Georgia’s transport and logistics sector recorded “decade-high” figures in January-August 2026, with “improved historic maximums” in maritime ports and terminals, as well as in rail freight and civil aviation, the Economy Ministry reported on September 14.
According to the ministry’s press release, which cited “preliminary data,” Georgia’s seaports and terminals handled 13.7 million tons of cargo during January-August, 24 percent more than during the same period last year. The ministry hailed the data as “the highest result for the January-August period in the past 10 years.”
It added that “growth was recorded across all cargo categories,” while the number of containers handled at the ports reached “554,174 TEU, representing a 9 percent increase compared to the previous year and another decade-high figure.”
Rail freight also increased, with the total volume of cargo transported reaching 9.7 million tons, 11 percent more than during the same period last year, the ministry said. Cargo transported directly in transit mode increased by 14 percent, a result that “once again underscores Georgia’s and the Middle Corridor’s growing role in international transport connectivity,” according to its press release.
In the air cargo segment, airports handled 29,300 tons of cargo during the reporting period, a 30 percent increase year-on-year, also marking “a decade-high figure,” the Ministry said.
Passenger traffic also showed “positive dynamics,” according to the Ministry. Georgia’s international airports served 5.7 million passengers in January-August, 1 percent more than last year and the highest figure for the first eight months of a year in the past decade
The Ministry also noted that passenger traffic in August alone reached a “historic monthly maximum.”
The figures come amid Georgia’s ongoing efforts to improve its position as part of the Middle Corridor route, investing in aviation, railway, and ports, with plans to build a new airport and expand the current one in Tbilisi, develop Anaklia deep sea port by the state, as well as planned and completed modernization projects in the railway.
The figures come amid Georgia’s ongoing efforts to improve its position along the Middle Corridor route, with investments in aviation, railways, and ports. These include plans to build a new airport near the capital city and expand Tbilisi International Airport, the decision to develop the Anaklia deep-sea port under state ownership, as well as ongoing and completed railway modernization projects.
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