Varna
Varna is a Bulgarian port located on the country’s Black Sea coast; it is Bulgaria largest seaport; situated on Varna Bay, along Lake Varna and Lake Beloslav, it also comprises the outlying port of Balchik. It has a significant further development potential with 44 km of sheltered inland waterfront on the lakes alone, easily accessible by road and railroad and adjacent to Varna International Airport.
EU proposes sustainable fishing opportunities in the Black Sea for 2018
European Commission – 21 November 2017 Ahead of the December Fisheries Council, where EU Member States will agree fishing quotas for 2018, the Commission...
Bulgaria and Romania set to improve transport links
Sofia, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) October 5, 2016 – Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his Romanian counterpart Mihai Tudose have opened a new...
Greece to take advantage of strategic position via rail link project with Bulgaria, Tsipras says
Kavala, Greece (PortSEurope) September 7, 2017 – Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has said the project for the launch of a railway corridor linking the...
Bulgaria-Greece port railway connection project needs investment of €5 billion
Kavala, Greece (PortSEurope) September 6, 2017 – Bulgaria’s transport minister Ivaylo Moskovski has said the total investment in the railway...
Bulgarian PM says port link project with Greece will boost energy, transport, tourist sectors
Kavala, Greece (PortSEurope) September 6, 2017 – Bulgaria’s prime minister Boyko Borisov has said the launch of a railway connection between...
New railway connection agreement between Greece and Bulgaria
Kavala, Greece (PortSEurope) September 6, 2017 – A memorandum of understanding between Bulgaria and Greece for a new railway connection will be signed...
Varna port calls tender for infrastructure overhaul
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) August 25, 2017 – Bulgaria’s Varna port has called a BGN 4.9 million ($3.0/€2.5 million) tender for the overhaul of...
Six port multimodal corridor between Greece and Bulgaria
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) July 17, 2017 – By the end of July, Greece and Bulgaria will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the...
Bulgaria and Greece to build a multimodal corridor between Black Sea, Aegean Sea and Danube
Sofia, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – Bulgaria and Greece have announced that they plan to extend the multimodal transport corridor between the...
Over 30 shipping agencies use Single Window from the start of the Bulgarian system
Burgas, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) June 25, 2017 – Over 30 shipping agencies with nearly 100 users use the services of the electronic document processing...
Bulgarian ports passenger traffic rises 61.5% y/y in Q1 2017
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) May 26, 2017 – Bulgarian sea and river ports handled a total of 12,500 passengers in the first quarter of 2017, up 61.5% on the...
Bulgaria’s BPI Co. presents Black Sea real-time monitoring system
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) May 25, 2017 – Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company (BPI Co.) has made a presentation of the first system for the monitoring...
Danube-Black Sea Gateway Region – multiport gateway region project started
Sofia, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) March 27, 2017 – More than 60 experts from central and eastern Europe took part in the Kick-Off Conference on the...
Bulgarian competition regulator cancels Vidin port concession
Vidin, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) February 28, 2017 – Bulgarian competition authority has cancelled a 35-year concession of the South Container Terminal at Vidin...
Varna port under consideration for South Stream project
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) February 15, 2017 – The South Stream project, which was proposed in 2007 and never realised, was supposed to deliver...
Varna port pre-tax profit almost doubles in 2016
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) February 9, 2017 – Varna port operator booked a pre-tax profit of BGN 13.5 million ($7.3 million/€6.9 million) in 2016,...
Varna port sees rising wheat exports
Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) January 9, 2017 – Varna port handled 1.286 million tonnes of wheat in the period between the start of the 2016/17 season, on...