2. The ferryboat complex Varna was built in 1978 at the west coast of Beloslav lake,
in 30 km from Varna. It has two piers with total length of 400 m and depth of 8,7
m. The complex serves ferry boats and RO-RO ships on the following lines: Varna
– Ilichevsk (Ukraine) – Poti/ Batumi (Georgia) and Varna – port Caucasus
(Russia). The complex is connected with the national railway and road network.
The Bulgarian three-decker ferry boats for carriage of goods in wagons, vehicles
and passengers “The Heroes of Odessa” and “The Heroes of Sevastopol” were
built in 1978 in Norway. They are equipped with a lift with capacity of 170 t (2
wagons), an universal shunting locomotive, supporting devices – jacks and
turnbuckles. The total length of the railway track onboard is 1692 m, the
transportation capacity: 108 standard 70-ton wagons (totally 7560 t), from which
on the upper deck – 43 wagons (3010 t), on the intermediate deck – 49 wagons
(3430 t) and on the below deck – 16 wagons (1120 t). The crew is 29 people. The
ferryboats have a hotel part with 95 places for the passengers and the crew.
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HISTORY
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The ships provide the opportunity for simultaneous combined
transportations of goods in wagons, trucks, containers, other deck
loads and automobiles.
4. CONNECTIONS
The railway ferry line Varna – Ilichevsk was established when the
economic relations between Bulgaria and the Soviet Union were very
active and the trade between them was significant. It started operating on
14 November 1978, providing the opportunity for alternative and more
efficient transportation without transshipment between two countries with
different track gauge.
From 1999, after the signature of the Trilateral Agreement between the
Governments of Bulgaria, Ukraine and Georgia on joint exploitation of
direct ferry service Varna – Ilichevsk – Poti/ Batumi, the Ferryboat
complex Varna is also connected with the Georgian ports Poti and
Batumi.
In 2009 was established the direct railway ferry line Varna – port
Caucasus connecting the Republic of Bulgaria with the Russian
Federation.
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5. DOBRINISHTE
SANDANSKI
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НОВА
ЗАГОРА
КЕРМЕН
STRALDZA
СЛИВЕН
ТВЪРДИЦА
ДЪБОВО
ТУЛОВО
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BURGAS
VLADIMIR
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Black sea
CONNECTIONS
Romania
Georgia
Russia
6. 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 of 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.
7. TRANSITIONAL BRIDGE
Length – 40 m; Width from the side of the ferry boat – 18,5 m; Width from the side of
the ferryboat complex – 8,6 m; Weight – 300 t.
8. 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.
9. Track for changing bogies of wagons loaded with dangerous goods – with universal
track gauge and 2 positions with anti-explosion jacks. The handling capasity is 20
wagons per day.
10. 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.
11. TRANSPORT SERVICES RENDERED BY THE FERRYBOAT COMPLEX
Ferry 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.
12. REPORTING DATA FOR 2015
Volume of the goods transported through the ferryboat complex Varna in 2015:
- import – 140 340 t
- export - 39 857 t
- totally– 180 197 t
Including:
1. Railway ferry line Varna - Caucasus:
- import – 124 125 t (LPG, oils and lubricants, petroleum waste, fertilizers, chemicals,
glass and other building materials and food products);
- export and transit – 33 609 t (cables, bentonite, food products, equipment, refractory
cement, wooden panels, cosmetics, glucose, base oils, polyethylene).
Totally – 157 734 t
2. Railway ferry line Varna – Ilichevsk – Poti/ Batumi:
- import – 16 215 t (LPG, ferroalloys, fertilizers, automobiles BELAZ, glass,
equipment);
- export – 6 248 t (metals, cans, cigarettes, sugar, pipes, glass).
Totally – 22 463 t
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