Bulgaria: Pre-election rush for port concessions at heavily discounted prices
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) February 19, 2021 – Eight concessions for large and smaller ports in Bulgaria are to be announced in 2021, according to a…
Petar Seferov is the new director of Port Varna and inherits a controversial dredging project
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) February 15, 2021 - Petar Seferov was appointed as the new Executive Director of the state-controlled Port of Varna, Bulgaria’s biggest. Until…
Large industrial zone to be built near Port of Varna
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) February 15, 2021 - The largest industrial zone in Northern Bulgaria will be built near the Port of Varna, according to Ivan…
Bulgaria’s port of Burgas will implement a dredging project to coincide with Varna
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) February 10, 2021 – Bulgaria’s second largest Black Sea port of Burgas will start dredging works in March which will allow it…
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…
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…
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)…
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…
DBA Group division wins contract in Bulgarian ports of Burgas and Varna
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) April 28, 2020 - Actual I.T. dd, part of Italy's DBA Group S.p.A., has signed an agreement with Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company…
EBRD visits Bulgaria to promote investment
Sofia, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) March 3, 2020 - Alain Pilloux, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) vice president, has visited Bulgaria, holding talks in Sofia,…
Common maritime agenda in the Black Sea in motion
News - EU Maritime Affairs and Fisheries - February 28, 2020 The Common maritime agenda for the Black Sea has officially launched on February 17,…
Bulgaria, Greece express readiness to accelerate activities to build multimodal corridor
Bulgaria and Greece hold transport talks in Alexandroupolis - February 26, 2020 The Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rosen Zhelyazkov and the Minister…
Bulgarian prime minister in Alexandroupolis: cooperation with Greece guarantees the prosperity of the region
Greek and Bulgarian prime ministers meet in Alexandroupolis, Greece - February 26, 2020 We are glad that you are here, it is important that we…
Analysis – Georgian and other deep sea ports around the Black Sea
Poti, Georgia (PortSEurope) February 12, 2020 - Georgia is the only Black Sea littoral state, which has no deep-water port. For more than three years…
Analysis – The Port of Mariupol: A Chinese piece in Ukrainian-Russian Azov Sea puzzle
Mariupol, Ukraine (PortSEurope) February 13, 2020 – It is widely expected that China will invest in Ukrainian Port of Mariupol as part of its Silk…
Analysis – Cruise ships return to Black Sea
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) January 7, 2020 –Varna expects six cruise ships’ visits in 2020, after a two-year lull during which no big liners docked Bulgaria’s…
New catamaran line between Burgas and Istanbul
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) November 16, 2019 – A new catamaran/fast ferry line will start operations on July 1, 2020, between Bulgaria’s second largest Black Sea…