Maersk, the world's largest shipping company, announced on its website on May 26th that "the world's first eco-friendly methanol propulsion ship will be delivered from a Korean shipbuilder in June this year and will have a naming ceremony at its headquarters in Copenhagen in September."

On October 28-31 representatives of Iran Chamber of Commerce and business sectors visited Georgia in order to strengthen trade relations between countries. The conference was organized by Chambers of Commerce of both Georgia and Iran.

Due to heavy storm (gale: 4-5 points) previous days port Poti was closed for navigation of vessels from 3:30pm December of 30th until 8:30am January of 1st, from 3:00pm January of 2nd until 6:40am January of 3rd and from 3:10pm January of 4th until 4:30am January of 5th.