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Shipping from Tianjin to Poti

Tianjin to Poti

Bohai Sea · Bohai Strait · Taiwan Strait · Malacca Strait · Indian Ocean · Bab-el-Mandeb · Suez Canal · Bosporus

Sea corridor illustration: Tianjin to Poti, Georgia Simplified map with a curved corridor from Tianjin via Bohai Sea, Bohai Strait, Taiwan Strait, Malacca Strait, Indian Ocean, Bab-el-Mandeb, Suez Canal, Bosporus to Poti. Illustration only; not a vessel track or schedule. CHINAINDIASOUTHEAST ASIACENTRAL ASIA Taiwan StraitSingapore / MalaccaBab-el-MandebSuez CanalBosporus TianjinCHINA ORIGIN PotiGEORGIA TianjinBOHAI SEAYELLOW SEASHANDONGDEPARTURE AREA
  1. TianjinChina origin
  2. Bohai Sea
  3. Bohai Strait
  4. Taiwan Strait
  5. Malacca Strait
  6. Indian Ocean
  7. Bab-el-Mandeb
  8. Suez Canal
  9. Bosporus
  10. PotiGeorgia
Geographic corridor illustration only, not a vessel track, port-call list or sailing schedule. The loading terminal, carrier, transshipment and dates are confirmed per shipment.

From Tianjin to Poti, cargo moves through Tianjin, with its Beijiang and Dongjiang terminals on the Bohai Bay, crosses a corridor through the Turkish Straits, and is discharged at the port of Poti.

Georgia applies its own import and product rules on arrival. The 5 points below are particular to this lane; each comes with what we do and the paperwork it touches.

What we need to start

  • Bohai Bay winter ice
  • Tianjin Xingang export
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Route profile

What sets Tianjin → Poti apart

Origin port

Tianjin (Xingang)

North China's main container gateway, where Tianjin Customs lets DG containers be inspected at the factory and loaded on arrival within a booked port slot, and where the Bohai Bay freezes at its edges in mid-winter.

Sea corridor

Asia – Black Sea via Suez and the Turkish Straits

Suez, the Aegean and the Turkish Straits, with a 24-hour DG sailing plan before the Bosporus and, since September 2026, almost the whole Black Sea on the war-risk list.

Container gantry cranes at a Tianjin port container terminal
A cargo ship at anchor in calm water under a clear sky

Where this route gets difficult

Where Tianjin → Poti shipments get held up: 5 points

Listed from loading in Tianjin to import into Georgia, each with what we do about it.

  1. Origin port

    Tianjin's supervised factory loading and port slots

    Under Tianjin Customs' 'supervised factory loading, direct loading on port arrival' model, officers supervise stuffing at the factory, the declaration is lodged early through the single window, and the box enters the port in a slot booked on the customs–port platform before going straight to the ship; inspections take place in closed yards at the Beijiang and Dongjiang terminals. The gain holds only if stuffing date, slot and declared data agree.

    What Anxin does: We fix the stuffing date against the vessel's DG cut-off first, then book the entry slot, and check that the declaration, the packing certificate and the container number agree before the truck leaves, so the box is not diverted to an inspection yard for a data mismatch.

  2. Origin port

    Packaging appraisal is still the first step at Tianjin

    Export dangerous-goods packaging must pass use appraisal in China before the goods can leave. Tianjin port's 2025 measures shortened appraisal time for lithium battery exports through quick release, and Tianjin Port Group handles lithium DG containers, but without the appraisal certificate the rest of the filing cannot proceed.

    What Anxin does: We check at quotation that the packaging maker has its performance appraisal and apply for the use appraisal as soon as the packing is fixed, so the certificate is in hand before the MSA filing.

  3. China export

    Two maritime filings and a signed packing certificate before loading

    Every lithium battery container leaving Tianjin needs a cargo safe-carriage report and a ship's dangerous goods permit filed with the Maritime Safety Administration by a certified declarant, and a container packing certificate signed by a certified inspector who watched the stuffing. Separately, customs must have appraised the packaging in use; export of dangerous goods in unappraised packaging is not allowed.

    What Anxin does: We work only with packing sites and declarants holding the required certificates, and we collect the packaging use-appraisal result before the container is stuffed.

  4. Sea corridor

    Almost the whole Black Sea is now a war-risk listed area

    On 16 September 2026 the Joint War Committee widened its Black Sea listed area to almost the entire sea, leaving out only Turkish, Georgian, Bulgarian and Romanian territorial waters. Ships entering must notify their war-risk underwriters, who may charge additional premiums per voyage, and carriers can pass that on.

    What Anxin does: We ask the carrier for any war-risk surcharge to Poti in writing before booking and recheck it if the sailing moves.

  5. Sea corridor

    A dangerous-cargo sailing plan 24 hours before the Bosporus

    Ships carrying dangerous cargo must file a Sailing Plan 1 with the Turkish Straits VTS at least 24 hours before entering the straits, declaring the dangerous goods classes on board. A class 9 battery container is part of that declaration, so late or wrong DG data on the manifest can hold the ship up at the entrance.

    What Anxin does: We make sure the DG manifest data (UN number, class, quantity, container number) are final and match the booking before the vessel leaves the last port before the straits.

Locator map of Poti, GeorgiaPoti
Locator map in the same projection as the corridor map; the dot marks the listed port position (42.15°N, 41.65°E).
Container ship alongside blue gantry cranes at the Juan Carlos I dock, Algeciras

Documents & compliance

Documents to line up for Tianjin → Poti

Anxin reviews documents supplied by the shipper, manufacturer and importer; it does not issue test reports, safety data sheets or import certificates.

At the Tianjin end

  • Stuffing date, port-entry slot and DG cut-off at Tianjin agreed in that order
  • Packaging use-appraisal certificate issued before the MSA cargo report is filed
  • Safety data sheet and dangerous goods safe-carriage declaration for the MSA cargo report
  • Customs packaging use-appraisal result for the dangerous goods packaging (with the maker's performance appraisal)
  • Container packing certificate signed by a certified packing inspector after supervised stuffing

Carrier and voyage

  • Final DG manifest data ready before the vessel reaches the Turkish Straits
  • Dangerous goods declaration with UN number (3480 / 3481 / 3090 / 3091), proper shipping name and packing instruction (P903, or P908/P911 for damaged)
  • Lithium battery mark (SP188 cargo) or class 9 labels and placards
Two power-tool battery packs side by side
Before you book

One consistent file

A document that is present but inconsistent holds a booking as surely as a missing one: the UN number, model name or carton count reads differently in the Tianjin export filings, the carrier booking and the Georgia import papers. We compare all three before confirming space.

Carriers we book with

Our booking panel; availability on this lane and acceptance of the declared UN numbers are confirmed for each booking. It does not mean that a listed carrier runs a direct service on this route. Carrier choice depends on the trade lane, cargo classification and each carrier's dangerous-goods acceptance at booking. The final carrier is confirmed on the booking.

Risk & mitigation

Risks on this route and who deals with them

RiskWhereMitigationWho acts
Box sent to the terminal inspection yard because declared data do not matchBeijiang / Dongjiang terminalsDeclaration, packing certificate and container number cross-checked before truckingAnxin
Incorrect DG data in the straits sailing planTurkish StraitsManifest checked against the bookingCarrier, with data from Anxin
Additional war-risk premium added after bookingBlack Sea listed areaSurcharge confirmed in writingCarrier, checked by Anxin

Questions

Questions about shipping from Tianjin to Poti

Possibly. Since 16 September 2026 almost the whole Black Sea, outside Turkish, Georgian, Bulgarian and Romanian territorial waters, is a Joint War Committee listed area, and underwriters may charge additional premiums. We get the carrier's surcharge in writing.

Tianjin Customs offers a 'supervised factory loading, direct loading on port arrival' model: stuffing is supervised at the factory, the box enters the port in a booked slot and is loaded directly. Whether a given shipment can use it depends on the customs arrangement for the exporter and the port slot; we check both when you book.

The 30% ceiling is an air-transport rule (IATA PI 965 for lithium-ion batteries shipped alone). The sea guidance we rely on sets no general 30% cap for UN3480 or UN3481, but a carrier may set its own condition, so we confirm it at booking.

References

Where these points come from

  1. Turkish Straits Maritime Traffic Regulation (English translation) (Republic of Türkiye (translation published by VDA))
  2. Tianjin Customs export dangerous goods service page: supervised factory loading, direct loading on port arrival (Tianjin Customs)
  3. Tianjin port 2025 cross-border trade facilitation measures (Tianjin Municipal Government (tjjz.gov.cn))
  4. Export dangerous goods packaging inspection: service guide (Chinese) (General Administration of Customs of China (Lanzhou Customs service guide))
  5. IATA Battery Guidance Document – Revised for the 2026 Regulations (IATA)

Next step

From enquiry to import

  1. 1EnquiryCargo, origin, destination
  2. 2Documents checkUN 38.3, SDS, packing
  3. 3BookingAfter carrier acceptance
  4. 4HandoverAt Tianjin
  5. 5ImportClearance at Poti
Each step is confirmed in writing; an enquiry does not create a booking.

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Origin and destination are filled in; add the cargo facts you have.

Sending this form starts a review; it does not confirm carriage. Full enquiry form

After you send it

We check carrier acceptance for Tianjin → Poti before any booking, and ask for missing battery documents first.

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