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2011 was a record year for the port of Varna with over nine million tons of processed cargo and over BGN 4 M in net profit. The information was announced by the Director of the Port of Bulgaria’s Black Sea capital, Captain Daniel Papazov, quoted by Radio Varna Wednesday. Expectations for 2012 are that the [...]
Cargo turnover at Bulgaria’s Black Sea port of Varna stood at a record-high 1.014 million tons in August, online trade publication maritime.bg reported. In January-August 2011, the freight traffic at Port Varna increased by 10% year-on-year, reaching BGN 5.5 million metric tons, the Bulgarian Transport Ministry announced. Grain and shipments from chemical plants based in [...]
The biggest forum for graffiti artists in Bulgaria, Sprite graffiti jam, will take place in the city of Varna on Saturday, July 2 2011, Dnevnik daily reported. The event is organised by youth association Amorpha and it is part of FUNCITY youth festival, which started on June 24 2011 in Varna. Bulgaria’s best graffiti artists [...]
Varna’s fishermen catch mainly turbot and whelk rapa, sometimes scad, bluefish and red mullet
13, Jun 2011
Ships with length more than 12 meters long fish mainly for turbot and veined rapa whelk in North Black Sea, Yordan Harasimov, a member of Black Sea Sunrise Association, told FOCUS – Varna Radio. Varna’s fishermen sometimes catch also scad, bluefish and red mullet. Fishermen in the northeastern district of Varna rarely fish for sprat, [...]
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An old Tu-154 government plane, which belonged to Bulgaria’s communist leader Todor Zhivkov, will be submerged close to the coastal city of Varna and will be turned into an artificial reef for training underwater divers and diving fans, captain Bogdan Bogdanov, who heads the operation of submerging the aircraft, told FOCUS – Varna Radio. On [...]
Commission for the Protection of Competition (CPC) authorized the merger through acquisition of joint control of a newly established society – Varna Ferry Ltd. from the Bulgarian Maritime Shipping Company Ltd. and the Bulgarian River Shipping AD.
Bulgaria give up a Bank of Japan loan for container terminals of ports of Varna and Burgas
4, Mar 2011
Bulgarian government has decided to start talks with Japan to annual a low-interest loan previously deemed to be of crucial importance for the development of Bulgarian Black Sea ports Varna and Burgas. The loan of a total of JPY 37 B, or BGN 640 M, from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation/Japan International Cooperation Agency [...]
Bulgaria exported 1.214 mmt wheat via Port of Varna
21, Jan 2011
Bulgaria Only via Varna port total 1.214 mmt of wheat were exported, according to the port’s chief, Captain Danail Papazov. To avoid problems on the Bulgarian market the exported wheat should not exceed 490 kmt annually, the calculations of the Ministry of Agriculture point out. According to the same source, today millers do not avail [...]
Fog closes Port of Varna
18, Jan 2011
The Port of Varna has been closed for all types of vessels since 1:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning (18th of January) due to fog and ensuing low visibility, its coordination center told FOCUS – Varna Radio.
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Sea Water near Varna’s port turns Red
14, Jan 2011
Pollution from an unidentified source has turned the sea water near the port of the Black Sea city of Varna red Thursday. The Head of the Control and Preservation of Sea Environment, Search and Rescue department at the Maritime Administration told Darik radio the pollution had not come from oil, but it is still unknown [...]
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