Ukraine has resumed ferry service with Georgia, operating two sailings from the Chornomorsk port to the Georgian port of Batumi for the first time since the start of the full-scale invasion.
“Two flights were made on March 18 and 26 from the port of Chornomorsk to the port of Batumi, and the third flight is planned for next week,” said Tymofiy Murakhovsky, Director of Commercial and Logistics at Ukrzaliznytsia JSC, at a meeting on the Restoration of the Ukraine-Georgia Ferry Service within the TTM Corridor.
According to him, the project is being implemented with the participation of the shipping company Ukrferry (Odesa) and UZ Cargo Poland, a subsidiary of Ukrzaliznytsia, in Warsaw. According to Murakhovsky, the first voyages in March were carried out in a mode of information silence. He urged businesses to become more actively involved in the direction. As you know, since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale aggression in February 2022, there has been no maritime traffic between Ukraine and Georgia.
The shipping company Ukrferry announced the resumption of the Chornomorsk-Batumi ferry service on July 9, 2024, but this did not happen.
