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GENERAL
BULGARIA
(See Plan)
GEO-POLITICAL:
Capital City: Sofia.
Nationality: (noun) Bulgarian, (adjective) Bulgarian.
Population: 7,385,367.
Berth
No.
COMMUNICATIONS:
International Direct Dial Code: 359.
Number of Internal Airports: 128.
Major Languages Spoken: Bulgarian 84.5%, Turkish 9.6%, Roma 4.1%,
other and unspecified 1.8% (2001 census).
ECONOMY:
Currency: 1 Bulgarian Lev (BGL) of 100 Stotinki.
Main Industries: Electricity, gas, water, food, beverages, tobacco,
machinery and equipment, base metals, chemical products, coke, refined
petroleum and nuclear fuel.
ENVIRONMENT:
Territorial Sea: 12 n.m.
Other Maritime Claims: Contiguous Zone: 24 n.m.
Exclusive Economic Zone: 200 n.m.
Coastline Extent: 354 km.
Climate: Temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers.
Natural Resources: Bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, coal, timber and arable
land.
Natural Hazards: Earthquakes, landslides.
Terrain: Mostly mountains with lowlands in north and southeast.
Average Temperatures:
Month
High
Low
January
1 C
-5 C
June
25 C
14 C
September
23 C
10 C
TUGS: There are two companies operating tugs in the port. 14 tugs of
600 4,200 b.h.p. available. Compulsory for vessels over 1,000 g.t. and ships
with dangerous cargo on board. Tugs join vessels in the approaches to the
buoyed channels. Tugs lines used.
BERTHING: Outline of berths (starting from Port East):
(See Plan)
Draft
(m.)
Berth Length
(m.)
Cranes/Remarks
(tonnes)
East Port:
00
6.30
200
Mobile cranes
1
10.00
160
216
2
10.00
160
210
3
7.10
155
25, 26.3
4
6.80
155
216
5
7.20
155
110, 26.3
6
6.80
155
116, 210
11
7.20
132
36.3
11A
7.20
Ro-Ro berth
12
8.30
175
116, 210
13
7.30
175
116, 120
Old Bulk Port:
17
11.00
180
2 unloaders
18
11.00
180
316
19
11.00
180
110, 216
20
11.00
180
110, 220
20A
6.50
New Bulk Terminal: (Terminal 2A)
30
11.50
195
416
31
11.50
230
Grab gantry unloader
32
11.50
280
Grab gantry unloader
33
11.50
87
No cranes
West Port:
21A
8.20
220
116, 210
21B
8.50
60
Ro-Ro berth
22
11.00
200
120, 216
23
11.00
180
140, 220
24
11.00
200
140, 216
25
6.10
120
No cranes
Oil Port: (Also known as Port Rossenetz)
1
10.00
2
12.00
3
7.20
Nessebar Passenger Port:
1
4.10
160
2
5.10
75
3
7.00
160
Note: In Port East, Berths No. 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15 and 16 are dedicated to
small craft.
CONTAINER FACILITIES:
Operator:
Port
of
Bourgas.
Tel: +359 (56)
841058,
822564.
Contact: Manager, Container Terminal.
Facilities: The container terminal is situated at Port West and includes two
berths, Berths No. 23 and 24 with max. draft 11.0 m. The terminal has
240 ton multi-purpose cranes using semi-automatic spreaders, 241 ton
and 145 ton reachstackers, 60 reefer points and dedicated area of
approximately 60,000 sq.m. with 1,500 ground slots with three-high
arrangement.
Also see Cargo Handling Facilities.
CRUISE FACILITIES: In Nessebar Port.
Also see Berthing.
SPECIALISED CARGO FACILITIES: Cold Storage: Capacity of
10,000 tons, divided into seven halls. It is designed to handle all kinds of
deep frozen and chilled goods, requiring temperature range of 26 to +17C.
The facility is linked directly to the container and Ro-Ro terminals, which are
situated in close vicinity. The cargo is handled through 21 truck loading bays.
The cold store has usable area totalling 5,280 sq.m. and cooling volume of
52,800 cu.m. The maximum allowable height of goods is 6.80 m.
TANKER FACILITIES:
Bourgas Oil Port: Operator: Lukoil Bulgaria Ltd.
Terminal Facilities: Situated in the Bay of Bourgas, about 3 miles SE of
Bourgas East Lighthouse. It consists of three piers with respective quay
facilities for berthing of tankers:
Terminal
No.
LOA
(m.)
Draft
(m.)
1
2
3
180
260
120
10.0
12.0
7.2
Remarks
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BULGARIA
Bourgas
Pier No. 1
Pier No. 2
Pier No. 3
2
8
2,800
1,400
9
14
yes
4
2
12
6,000
1,400
9
15
yes
6
All products
4
300
300
9
Not fixed
yes
4
Total Number
50
9
8
4
3
15
20
70
16
50
8
2
East Port:
Operator: Port Authority. Tel: +359 (56) 840009, 822456. Contact: Manager,
East Port (Email: statev@port-burgas.com).
Facilities: The East Port has 14 berths, total wharf length 1,965 m., open
storage 50,000 sq.m. and 44,500 sq.m. of covered warehousing.
West Port:
Operator: Port Authority. Tel: +359 (56) 841926, 822555. Contact: Manager,
West Port.
Facilities: The West Port has six berths, total quay length 890 m., open
storage 191,000 sq.m., 11,000 sq.m. of warehousing and 7,000 sq.m. of cold
storage. There is a bulk grain extractor located on the quay. The port handles
grain, metals of all kind, Ro-Ro and container traffic. A modern cold storage
facility is built in the port area.
Also see Container Facilities.
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REGULATIONS:
1. Embarking on board by persons without permanent or occasional
permission issued by the Immigration Authorities is forbidden.
2. It is the Immigration Authorities right to control and check that the
Immigration regulations are being complied with at any time
round-the-clock.
3. Those who violate the Immigration regulations of Bourgas will be
sanctioned according to the laws of Bulgaria.
TIME: GMT plus 2 hours. Summer-time is kept.
LOCAL HOLIDAYS: 1 January (New Years Day); 3 March (Liberation
Day); Easter Sunday (Orthodox); 1 May (Labour Day); 6 May (Day of
Bulgarian Army and Bravery); 24 May (Day of Slavonic Language and
Culture); 6 September (Day of Bulgarian Unity); 22 September (National
Independence Day); 24 26 December (Christmas Days).
DELAYS: Possible while waiting for Pilot owing to bad weather or waiting
turn for berth.
CONSULS: Turkey.
NEAREST AIRPORT: Bourgas International Airport, 9 km.
CUSTOMS ALLOWANCES: Two packets cigarettes per crew member
per day and one opened bottle.
SHORE LEAVE: Allowed.
1. The crew of foreign vessels are allowed to stay overnight in town from
0900 0400 hrs. the next day.
2. On going downtown and back to the ship, the crew must pass by the
Immigration Duty Office for receiving and returning the shore passes.
3. Visits to other popular areas in the country besides Bourgas are
prohibited.
4. Permission for spending the night at a hotel is granted by the
Immigration Authorities, and the crew members address should be
registered at the hotel.
Customs: Crew members of vessels arriving at the port of Bourgas must
be acquainted with the following:
1. If they have received Bulgarian Leva from the Master through the
Agent of the vessel, a list of the seamen and the amounts received
must be presented at the Customs.
2. If they exchange currency at the Exchange Bureaux in town, they
must request and keep the slip for the exchanged currency. Illegal
exchange of currency is strictly forbidden and is subject to confiscation
in accordance with the Customs Law.
3. If they purchase goods at the shops, they are obliged to present a
shop invoice with the value of the goods and a document for exchange
currency, obeying the prohibitions for export of foodstuffs and
non-edible goods, in accordance with the Appendix (see below).
Prohibitions are void if executed by official ship chandler.
4. Eligible to accomplish ship chandler activities are VTO Transimplex
firms and private traders, in the area of the Port of Bourgas, registered
at the Court and at the Customs. The suppliers issue an official
document (invoice), signed and stamped by themselves, the Customs
and the Master of the vessel.
5. Purchases at the two duty free shops in the port are made after
certifying of the invoice by the Customs Officer on duty.
The Customs reserve the right to carry out checks for the availability
of newly bought goods on board the vessel.
6. The import and export of Bulgarian Leva is strictly prohibited.
7. Actions of the crew during their stay at the Port of Bourgas and liability
against the Customs are borne by the Master of the ship.
REPATRIATION: Can be fulfilled if necessary. Replacement of crew by
Bulgarian nationals is possible.
IDENTIFICATION CARDS: Required. Crew members are given shore
passes.
GENERAL: Telephone Numbers: Tel: +359 (56)
Executive Director:
822222. Fax: 822156. Telex: 83520
Pilots:
882 2095, 840402
Harbour Master:
844339. Fax: 840064
VTS Centre:
844311
Bourgas
BULGARIA
General: Vessel is allowed to take out sufficient meat for two days, remainder
sealed.
Overside painting permitted, except for ships name, draft marks and load
line.
SHIPMASTERS REPORT: March 1993 (Updated 2000).
Chart: BA Chart No. 2399.
Documents:
1 Cargo Manifest
7 Crew Lists
2 Currency Declarations
1 Health Declaration
2 Personal Effects Lists
3 Stores Lists, including Bonded Stores
1 Vaccination List.
Certificates:
IOPP Certificate
Load Line Certificate
Safe Manning Certificate
Safety Construction Certificate
Safety Equipment Certificate
Safety Radio Certificate
Ships Register.
Pilotage: Not compulsory for approaching the anchorage, but Port Control
should be informed by VHF Channel 16 and thereafter Channel 11.
Anchorage: There are several safe and well protected anchorages with
good holding ground just off the harbour and south of the fairway channel.
Berthing: This vessel was loaded with 10,000 tonnes of wheat in bulk, and
berthed at No. 22 (West Port) with a max. draft of 8.0 m.
The cargo was discharged by shore cranes with grabs into hoppers and
trucks. Rate of discharge was low (about 1,000 tonnes/day), because cargo
was direct delivery and had to be taken some several hundreds of kilometres
before trucks returned to be loaded again.
Density: Between 1006 and 1010, because of narrow small river outlet close
to the berth.
Fresh Water: Fresh water can be obtained by barge in the roads at a cost
of US$ 6.00/ton, or by shore line at a cost of US$ 5.00/ton at a rate of
10 ton/hr.
Shore Leave: Shore passes, filled out on arrival, are being issued and
seamen are asked to pass Immigration to hand in the shore passes, and to
keep passports on the way out, and to collect same when returning into the
port again. Shore leave is granted from 0900 0400 hrs. the following day.
Heavy penalties may be imposed by Immigration authorities if regulations
not complied with.
Garbage: Garbage removal is compulsory for ships which stay longer than
three days in port. Costs per garbage drum of about 200 ltr. is US$ 32.90,
plus hire of barge US$ 31.00.
Telephones: Customs Tel: 45398.
AGENCY: Bourgas Regional Division, 1 Knyaz Batenberg (port), PB 11,
8000 Bourgas, Bulgaria. Tel: +359 (56) 843706. Fax: +359 (56) 843705.
Contact: Krasimir Grudov, Division Head (Email: grudov@port-burgas.com).
AUTHORITY: Port of Bourgas, 1 Al Batenberg Street, 8000 Bourgas,
Bulgaria. Tel: +359 (56) 822222. FAX: +359 (56) 822156.
Telex: 83520 PORTBS BG. Email: headoffice@port-burgas.com
Web: www.port-burgas.com Contact: Mr Manolov, Manager.
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DOCUMENTS:
Required on arrival and departure:
4 Cargo Declarations
2 Crew Effects Declarations
4 Crew Lists
5 General Declarations
2 IMO Code Dangerous Cargo Declarations
1 Marine Sanitary Declaration
4 Passenger Lists
4 Stores Lists.
Certificates: The following certificates and documents should be available
for inspection by Marine Administration Executive Agency:
For all Ships:
Certificates of Competency for Master, Officers and Crew
Certificate of Class
Certificate of Registry/Act of Nationality
Continuous Synopsis Records
Derat (Exemption) Certificate
Document of Compliance
Garbage Management Plan
Hull and Machinery Certificate
Information on Ballast
International Load Line Certificate
International Ships Security Certificate
International Tonnage Certificate
IOPP Certificate
Muster Plan, fire control plan and damage control plan
Oil Record Book
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BULGARIA
Varna
Varna East:
Berth
No.
Length
(m.)
Normal
(m.)
Passenger
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
177
177
129
169
169
169
143
179
146
7.80
6.70
5.80
6.50
7.50
7.70
6.20 7.60
11.00
10.80
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Depth
With Pontoons
(m.)
8.60
7.80
6.10
6.80
7.80
8.00
8.50 10.00
Berth
No.
Length
(m.)
Normal
(m.)
9
10
11
12
13
204
145
110
241
220
9.70
8.90
7.60
7.20
7.00
Depth
With Pontoons
(m.)
10.00
Total wharf length 2,308 m., max. depth 11.00 m. handling general cargoes
(machinery, technical equipment, metals, timber, wood pulp, bagged
fertilisers, etc.), dry bulks (cereals, sugar, ores, kaolin and other kinds of clay,
scrap, etc.) and bulk liquids (molasses). Container and passenger terminals
in operation.
Varna West:
Berth
No.
Length
(m.)
Normal
(m.)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
0
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
240
200
135
140
155
210
153
160
160
179
179
179
179
179
179
179
179
179
10.60
10.60
10.30
10.60
10.30
10.50
10.60
10.60
10.60
10.60
7.60
9.90
9.90
9.70
10.00
10.00
10.20
10.20
Depth
With Pontoons
(m.)
10.20
10.00
10.30
10.30
Total wharf length 3,164 m. Max. depth 10.60 m., situated in the west part
of Lake Varna, 14 n.m. from port of Varna East. Dry bulk, breakbulk, liquid
bulk and containers handled.
Also see Restrictions and Tanker Facilities.
Port Balchik: Situated 18 n.m. north of port of Varna, for ships of max. draft
7.30 m. Two berths with a total length of 164 m. for cereals, vegetable oils
and live animals available. Vessels require a Pilot when entering and leaving
the port.
Lesport (Port Topolly): Port for breakbulk, dry bulks and live animals,
situated on the northern bank of Lake Varna, 8 n.m. from port of Varna East.
Three berths of a total length of 450 m. with max. depth of 4.40 m. and 8.20 m.
available.
Berth Marine Antipollution Enterprise JSC: Mainly for steel products,
situated on the north coast of Canal No. 1, with length of 160 m. and depth
of 6.20 m.
BULK CARGO FACILITIES: Grain: Port of Varna is the main gate
for Bulgarian grain exports, mainly of wheat, maize, sunflower and barley.
Most of this export goes via Varna East, and minor quantities are exported
through Balchik. Grain is stored in warehouses adjacent to the berth, and
one in the storage base located approximately 5 km. from Varna East.
There are six berths total length 981 m., max. depth 11.00 m. with
15 cranes handling bulk grain at Varna East.
Berth No. 7 in Varna East is the most frequently used berth for large vessels
up to 50,000 g.t.
During the active export season (August to November), five additional
berths are utilised: Berths No. 4, 6, 8, 9 and 10.
Loading /discharging is carried out mainly by grabs, and also by one
shiploader jointly operated by port of Varna and the private company GIFTA.
Coal and Clinker: Three berths in Varna West handle coal, coke,
petro-coke and clinker. Loading/discharging is carried out by grabs. Cargoes
are stored in piles up to 30,000 tons.
The three berths have a quay length of 430 m., max. depth 10.60 m. and
616 32 ton cranes.
Thermo-Electrical Power Station Varna: Dedicated coal port on the northern
bank of Lake Varna, 8.5 n.m. from port of Varna East. Three berths of a total
length of 530 m., with max. depths of 8.00 m., 8.00 m. and 11.50 m. available.
Cement: Most of the cement is exported in bulk via Berth No. 10 in Varna
West. Shipment and loading are carried out by specialised cement trucks
which are discharged directly into the ship. Capacity of cement trucks is
30 tons each.
There are two berths, quay length 339 m., max. depth 10.60 m. and
210 ton cranes.
Soda: Soda (light or heavy) in bulk, bags or big bags form a considerable
share of cargo traffic. Berth No. 7 at Varna West is linked with the factory by
conveyor belt with length 1.5 km. to load the bulk soda directly into the ship.
There are two shiploaders in this system, with productivity of 400 t.p.h.
Bagged soda is loaded by grabs at Berths No. 8, 9, 10, 14 and 15 in Varna
West.
Fertilisers: The raw materials are discharged at Berth No. 1 by a portal
crane and a belt conveyor system. Bulk fertilisers are loaded at Berths
No. 8 and 15 by means of specialised berth loaders.
Bagged fertilisers are loaded by grabs at Berths No. 9, 10, 14 and 15.
Also see Berthing.
CONTAINER FACILITIES:
Varna East Container Terminal:
Stacking area: 45,000 sq.m.
Capacity: 1,800 TEU
Quay length: 338 m.
Max. depth: 7.7 m.
Cranes: 232 ton conventional and 130.5 ton gantry
Excise zone, capacity 150 TEU
Reefer stack, capacity 108 TEU.
Varna
Varna West Container and Ro-Ro Terminal:
Stacking area: 78,000 sq.m.
Capacity: 2,340 TEU
Quay length: 430 m.
Max. depth: 10.20 m.
Cranes: 235 ton gantries, 1100 ton Gottwald mobile cranes
Excise zone, capacity 100 TEU
Reefer stack, capacity 84 TEU
Parking area: 500 slots.
Also see Cargo Handling Facilities and Cranes.
BULGARIA
3.
4.
TANKER FACILITIES: Three berths with depths of 7.20 m., 8.10 m. and
5.80 m. Berth No. 3 only currently operational.
Sulphuric Acid Terminal: Located near Berth No. 2 in Varna West. It has
modern rail unloading station (capacity 2,000 tons/day), shiploading facility
and three tanks for storage of sulphuric acid, liquid fertilisers and other
hazardous goods.
Quay length 200 m., max. depth 10.60 m.
Shiploading equipment: 600 t.p.h.
Three tanks with total capacity 18,000 cu.m.
Liquid Fertilisers and other Hazardous Goods: Handled at Berth
No. 1 by means of specialised facilities and a pipe steam operated jointly
with the chemical enterprises.
Oil Terminal:
Berth No. 1: Length 220 m., depth 7.2 m.
Berth No. 2: Length 180 m., depth 8.1 m.
Berth No. 3: Length 100 m., depth 5.8 m.
Also see Berthing.
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BULGARIA
Lloyds Representative
Germanischer Lloyd
Russian Shipping Register
Bulgarian Shipping Register
Marine Administration
Navibulgar
Bulgarian Railway
Varna
601945, 601946, 601947
699000, 699005
626347
681510
684922, 684914, 684911
633100
Fax: 633033
(2) 931 1496, 988 8197
Fax: (2) 981 6567
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