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.
Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company presents e-governance systems
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) May 14, 2017 – Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company (BPI Co.) has presented as examples of best practices in...
Aurubis to launch warehouse at Burgas port
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) May 10, 2017 – German group Aurubis AG plans to start operating on May 11 a warehouse for the storage, control and unloading...
South European maritime ports freight and passenger statistics
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) May 5, 2017 – The latest (2015) available statistical data on freight handling and passenger traffic in ports in...
Burgas, Alexandroupolis ports to develop joint project
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) May 3, 2017 – Burgas port is discussing a joint tourism project with Greece’s Alexandroupolis port. The future...
Bulgarian government approves dredging at Burgas port
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) April 23, 2017 – Bulgaria’s government has given the green light to a contract for the dredging of Burgas port to reach...
Burgas West to acquire ferry ship for Burgas-Novorossiysk line
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) April 23, 2017 – Bulgarian company Port Bulgaria West plans to acquire a ferry ship to operate the regular line connecting...
EU Regional Transport Investment Conference – Sofia
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) March 29, 2017 – On March 23, 2017, the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) organised the Regional Transport...
EU Tender – Bulgaria – Sofia: harbour construction works
Bulgaria-Sofia: Harbour construction works 2017/S 057-106386 Contract notice – utilities Works Directive 2014/25/EU Section I: Contracting entity I.1) Name...
Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company calls dredging tender for Burgas port
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) March 27, 2017 – Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company has called a tender for dredging of the waterways at Burgas port....
Danube-Black Sea Gateway Region – multiport gateway region project started
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) March 27, 2017 –Â More than 60 experts from central and eastern Europe took part in the Kick-Off Conference on the...
Bulgarian competition regulator cancels Vidin port concession
Vidin, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – Bulgarian competition authority has cancelled a 35-year concession of the South Container Terminal at...
Varna port under consideration for South Stream project
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 15, 2017 – The South Stream project, which was proposed in 2007 and never realised, was supposed to deliver...
Varna port pre-tax profit almost doubles in 2016
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 9, 2017 – Varna port operator booked a pre-tax profit of BGN 13.5 million ($7.3 million/€6.9 million) in 2016,...
Event – European Maritime Day – Poole, UK, May 18-19, 2017
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 -The European Maritime Day (EMD) is the annual meeting point for Europe’s community of maritime...
Varna port blocked by fishing fleet
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) January 9, 2017 – Following a month of protests, the Bulgarian fishing fleet, the representative organisation Black Sea...
Varna port sees rising wheat exports
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) January 9, 2017 – Varna port handled 1.286 million tonnes of wheat in the period between the start of the 2016/17 season, on...