BergerABAM Evaluates Potential of Anaklia Deep Sea Port

The Anaklia Deep Sea Port area has been assessed by one of the world's leading design and construction management companies, BergerABAM. Representatives of BergerABAM visited Georgia's Anaklia Deep Sea Port to look in detail at the project and were hosted by the Anaklia Development Consortium and Port Terminal Operator, SSA Marine Management.

BergerABAM is one of the leading companies in the field of design, engineering, marine construction management, underwater inspection and environmental services, and its portfolio boasts among successful projects in Panama, Dubai, Mexico, and Washington.

Anaklia Deep Sea Port management organized active negotiations relating to the design of its new port, also inviting Skip Sahlin, Vice President of SSA Marine, and Chief Engineer Ricardo Cheng to work on the theme.

"We are very glad to have had the chance to see the area of Anaklia Port,” said Chris Cornell, Senior Vice President of BergerABAM. “It’s a very interesting project. We’ve implemented similar projects in different parts of the world, including in Asia and North America. On the whole, the port made quite an impression on us. We knew that there were difficulties because of the abundant waters, but we have seen that high-level preliminary work has been done and we believe that a very good project can be realized here.”

After visiting the Anaklia Port area, representatives of BergerABAM, SSA Marine and ADC visited Batumi on a working visit to the Director of Maritime Transport Agency and the representatives of Batumi State Maritime Academy.

Anaklia Deep Sea Port's preliminarydesign was developed by ADC in early 2017. BergerABAM presented one of the best offers in a tender between the companies entering ‘World’s Top 20’ held by Anaklia Development Consortium for designing the port. Negotiations are ongoing and ADC is set to name the winning design company in the near future.

NIA PATARAIA