JAN 10 ARMENIAN-RUSSIAN-GEORGIA MEETING TO DISCUSS KAVKAZ-POTI TRAIN FERRY ISSUES
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 21. ARMINFO. An Armenian-Russian-Georgian meeting
will be held Jan 10 2005 to discuss the details of the contract to
exploit the Kavkaz-Poti train ferry which will directly connect the
Russian and Georgian railroads, says the spokesperson of Armenia’s
Transport and Communication Ministry Tamara Galechyan.
The sides will specify the schedule and scheme of the ferry
exploitation. The formerly announced date of the ferry operation,
Jan 5, is not true, says Galechyan.
Now the railroad operations Armenia-Georgia-Russia are carried out via
Ukraine who charges 40% of the transportation costs. The Port Kavkaz
train ferry was launched in May 2004 and can carry 500,000 tons of
cargo a year. But it has one serious problem – it can receive only
small ships because of its shallow coast.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress