The Caucasus region is developing into an internationally significant economic location: continuous expansion of the infrastructure, double-digit economic growth and favourable customs regulations make the area very attractive for foreign investors. Georgia, in particular, is of geostrategic importance as a transit country. Starting immediately, Gebrüder Weiss offers its customers three direct groupage freight services to Georgia every week. The international transport and logistics company transports goods originating from its customers all over Europe directly from Passau to Tbilisi and delivers them straight to the end customers (“carriage paid”). This makes the service unique in southern Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The cargo consists mainly of automobile parts, agricultural products and foodstuffs. Gebrüder Weiss covers the 3,800-kilometre route in a transit time of no more than eight working days, starting in Germany and taking in Austria, Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria and Turkey en route to Georgia. Strong Increase in Order Volume  “Since the line was launched at the beginning of 2012, the volume of consignments has increased by some 40%. By operating more frequent departures, we are providing our customers throughout Europe with even better access to the up-and-coming markets in the East,” says Thomas Moser, Regional Manager South-East/CIS at Gebrüder Weiss. From its terminal in Tbilisi, the transport specialist serves customers in the Caucasus, especially in Armenia and Azerbaijan. The logistics terminal set up in 2013 has 10,000 square metres of floor space for storage and handling, and is reporting high utilisation rates through to the end of 2014. With a total surface area of 95,000 square metres, the site offers considerable scope for expansion. And the number of employees, too, has risen from the original 50 to currently over 80. Weekly LCL Line from Singapore to Tbilisi Since June 2014, the terminal has also been receiving deliveries on the East-West axis via the new Singapore-Tbilisi LCL route: Gebrüder Weiss combines the freight in Singapore and transports it weekly in consolidated containers via the Georgian port of Poti to Tbilisi. “The new LCL Singapore-Tbilisi route enables us to combine the Asian and Caucasian markets and integrate the Georgian site into the global sea freight groupage transport network, GWconsolution,” explains Vojislav Jevtic, Global Product Manager Seafreight at Gebrüder Weiss Air & Sea. This year will also see the launch of another new LCL route which will connect the USA and Georgia.