Bulgaria
Bulgaria is a country in Southeast Europe; it borders with Greece, North Macedonia, Serbia, Romania and Turkey; the East borders the Black Sea; most of the border with Romania is formed by the Danube river; Bulgaria joined the European Union (EU) in 2007; its main seaports are the Black Sea ports of Burgas and Varna. Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company (BPI Co.) is the managing body of the Bulgarian public transport ports and provides vessel traffic and shipping information services.
BMF Port Burgas started major railway expansion
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) November 19, 2023 – Private port operator BMF Port Burgas, a concessionaire of the Black Sea’s Burgas East-2 and Burgas...
Varna-Batumi ferry line plan sinks
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) November 6, 2024 – The attempt to resume the ferry line between Bulgarian Black Sea port of Varna and Georgia’s Batumi using...
Update: EU corridor 8 saga – “Sofia’s forgotten or Sofia’s delay”
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) November 3, 2024 – Under the headline (play of words in Bulgarian) “Corridor #8: Sofia’s forgotten/Sofia’s...
DSP and AllRead collaborate for ACT Burgas
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) October 31, 2024 – BMF Port Burgas, the private operator of the Burgas East-2 and Burgas West terminals in Bulgaria’s...
Port Flot-Burgas has reported net profit up in first nine months
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) October 23, 2024 – Bulgarian port towage company Port Flot-Burgas has reported net profit of 3.58 million levs (1.8...
The first trip of Burgas-Istanbul ferry was cancelled
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) October 9, 2024 – The Turkish company İstanbul Deniz Otobüsleri Sanayi ve Ticaret (IDO) today cancelled the start of a new...
Ferries are endangered species in the Black Sea
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) October 5, 2024 – The once booming ferryboat services market in the Black Sea is almost extinct. Out of more than 10...
Innovative hub for processing vegetable oils in Burgas port
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) October 1, 2024 – An innovative hub for processing vegetable oils will be created in Bulgaria’s Black Sea port of...
New Burgas-Istanbul ferry line as of October 11
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) October 1, 2024 – The Turkish company İstanbul Deniz Otobüsleri Sanayi ve Ticaret (IDO) will start a new ferry service...
Second tour of NATO anti-mine operation in Black Sea
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) September 23, 2024 – NATO members Bulgaria, Turkey and Romanian launched the second tour of their Mine Countermeasures Naval...
Dnevnik: Russian “floating petrol stations” off Bulgaria’s coast
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) September 21, 2024 – Russian tankers Nikolay Veliki and Nikolay Gamayunov are refuelling ships leaving Bulgaria’s Black...
Port of Varna’s two terminals handle 5.5 million tonnes
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) September 6, 2024 – So far this year, the two terminals of the Port of Varna have handled 5.5 million tonnes of cargo....
Turkey, Greece frustrated by Bulgaria’s road border practices
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Ports Europe) September 3, 2024 – Bulgaria applies double standards and discriminatory practices in the payment of parking fees and...
Update: BMF Port Burgas vs Romanian government for Moldova’s Giurgiulesti Port
Giurgiulesti, Moldova (Ports Europe) August 29, 2024 – The Romanian government approved on August 28 the start of negotiations with the European Bank for...
436 kg heroin seized in Bulgaria’s Burgas port
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) August 13, 2024 – 436 kg of heroin were seized at Bulgaria’s Black Sea port of Burgas on August 9, the district...
Fake Chinese ball and roller bearings seized in Varna port
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) August 9, 2024 – 11,966 fake ball and roller bearings with different technical applications were seized in Bulgaria’s...
50 year old Bulgarian-Romanian Danube power plant project resurrected
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) August 2, 2024 – According to Bulgarian media, a 50-year-old project for a hydropower plant on the Danube River, a road...
Bulgaria scolds North Macedonia about EU railway Corridor 8
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) July 29, 2024 – The Bulgarian government is increasingly worried by statements by the Northern Macedonia government, which...
Port Flot-Burgas reports improved H1 2024
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) July 25, 2024 – Port towage services company Port Flot-Burgas has reported a standalone net profit of 1.71 million...
Update: EU funding for transport projects in Bulgaria
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) July 22, 2024 – The European Commission (EC) has approved funding of 95 million euros for the joint Bulgarian-Romanian project...