The two ports have been without consistent supply for almost four years. The bunker market in Georgia went into decline during a period of unrest and instability.
"Starting this month, Wissol launched its bunker barge Wissol Bunkering," Nino Gedevanishvili of Wissol told Bunkerworld on Tuesday. "For the first time in many years Batumi and Poti are offering bunker fuel for international vessels."
The Wissol Group is one the largest business groups in Georgia and is the leader in the country's energy sector supplying petroleum, natural gas and aviation fuel.
Wissol has already started supplying marine gas oil (MGO) in the two ports. Gedevanishvili said it would be supplying 380 centistoke (cst) intermediate fuel oil (IFO) in the "very near future".
The company's bunker barge has a capacity of 1,620 cubic metres (m³). The single-hull vessel has a pumping capacity of 200 m³ an hour.
Gedevanishvili said prices would be regionally competitive.
The company is sourcing MGO from refineries in Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. Its IFO product will also be imported, the company said.
Wissol has 5,000 m³ of storage capacity set aside for bunkers at Batumi's oil terminal.
Batumi is Georgia's largest port and an important oil export point.
Poti, to the north, is the site of a planned grain terminal in which Kazakhstan has promised to invest $10 million.
"Starting this month, Wissol launched its bunker barge Wissol Bunkering," Nino Gedevanishvili of Wissol told Bunkerworld on Tuesday. "For the first time in many years Batumi and Poti are offering bunker fuel for international vessels."
The Wissol Group is one the largest business groups in Georgia and is the leader in the country's energy sector supplying petroleum, natural gas and aviation fuel.
Wissol has already started supplying marine gas oil (MGO) in the two ports. Gedevanishvili said it would be supplying 380 centistoke (cst) intermediate fuel oil (IFO) in the "very near future".
The company's bunker barge has a capacity of 1,620 cubic metres (m³). The single-hull vessel has a pumping capacity of 200 m³ an hour.
Gedevanishvili said prices would be regionally competitive.
The company is sourcing MGO from refineries in Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. Its IFO product will also be imported, the company said.
Wissol has 5,000 m³ of storage capacity set aside for bunkers at Batumi's oil terminal.
Batumi is Georgia's largest port and an important oil export point.
Poti, to the north, is the site of a planned grain terminal in which Kazakhstan has promised to invest $10 million.