Burgas
Burgas is a port-city located in the region of Burgas Bay on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria. It is the closest large port to the Bosphorus Strait. The city of Burgas is an important logistic node on Trans-European Transport Corridor VIII and a primary maritime gateway in the TRACECA network connecting Europe with Central Asia.
Bulgaria cancels 2003 multimodal transport agreement with Georgia and Armenia
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) April 1, 2019 – Bulgaria cancelled in March the tripartite multimodal transport agreement signed in distant 2003 due to its...
Constanta port hosts Medcruise meeting to promote Black Sea cruise industry
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) February 24, 2019 – National Company Maritime Ports Administration S.A. Constanta has hosted the February 22, 2018,...
Bulgaria to offer concessions for Black Sea and Danube River ports in 2020
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – Bulgaria will launch concession tenders for its largest Black Sea and Danube River ports in 2020 with...
Libya to hold Bulgarian ships in its territorial waters
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – Libya will hold every Bulgarian ship that has entered its territorial waters, according to an order by the...
EU invests in Plovdiv-Burgas port railway line
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) November 18, 2018 – The European Union (EU) has announced an investment of over €293 million ($334.62 million) from...
Ports to benefit from Bulgarian-Greek rail transport agreement
Sofia, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) November 5, 2018 –Â Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras signed a joint...
Black Sea: European Commission proposes sustainable fishing opportunities for 2019
Press Release – European Commission –Â Black Sea: Commission proposes sustainable fishing opportunities for 2019 –Â October 24, 2018 Today,...
Burgas port to sign cooperation agreement with China’s Shantou
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) September 18, 2018 – Burgas port’s president Diyan Dimov has proposed the signing of a cooperation agreement with...
Bulgaria’s BMF Port Burgas launches logistics base
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) August 30, 2018 – Port operator BMF Port Burgas has built and commissioned a new logistics base to receive, store and reload...
Crystal Cruises prepares luxury cruise at Bulgaria’s Burgas port
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) August 17, 2018 – The Black Sea is becoming an attractive destination for luxury cruise ships, Bulgaria’s Burgas port...
Bulgaria stops illegal usage of Russian barges at Burgas port
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) August 6, 2018 – Bulgaria’s Maritime Administration has identified and stopped an improper use of two Russian barges...
Shanghai Free Trade Zone delegation visits Burgas port
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) June 20, 2018 – On Friday, June 15, 2018, a meeting was held in Burgas between Li Jiaozzi, Deputy Director of the...
Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Co starts the construction of Congress Centre in Burgas port
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) June 14, 2018 – Work has started on construction of the Congress Scientific-Research Centre for Control and Exploration of...
New cruise line between Burgas and Istanbul
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) May 31, 2018 – Port of Burgas is advancing a project for a new cruise line between Burgas and Turkish port city of Istanbul,...
Event: European Maritime Day – Burgas, May 31, June 1, 2018
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) May 28, 2018 –Â The European Commission’s Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, the Bulgarian EU...
New terminal for treatment and storage of sulphuric acid in Burgas port
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) May 23, 2018 – A new €11 million ($12.89 million) terminal for the treatment, processing and storage of sulphuric (sulfuric)...
Bulgarian ports see little cruise business due to regional instability
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) May 15, 2018 – The Black Sea ports of Varna and Bourgas will see no cruise ships dock in summer 2018, a result of...
Event: European Maritime Day 2018 – May 31-June 1, 2018, Burgas, Bulgaria
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) May 2, 2018 – European Maritime Day (EMD), dedicated to gaining new insights into maritime affairs and blue growth and...
BPI gathers international experts on the ECOPORTIL project in Sofia
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) April 5, 2018 – The second partners’ workshop in the framework of the recently launched project Environmental...
Record 18 million tonnes of cargo handled by port of Burgas region in 2017
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 18, 2018 – A record total of over 18 million tonnes of cargo were handled by the seven ports in the Bay of Burgas in...