During the 7 months since the beginning of the Kulevskogo oil terminal, located in Georgia and of Azerbaijan, the volume of exported oil reached 1.5 million tons.In the near future, provided for increased exports of oil products to 8-10 million tons. In accordance with commitments to improve the railway infrastructure of Georgia, Kulevski terminal has completed the reconstruction of six rail lines from the terminal to the city Sander in the west of Georgia, started in early August this year. The total length of rehabilitated rail lines is 5 kilometers. In addition, the terminal has pledged to reconstruct the railway line a length of 870 meters to the station in Senaki, as well as the railway line in Hobbinskom area 875 meters long. After the commissioning of 6 railway lines welcome wagon at the stations and their dispatch would greatly facilitate. At the same time, near the town of Poti planned construction of two railway lines at the station Dzhaladidi and laying a new line of Dzhaladidi to the station Colchis. Funding for these works has taken the terminal. All this work will increase the annual volume of transshipment of oil through the terminal. At the moment Kulevski terminal invested in the development of railway infrastructure Georgia $ 3 million addition, the ongoing work to expand the port to receive large tankers. Note that Kulevski oil terminal was opened 16 May, 2008. Kulevski oil terminal began to build in 2000, involved the construction of Georgian Railway and the Austrian firm Argomar Oil. ” In 2002, however, because of under-construction was halted. In September 2004, to continue the project was set up an international consortium, which, along with the initiators of the terminal building, comprising a number of Georgian and foreign businessmen. Azerbaijan has acquired the terminal from the consortium in early 2007. At the terminal are about 700 people. Of these, 500 are members of the terminal, and the remaining work on the basis of the contract. 80% of the staff of the terminal are Georgians, transmits Day.Az.
