Egypt to use Poti to handle Kazakh wheat

Egypt says that it would like to make use of the port of Poti in Georgia to handle shipments of wheat from Kazakhstan once upgrading work allowing it to accommodate Panamax vessels is completed. This work is expected to be completed within the next 12 months and will allow Poti to accommodate vessels of up to 60,000dwt. At present, recent upgrades have allowed it to receive Handysize vessels of up to 30,000dwt.