1. BDZ CARGO 2016

2. Board of Directors
Holding BDZ EAD
BDZ Passengers EOOD BDZ Cargo EOOD
Holding Bulgarian State Railways is a 100 % owned byHolding Bulgarian State Railways is a 100 % owned by
the Bulgarian state, whereby its rights are exercisedthe Bulgarian state, whereby its rights are exercised
by the Minister of Transport, Information Technologyby the Minister of Transport, Information Technology
and Communications.and Communications.

3. BDZ CARGO
BDZ Cargo is the main railway freight operator in Bulgaria
The company occupies 56.5 % of the railway freight traffic market;
Freight traffic: 2010 - 10 778 000 t, 2011 - 11 607 000 t, 2012 - 9 770
000 t; 2013 – 8 661 000 ton; 2014 – 8 658 000 ton; 2015 – 8 315 000
ton
Length of the railway lines - 4 070 km
Personnel – 3 253 as of 31.12.2015.
Rolling stock fleet – over 4800 wagons
Traction fleet – over 200 locomotives
Strategically located network of locomotive and wagon workshops

4. EUROPEAN TRANSPORT CORRIDORS
CROSSING BULGARIA
Sofia
Pazardjik
Plovdiv Dimitrovgrad
Mezdra
Cherven Bryag
Pleven
Levski
Pavlikeni G. Oryahovitsa
Popovo
Targovishte
Shumen Varna
Dobrich
Karlovo
Kazanlak Dabovo
Sliven
Karnobat
Burgas
Ruse
V. Tarnovo
St. Zagora
N. Zagora
Yambol
Pernik
Radomir
Dupnitsa
Blagoevgrad
Kyustendil
Vratsa
Boychinovtsi
Brusartsi
Montana
Lom
Vidin
Kulata
Svilengrad
Kardam
Kalotina

5. GEOSTRATEGIC ADVANTAGES
OF THE BULGARIAN RAILWAY TRANSPORT
 Crossroad position of the country enabling the development of
transit transport on the lines of the Pan-European transport
corridors;
 Link with five European transport corridors: IV, VII, VIII, IX and
X;
 Link with the OSJD corridors: No 6 (Czechia, Hungary,
Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Iran, Turkmenistan), No 12
(Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria);
 Link with the TRACECA transport corridor (Europe- Caucasus-
Asia): through Burgas Port, Varna Port, Varna Ferry);
 A railway link with the Black Sea ports of Varna and Burgas and
the Danube ports Lom, Ruse, Svishtov, Silistra and Vidin;

6. Locomotives by type Series Total
Diesel 06 30
Diesel 07 22
Electric 40 58
Electric 46 25
Diesel shunting 51 6
Diesel shunting 52 20
Diesel shunting 55 39
Electric shunting 61 7
Total 207
TRACTION ROLLING
STOCK

7. FREIGHT WAGONS
Wagon type
Total
number
11 Covered 4-axle 307
22 Flat 929
33 Open 1 852
44
Grain carriers 606
55 Ore carriers 248
66 Saddle 373
77 Hopper 21
88 Tank 382
99 Refrigerators 50
1010 Cement carriers 123
1111 Shunabel car 3

9. TRANSPORT SERVICES RENDERED BY
BDZ CARGO
 Transport of goods in block-trains;
 Transport of goods in isolated wagons;
 Combined transports;
 Transport of goods in route trains on routes, timetables and prices
coordinated with the other RUs;
 Transport on specially agreed transport schemes;
 Transport of heavy-load, out-of-gauge and special consignments;
 Transport of goods from/to the Black Sea ports Varna and Burgas, also
in large-capacity containers, processed in the terminals of these ports;
 Transport of goods from/to the Danube ports Ruse, Lom, Svishtov,
Vidin;
 Transport via the railway ferry lines connecting port Varna, port
Caucasus (Russia), port Ilichevsk (Ukraine), ports Poti/ Batumi
(Georgia), continuing the transport by rail from/to the countries of CIS,
Central and Middle Asia.

10. ACCOMPANYING SERVICES
 Customs clearance, financial guarantees, security and insurance
for goods
 Routing
 Warehousing
 Tracking and tracing of wagons and containers
 Container terminals and logistic services
 Rental of locomotives
 Other shipping services

11. FERRYBOAT COMPLEX VARNA
BDZ Cargo is the only railway freigh operator in the Ferryboat complex Varna serving the railway-ferry lines connecting port of Varna
with port of Caucasus in Russia, port of Ilichevsk in Ukraine and the ports of Poti and Batumi in Georgia.

12. TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND EQUIPMENT
OF THE FERRYBOAT COMPLEX VARNA
The complex has two piers with total length of 400 m and depth of 8,7 m, equipped with
transitional bridges, each of which with 5 tracks with gauge 1520 mm. Ferry boats loaded
with 108 wagons are handled for 8 hours, ferry boats loaded with 45 wagons – for 2 hours.
The complex has a capacity for a simultaneous handling of two ships and also for
handling of two types of ships – with width 26 and 22 m.

13. TRANSITIONAL BRIDGE
Length – 40 m; Width from the side of the ferryboat – 18,5 m; Width from
the side of the ferryboat complex – 8,6 m; Weight – 300 t.

14. WORKSHOP FOR CHANGING BOGIES
The ferryboat complex Varna is the only place in the Black Sea region with
possibility for changing wagon bogies from European (1435 mm) to Russian
standard (1520 mm) gauge. The workshop is equiped with two universal tracks,
with 12 positions each. It has the capacity for changing the bogies of 280
wagons per day.

15. TRANSSHIPMENT POINT
Technical capacity for direct
transshipment of 80 wagons per day
Open site
2 tracks with gauge of 1435 mm and
2 tracks with gauge of 1520 mm
served by electric forklift with lifting
capacity of 20 t
Covered ramp
with1 track with gauge of 1435 mm
and 1 track with gauge of 1520 mm
Open ramp
with1 track with gauge of 1435 mm
and 1 track with gauge of 1520 mm
Storing facilities
Open and covered storehouses
registred as storehouses under
customs supervision.

16. TRANSPORT SERVICES RENDERED
BY THE FERRYBOAT COMPLEX
Ferryboat lines served
 Varna - Ilichevsk
 Varna – Ilichevsk – Poti/ Batumi
 Varna – Caucasus
Combined transports:
 Transport of goods in wagons
 Transport of trucks/ semi-trailers
 Transport of container
 Other deck loads and automobiles
Services
 Mooring and unmooring of ferry boats and accompanying port services;
 Change of the wagon bogies from gauge 1520 mm to gauge 1435 mm for wagons
for import and from gauge 1435 mm to gauge 1520 mm for wagons for export;
 Transshipment, loading and unloading of wagons by various technologies: wagon
– wagon, truck-wagon, ramp – wagon, wagon – ramp;
 Storage of goods in a storehouses registered under customs supervision;
 Other services.

17. FREIGHT TRAFFIC
Freight traffic in total
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Tonnes carried (thous.) 10 778 11 607 9 770 8 861 8 658 8 316
Tonne kilometers (mill.) 2 352 2 497 2 043 1 806 1 778 1 783
Average hauling distance 218 215 209 204 205 214
Domestic freight traffic
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Tonnes carried (thous.) 7 490 8 098 6 854 6 283 6 351 5 752
Tonne kilometers (mill.) 1 470 1 561 1 263 1 116 1 209 1 147
Average hauling distance 196 193 184 178 190 199
International freight traffic (export, import, transit)
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Tonnes carried (thous.) 3 288 3 509 2 916 2 587 2 307 2 564
Tonne kilometers (mill.) 882 937 781 690 570 636
Average hauling distance 268 267 268 268 247 248

18. FREIGHT TRAFFIC TOTAL BY COMMODITIES

19. MAIN CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS
GASTRAD
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20. INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT ORGANIZATIONS
 INTERNATIONAL UNION OF RAILWAYS (UIC)
 INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY TRANSPORT COMMITTEE (CIT)
 COMMUNITY OF EUROPEAN RAILWAYS (CER)
 ORGANIZATION FOR COOPERATION BETWEEN RAILWAYS (OSJD)
 COORDINATING COUNCIL ON TRANS-SIBEREAN TRANSPORTATION
 RAILWAY TRANSPORT COUNCIL
 SOUTH EAST RAILWAYS GROUP (SERG)
 SOUTH EAST EUROPE ALLIANCE FOR RAIL INNOVATIONS (SEESARI)

21. The biggest
traction and
rolling stock
fleet in the
country
Flexible price
policy and
variety of
opportunities
Qualified and
experieced
team of experts
IT solutions
Total Qality
Management
System
BDZ Cargo
RELIABILITY SUSTAINABILITY FLEXIBILITY

22. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!