepwater sea port on the Black Sea. The first phase of the port is set to be fully operational by December 2020 with a handling capacity of 10,000 vessels.
The deepwater port is the largest infrastructure investment in Georgian history and is set to boost exports and consolidate the country's position as a transit hub.
“This is where Europe meets Asia, and that is what matters most. […] It is here and now that a new Georgia is being born. […] This place today lays the foundation of a new Georgia,” said Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili on December 24, 2017, at the ground breaking ceremony for construction work on Anaklia Deep-Sea Port.
“Anaklia port is very important for Georgia as it will position the route via the Caucasus on the radar of China and Europe,” said Bruno Balvanera, director for the Caucasus, Moldova and Belarus at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. “It will attract the further interest of foreign investors to develop a value chain route. It will consolidate Georgia as the logistics centre for the Caucasus. It will also consolidate its ties with both Europe and China as well as its immediate neighbours. All in all, it’s a very strategic project that can be a game changer in the medium term.”
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