Varna
Varna is a Bulgarian port located on the country’s Black Sea coast; it is Bulgaria largest seaport; situated on Varna Bay, along Lake Varna and Lake Beloslav, it also comprises the outlying port of Balchik. It has a significant further development potential with 44 km of sheltered inland waterfront on the lakes alone, easily accessible by road and railroad and adjacent to Varna International Airport.
New Black Sea railway ferry line Varna-Poti
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) November 17, 2024 – The Georgian-flagged Ro-Ro ferryboat AIA (IMO: 9120384) opened a few days ago a line between the Bulgarian...
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...
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...
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....
ONE announces a new Black Sea service
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 25, 2024 – Ocean Network Express (ONE) announced a new Black Sea Turkey 2 (BT2) service which will offer extended...
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...
Bulgaria and Georgia to resume railway ferry line across Black Sea
Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) July 15, 2024 – Bulgaria and Georgia will resume the railway ferry line between the two countries that was stopped two years...
Four NATO countries’ ports linked in a Harmonized Military Mobility Corridor
Washington, United States (Ports Europe) July 12, 2024 – Greece, Bulgaria, and Romania have decided to establish a Harmonized Military Mobility Corridor,...
BMF Port Burgas sees 130,000 TEU, 7.2 mln cargo tonnes in 2023
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) July 10, 2024 – Private port operator BMF Port Burgas, concessionaire of Bulgaria’s Black Sea’s Burgas East-2 and Burgas...
Bulgarian navy again destroyed sea mine near Varna
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – The Bulgarian navy destroyed with a controlled explosion yet another naval mine floating about 3 km from the...
Yachting cocaine route Bulgaria-Greece busted
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – Over 10 tonnes of cocaine were transported per year by yachts between Bulgaria’s Black Sea marinas in...
New Black Sea ferry line Varna-Batumi
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) May 11, 2024 – The new ferry line between Bulgaria’s Black Sea port of Varna and Georgia’s port of Batumi was...
New equipment for Bulgaria’s port of Varna
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) April 2, 2024 – Bulgaria’s Black Sea port of Varna has received four new Volvo wheel loaders for a total price of 1,326,051...
Update: Soviet era naval mine destroyed near Varna port
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) March 14, 2024 – The Bulgarian Navy destroyed a naval mine on March 13 with a controlled explosion. It was spotted in the...
Bulgarian Navy destroys a naval mine off the port of Varna
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) March 13, 2024 – The Bulgarian Navy has destroyed a naval mine off the Black Sea port city of Varna, according to local...
Update: Bulgaria to invest €3 bln in highway & railroad to Constanta
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) January 26, 2024 – Bulgaria is set to invest €3 billion in the construction of a highway and a railroad connecting...
Concessions for Bulgaria’s largest ports delayed 20 years
Sofia, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) January 22, 2024 – A report by Bulgaria’s Audit Chamber reveals that a law adopted 20 years ago obliged the state to...
Hapag-Lloyd opens two offices in Bulgaria
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) December 6, 2023 – German shipper Hapag-Lloyd has opened two new offices in Bulgaria in the Black Sea port city of Varna...
ONE launches Black Sea Turkey Service
Singapore (Ports Europe) November 21, 2023 – Ocean Network Express (ONE) has announced a new Black Sea Turkey Service (BTS). The new service will offer...