Sponsors
Wondernet Express
At the beginning of 2017 Wondernet Express Investment Group has initiated the project on developing logistics corridor for transshipment of dry cargo from Central Asian countries to Black Sea ports through Azerbaijan and Georgia.
For this purpose, the Company has entered into number of agreements with some of its key partners on this route – Georgian Railways, Azerbaijan Railways, Port of Baku and Port of Batumi.
Wondernet Express Investment Group was founded in April 2017 by ADIA, Covalent, and Trammo, Inc., employing up to 200 people. The company has invested more than $25 million in the terminal, making it the largest single direct U.S. investment in the Adjara region of Georgia.
Total area of Mineral Fertilizers Terminal in Batumi Port is 1.5 hectares. It has three closed warehouses that can store up to 80,000 tons of cargo and is equipped with loading and unloading conveyor systems, sewage and communication supply systems, video cameras, automatic fire alarm and automatic fire extinguishing systems, that ensure safe and smooth operation of the terminal.
Process of building the terminal started in April of 2019 and in April of 2021 company got its permit on operation and received first cargo of fertilizers. As of now Wondernet Express Investment Group has already transshipped up to 2 million tons of fertilizers.