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.
Construction starts on the first Bulgarian deep water container terminal
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) March 1, 2023 – Private port operator BMF Port Burgas, a concessionaire of the Black Sea’s Burgas East-2 and Burgas West...
Ukrainian grain creates difficulties for Bulgarian farmers
Sofia, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) February 27, 2023 – Grain silos in Bulgaria are overflowing with wheat but the traders don’t want to buy it because they...
BMF Port Burgas with a dry port in Bulgarian capital Sofia
Bozhurishte, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) February 26, 2023 – The private port operator BMF Port Burgas, a concessionaire of the Black Sea’s Burgas East-2...
Tender for Bulgaria’s second intermodal terminal in Ruse
Ruse, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) February 26, 2023 – Bulgaria’s National Railway Infrastructure Company (NRI) has opened the tender for the construction of...
Port Varna East and West: 8.5 million tonnes of cargo, €37 million revenue in 2022
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) February 24, 2023 – Bulgaria’s Black Sea Port of Varna, which operates two of the port terminals – Varna – East...
New Danube River grain and cargo port in Bulgaria’s Silistra
Silistra, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 13, 2023 – Encouraged by the high demand for grain and other cargo transportation along the Danube River...
TU Varna: ILIAD project – artificial intelligence in marine technology
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 8, 2023 – The Technical University (TU Varna) in Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea port of Varna is part of a...
Railway connection of Burgas port to be rebuilt
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 3, 2023 – Construction work on the abandoned 3 km railway track from Bulgaria’s Black Sea port of Burgas to...
Bulmarket DM acquires Oiltanking’s terminal for liquid products in Varna-West port
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) January 25, 2023 – Bulgaria’s Astra-Finance company, a subsidiary of Bulmarket DM, and one of the largest producers of...
Bulgarian Consul General visits Port of Volos
Volos, Greece (Ports Europe) January 19, 2023 – Consul General of the Republic of Bulgaria in Thessaloniki, Anton Markov, visited the Port Authority of...
Bulgaria very slowly realising deficiencies of its port infrastructure
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) January 10, 2023 – In the background of the war in Ukraine, it became clear that Bulgaria’s Black Sea port...
Uzbekistan sends block train to Burgas, Bulgaria
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) December 21, 2022 – Uzbekistan has send its first block train to Burgas, Bulgaria along the “Middle Corridor”....
Additional infrastructure in Bulgaria’s Varna and Russe ports to help Ukrainian logistics
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) December 6, 2022 – Bulgaria has proposed to the EU projects for additional development of its ports in Rousse (Danube River...
Corridor 8 to be included in the priority Trans-European Transport Network
Sofia, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) December 6, 2022 – Corridor number 8 will become part of the priority Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T). The...
Greece and Bulgaria reconsider Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline
Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) November 23, 2022 – Greece and Bulgaria reconsidering Burgas-Alexandroupoli oil pipeline, a project that was...
Bulgaria’s BMF Port Burgas quickly recovered all systems after the cyber attack
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) November 17, 2022 – Bulgaria’s Black Sea port of BMF Port Burgas has recovered all systems and is operating with full...
Bulgarian deputy minister visits Port of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) November 14, 2022 – The Deputy Prime Minister for Public Order and Security and Minister of Interior of Bulgaria, Ivan...