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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.

Van Oord joint venture awarded dredging project at Port of Burgas

Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) December 5, 2023 – Cosmos Van Oord has been awarded a dredging project at Port of Burgas on the Black Sea. Cosmos Van...

EC and Bulgaria are inaugurating the Port Community System

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) November 15, 2023 – The European Commission (EC) and Bulgaria are inaugurating the Port Community System (PCS), a major...

Bulgarian delegation visits Alexandroupolis Port Authority

Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) November 7, 2023 – A diplomatic and business delegation from Bulgaria visited Alexandroupolis Port Authority last...

Real two-way cargo traffic in Ukrainian humanitarian corridor

Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 21, 2023 – More cargo ships are heading towards the Odesa region ports and sailing back towards Bosphorus Strait. As of...

Update: Anti-mine operation in Black Sea by Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey

Sofia, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) October 20, 2023 – The three NATO members Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey are working to launch an anti-mine operation in the...

Bulgaria seeks new commercial opportunities with Spain in Valenciaport

València, Spain (PortSEurope) October 20, 2023 – A government delegation from Bulgaria held a meeting earlier this week with representatives of...

Critically low level of Danube River near Bulgaria’s Ruse

Ruse, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) October 17, 2023 – The water level of the Danube near Ruse (Rousse), Bulgaria’s largest port on the river, on October 16...

Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria discuss mine clearing force

Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) October 11, 2023 – The three NATO members, Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria, are discussing the creation of a joint force to...

Greek prime minister refers to ports after tripartite summit

Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) October 10, 2023 – Earlier this week, the Port of Varna hosted a trilateral Greece-Bulgaria-Romania summit. At the end of...

Varna port’s new grain terminal’s first stage is operational

Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) October 9, 2023 – The first stage of Logistic Centre Varna’s 100 million euro new grain terminal, part...

Port of Varna hosts trilateral Greece-Bulgaria-Romania summit

Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) October 9, 2023 – This week, the Port of Varna will host a trilateral Greece-Bulgaria-Romania summit. The meeting will...

Deepening the access to Bulgaria’s Burgas Port

Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) October 8, 2023 – Deepening of the waterway in Bulgaria’s Black Sea Burgas-west port terminal will be partially financed...

No financing for Bulgaria’s second intermodal terminal in Ruse

Ruse, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) October 8, 2023 – Bulgaria’s Danube River port city of Ruse has protested to the government for the exclusion of the project...

Delegation from Bulgarian port of Burgas in Kavala

Kavala, Greece (PortSEurope) October 3, 2023 – On September 28, the Port of Kavala, together with the Kavala Chamber of Commerce and Dimofelia (Public...

Miller, Clearwater Dynamics to enable full War Risks insurance coverage for ships in the Black Sea

London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) September 27, 2023 – Miller, a leading independent specialist (re)insurance broker, and Clearwater Dynamics (CWD),...

Bulgaria, Romania call for second Ruse-Giurgiu, Danube bridge

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) September 22, 2023 – The European Commission (EC) has received a proposal from the Bulgarian and Romanian governments...

Update: Four ships went through Russian blockade; dozen more are in Ukrainian ports

Odesa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) September 2, 2023 – The two ships that left the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Yuzhny/Pivdennyi in Odesa (Odessa) region in the...

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