A new grain terminal to be built in Varna, Bulgaria
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) December 16, 2020 - Agria Group Holding, a Bulgarian grain producer and trader, is preparing to build a €30 million ($36.5 million)…
MedCruise’s Black Sea Working Group launches a joint video campaign
The Black Sea Working Group composed of Odesa, Constanta,Varna and Burgas ports was created in 2018 with the purpose to resume cruise activity in the Black…
Thessaloniki port-Sofia intermodal rail service starts trial
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) December 4, 2020 - Following the creation of the first dry port in Sofia, Bulgaria and in the context of improving the…
Analysis – Central Asia to help China bypass Russia en route to Europe
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) December 3 – It is China, again, that is emerging as an unlikely winner from the agreed direct link between Turkey and…
Aggressive Balkan expansion of Thessaloniki Port starts with an intermodal dry port in Sofia
Free ReadThessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) November 13, 2020 – Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) has started a hinterland expansion with its first intermodal terminal (dry port) in the…
Bulgarian government pays to hand over business of its biggest Black Sea port to a controversial local politician
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) October 25, 2020 – Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea port of Varna will have its two main access canals dredged to a depth…
Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company joins International Port Community Systems Association
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) September 14, 2020 – The state-owned Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company (BPI Co.) has become the newest member of the International Port Community…
Port of Varna wants a slice of Asia-Central Europe cargo transport
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) September 7 - The project “Bulgarian Logistics Corridor (Asia-Port Varna-Central Europe)” – EU Gateway of the Black Sea Economic Zone Cluster (BSEZC)…
Prime Minister of Greece supports Alexandroupolis port
"The port of Alexandroupolis is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. It becomes a hub of cooperation, a source of wealth and prosperity for the countries…
Greek and Bulgarian leaders meet to discuss regional issues
Borissov and Mitsotakis discussed strategic projects of regional and pan-European importance - August 24, 2020 The working meeting of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov with Greek…
Bulgarian Glavbolgarstroy won the two major orders for the expansion of BMF Port Burgas
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) July 28, 2020 – Bulgarian construction company Glavbolgarstroy (GBS) won two major orders for the expansion of BMF Port Burgas worth 310…
Burgas port management meets Turkish representatives
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) July 1, 2020 - Managers of Port of Bourgas EAD and representatives of the Turkish Consulate General in the city and the…
Port Burgas managers visit Alexandroupolis Port
Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) June 24, 2020 - Alexandroupolis Port Authority has hosted a visit from managers from Bulgaria's BMF Port Burgas EAD, the private operator…
Bulgarian Prime Minister holds talks with US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross
Prime Minister Boyko Borissov had a telephone conversation with US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. Prime Minister Borissov stressed the significant deepening of fruitful cooperation between…
Bulgaria takes part in Blue Limassol Forum 2020
Bulgaria (PortSEurope) June 10, 2020 - Alexander Alexandrov, General Deputy Director of Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Co., took part in the Blue Limassol Forum 2020 –…
Bulgaria’s Port Burgas enlarges quay walls, adds new docking spaces
(Adds details to "BMF Port Burgas receives several bids for tenders" article from May 1, 2020) Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) May 25, 2020 – Bulgarian privately-owned…
Black Sea ports cruise working group meeting held
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) May 19, 2020 - Managers of the leading Black Sea ports have held a virtual "meeting" to discuss the impact of the…
BMF Port Burgas receives several bids for tenders
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) May 1, 2020 - Bulgarian port operator BMF Port Burgas has reported that its tenders for three contracts for the construction of…
Three Turkish and a Chinese company bid to build South-North road corridor with five tunnels in Bulgaria
Sofia, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) May 1, 2020 - Three Turkish and a Chinese firm, and five Bulgarian consortia have submitted offers for the construction of a…
Burgas Port EAD with strict measures during Covid-19 crisis
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) April 16, 2020 - Strict measures for the non-proliferation of the COVID-19 virus have been introduced in the port of Burgas since…