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.
New railway connection agreement between Greece and Bulgaria
Kavala, Greece (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – A memorandum of understanding between Bulgaria and Greece for a new railway connection will be signed...
Varna port calls tender for infrastructure overhaul
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) August 25, 2017 – Bulgaria’s Varna port has called a BGN 4.9 million ($3.0/€2.5 million) tender for the overhaul of...
New advanced Multraship tugboat for Port of Burgas
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) July 15, 2017 – The Black Sea fleet of the towage and salvage specialist Multraship will be strengthened by an advanced...
Varna Port to invest €6 million in 2017
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) August 15, 2017 – ($3 million/€2.6 million) for new equipment and another BGN 5 million for improvement of port’s...
Multraship allocates tug to Burgas port
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) August 8, 2017 – The Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD) tug will be operated by Multraship wholly-owned subsidiary, Bourgas Tug...
Bulgaria’s Odessos Shiprepair Yard reports lower H1 net profit
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) July 21, 2017 – Bulgaria’s Odessos Shiprepair Yard S.A. has reported an after-tax profit decreased to BGN 1.73...
Six port multimodal corridor between Greece and Bulgaria
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) July 17, 2017 – By the end of July, Greece and Bulgaria will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the...
Bulgaria and Greece to build a multimodal corridor between Black Sea, Aegean Sea and Danube
Sofia, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – Bulgaria and Greece have announced that they plan to extend the multimodal transport corridor between the...
Over €51 million invested in two terminals of port of Burgas since 2012
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) June 30, 2017 – BMF Port Burgas, the private port operator of terminal Burgas East 2 and terminal Burgas West (former...
Over 30 shipping agencies use Single Window from the start of the Bulgarian system
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) June 25, 2017 – Over 30 shipping agencies with nearly 100 users use the services of the electronic document processing...
TEN-T – Connecting Europe – Core network corridors
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – TEN-T (Trans-European Transport Networks) envisages coordinated improvements to primary roads, railways,...
European Ports Forum invites membership applications
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – The Commission’s Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) has set up a group of experts...
Bulgarian ports passenger traffic rises 61.5% y/y in Q1 2017
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) May 26, 2017 – Bulgarian sea and river ports handled a total of 12,500 passengers in the first quarter of 2017, up 61.5% on the...
Bulgaria’s BPI Co. presents Black Sea real-time monitoring system
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) May 25, 2017 – Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company (BPI Co.) has made a presentation of the first system for the monitoring...
Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company receives recognition at “Ports and Navigation on the Black Sea 2017”
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) May 24, 2017 – Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company (BPI Co.) has received international recognition for the...
Bulgaria to invest €15 million in Burgas port
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) May 23, 2017 – Bulgarian transport minister Ivaylo Moskovski said the government plans to invest BGN 30 million ($17.2...
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...