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.
Largest ever cocaine seizure in Bulgaria’s Burgas port
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) March 26, 2024 – More than 170 kg of cocaine were seized in Bulgaria’s Black Sea port of Burgas – the largest ever amount...
Update: Van Oord dredging vessels to start work in Burgas
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 14, 2024 – Two Van Oord split hopper barges (Pieter Caland and the Cornelis Lely) and backhoe dredger Simson...
Possible new Ro-Ro line Burgas to Alexandria or Damietta
Cairo, Egypt (Ports Europe) February 11, 2024 – There is a possibility for the opening of a Ro-Ro (roll-on/roll-off) line between Bulgaria’s Black Sea...
Van Oord dredging vessels near Burgas port
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) February 11, 2024 – The semi-submersible vessel Seaway Albatross is approaching the Bosphorus Strait today on its way...
Towage company Port Flot-Burgas reports improved financials
Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) January 29, 2024 – Last week, Port Flot-Burgas, a port towage services company, reported non-consolidated net profit...
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...
No need for a new terminal in Burgas port
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) November 6, 2023 – A new port terminal is not needed as an extension of a new eastern breakwater to Port Terminal Burgas...
Port of Burgas to renovate its communist era Ro-Ro berth
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) October 16, 2023 – BGN 6.4 million (3.27 million euro) will be invested by Bulgaria’s state-owned Port Infrastructure for...
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...
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...
Update 2: Bulgaria takes over operational control of Lukoil Black Sea port
Rosenets, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) September 4, 2023 – Operational control over Bulgaria’s Black Sea oil port/terminal of Rosenets, in concession to...
Bulgaria to cancel the Lukoil concession for Rosenets oil port
Rosenets, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) August 27, 2023 – Bulgarian Ministry of Transport said that the procedure for cancelling the concession of Russia’s...
Bulgaria pushes for a key position in the Middle Corridor
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) May 18, 2023 – Bulgaria looks for ways to insert itself into the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR, Middle...
Abu Dhabi Ports is looking at Bulgaria
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) May 17, 2023 – Bulgarian ports are an excellent alternative for the growing land cargo traffic from Asia to Europe,...
Russian Maritime Register of Shipping certified vessels banned in Bulgarian ports
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) April 5, 2023 – From April 8, 2023, access to Bulgarian sea and river ports is prohibited for all vessels, regardless of...