Project № BG16FFPR001-3.001-0005
„Capital dredging - basin between Terminal „Burgas West“ and Terminal „Burgas East 2/2A/“
Financed under Priority 3 „Improving intermodality, innovations, modernized traffic management systems, improving transport security and safety“ of the Transport Connectivity Programme 2021-2027
Administrative contract № DPTC-4/31.05.2024
Project total cost: 84 372 001, 21 BGN
Total eligible costs: 70 310 001, 01 BGN
Grant: 63 265 284, 91 BGN
European Regional Development Fund: 53 775 492, 17 BGN
National funding: 9 489 792, 74 BGN
Co-financing by the beneficiary: 7 044 716, 10 BGN
Project start: October 2023
Project end: November 2024
Beneficiary: Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company
The project envisages deepening of the basin maneuvering area to T2A and port terminal Burgas-West, which will achieve new design depths. Reaching new, greater depths in the port area will allow the structural planning of ports to take into account the possibility of safe entry and mooring of larger ships and will provide the necessary prerequisites for the development of terminals. This will allow the handling of vessels up to 260 m long, up to 32 m wide, draught up to 14.5 m and DWT 80 000 tonnes and the use of existing cargo handling facilities so that about 100 000 20 ft equivalent units (TEU) can be further handled.
The implementation of the project will lead to a comprehensive and long-term solution to the current problems of approach and maneuvering of ships and the future needs for new maneuvering zones, in accordance with the investment projects of the port operators of the terminals located in the water area of the port of Burgas. Currently, there are no piers for container ships with a depth of 15.50 m at the terminals in the water area of the port of Burgas, as restrictive parameters for draught and length of ships have been introduced, which do not meet the parameters of the largest ship for which the respective quay wall is designed.
Main Objective: The main objective of the project is to achieve certain design parameters of the aquatory for approaching, maneuvering and docking the maximum estimated ships, thus providing access to the newly built port infrastructure in the eastern part of the port terminal Burgas-West for berth № 28.
Expected result: Achieved design depth (elevation -15.50 m -HP) to ensure the defined design parameters of the aquatory for approach, maneuvering and docking of the maximum estimated ships in the eastern part of the port terminal Burgas-West.