In late September 2024, we were in Tbilisi for BreakBulk Caspian 2024 \u2014 an international conference bringing together dozens of companies from Kazakhstan, Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and beyond. Three days, one subject: how to move project and heavy cargo through the Caspian\u2013Black Sea region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This was a working trip, not a sightseeing one. Our director, technical director, and project manager \u2014 the people who make decisions and run the actual shipments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Georgia in 2024 found itself at the center of the Middle Corridor conversation \u2014 and not by accident. As northern routes became harder to use, Georgian ports turned into a strategic junction for cargo moving into Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and further into Central Asia. Batumi and Poti handle the ferry transfer across the Caspian, then Baku, then wherever the cargo needs to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Simple enough in theory. In practice: strained infrastructure, port backlogs, high multimodal junction costs, rail capacity shortfalls. That's what the conference talked about \u2014 plainly, without spin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The program was packed: three sessions in a single working day, September 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first covered South Caucasus infrastructure \u2014 throughput capacity at Georgian ports and railways, cargo insurance for project shipments, and how the major players handle logistics for energy and industrial clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second was case studies: real shipments, actual numbers. Air freight for oversize cargo into remote areas, handling exceptional loads on Georgian roads, specific projects broken down in detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The third looked at containerization on the Middle Corridor \u2014 Flat Rack, Open-Top, Heavy Lift MPP, the Georgia\u2013Azerbaijan\u2013Kazakhstan route. And a separate thread on geopolitics and how it's actively reshaping routing decisions right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speakers included FESCO, Maersk, Sarjak Container Lines, Hareket, and Air Charter Service. Not theorists \u2014 people who actually move this cargo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Middle Corridor isn't abstract for us. Azerbaijan and Georgia are part of the routes we operate on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Understanding what's happening with corridor infrastructure, where the bottlenecks are, and how different players are working around them \u2014 all of that directly shapes how we plan routes and who we partner with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BreakBulk Caspian is one of the few places where you can have that conversation face to face, with people who sit in the same chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BreakBulk Caspian is an annual event. We go back where it makes sense \u2014 where the people we work with, or will work with, actually show up.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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