Toyota Senior Representatives visit APM Terminals Poti
On 24th June, Mr Koji Matsuno – President of Toyota Caucasus, Mr. Tomoya Yamaguchi – Director of Sales & Marketing of Toyota Caucasus and Ms. Rusudan Meladze – Head of Logistics for Toyota Caucasus, visited APM Terminals Poti to meet the management and operations team of the port, and to understand more about how the port handles the discharge, storage and release of new Toyotas to Georgia and the region.
Since early 2021, APM Terminals Poti has had an agreement to receive and handle new Toyotas being shipped on Ro-Ro vessels to Georgia, to serve the markets of Georgia and Azerbaijan. New cars are a cargo which need to be handled with great care, to ensure that they can be delivered to their first owner in pristine condition. Recognizing the importance of careful discharge of cars from the vessel, and their delivery and storage at the container yard, APM Terminals Poti established new processes to ensure safe, consistent,