1. TRACECA PROJECT REPAIR AND REHABILITATION OF FERRY COMPLEX VARNA

2. PROJECT REPAIR AND REHABILITATION OF FERRY COMPLEX VARNA Varna ferry

3. Varna ferryboat

4. SITUATION  Varna, the third largest city in Bulgaria with a favorable location on the north coast of the Black Sea is an important industrial, commercial, resort and transport junction;  Ferry Complex Varna is a port of TRACECA corridor. The ferry complex is situated on VІІІ Pan- European Transport Corridor and connects Adriatic sea with Black sea area and the countries from Central Asia along the TRACECA corridor. The ferry complex is connected with the national railway and road networks.;  Varna Ferry Complex was built in 1978, on the southern coast of Beloslav lake. The total territory of the complex is 1 007 decares, located some 22 km to the west of Varna;  Two ship sites, with a total length of 400 m and a depth of 8.5 m, equipped with hoist-transition bridges with five tracks with a 1520 mm gauge.  The capacity of the ferry-complex is 120 000 wagons and 3,5 million tons freight per year;

5. TRANSPORT SERVICES OF FERRY COMPLEX Serviced ferry lines  Varna-Ilichevsk;  Varna-Poti/Batumi/Ilichevsk;  Varna-port Caucasus. Combined transport by ferry-boats  Transportation of freight in wagons;  Transportation of mega-trucks and semi-trailers;  Transportation of containers;  Other deck freight and auto-cars. Activities at Varna Ferry Complex  Mooring and unmooring of ferry ships and the accompanying port services;  Replacement of the bogies of the wagons for movement in the relevant railway administration from 1520 mm to 1435 mm gauge for the wagons from import, and from 1435 mm to 1520 mm for export;  Re-loading, loading and unloading of wagons according to different technologies: wagon-wagon, lorry-wagon, ramp - wagon, wagon - ramp;  Ensuring the storing of loads in customs-registered warehouses;  Others;

6. SCOPE OF THE PROJECT Replacement of 100 m3 wooden sleepers – ordinary and switch, in the yard 1 520 mm ; Repair of switches in the yard 1 520 mm. ; Repair of the roof, light lanterns, skylights (oberlichts) and the structure of the Workshop for replacement of bogies; Repair of the roof and VІ floor of Central Operative-Productive Building; Repair of roofs, skylights (oberlichts) and structure of Re-loading Point; Repair of hoist transition bridge 2.

7. PROJECT OBJECTIVES Use of full capacity of ferry complex Varna Increase of the capacity and possibility of processing more vessels simultaneously; Increase of transportations from Balkan peninsula and South –Eastern Europe to the countries of Middle Asia and China, by-passing the over-loaded European ports; Increase of compatibility of ferry boats by means of improvement of quality of offered services; Increase of reliability and efficiency of operations in order to attract new freight flows.

8. ENVIRONMENT  Low energy consumption;  Low level of contamination emissions;  Low level of noise in comparison with road transport;  Preservation of the environment and sharp reduction of carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere.

9. POLITICAL COMMITMENT  Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of Republic of Bulgaria about joint operation of ferry complex between port Ilichevsk (Ukraine) and port Varna (Republic of Bulgaria);  Agreement between the Government of Republic of Bulgaria, the Executive Authority of Georgia and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine about joint operation of the railway ferry connection between ports Varna (Republic of Bulgaria), Poti/Batumi (Georgia) and Ilichevsk (Ukraine);  Agreement between the Ministry of Transport of Russian Federation about organization the direct transport through port Varna (Respublic of Bulgaria) and Caucasus (Russian Federation);  Rehabilitation of Ferry complex Varna is envisaged in pilot project “Varna – Ilichevsk – Poti”, “ Sea Motorways in Black and Caspian seas”;  Possibility for giving the complex to concession;

10. NECESSARY FUNDS Activity Necessary funds -EURO Replacement of 100 m3 wooden sleepers100 000 – ordinary and switch in yard 1 520 mm ; Repair of switches of the yard 1 520 mm; 30 000 Repair of the roof, skylights (oberlichts) and structures of the Workshop for replacement of bogies 200 000 Repair of the roof and the VІ floor of the Central 45 000 Operative-Productive Building; Repair of the roof, skylights (oberlichts), and structures of Re-loading Point;125 000 Repair of hoist transition bridge 2. 400 000 The evaluation is a preliminary and is prepared by the specialists from BDZ- CARGO EOOD, 20% from these costs are for repair of the existing equipment and will be made on the account of the owners – NC”Port infrastructure”, State Enterprice NRIC, Holding BDZ EAD.

11. STATISTICS The data are from pilot project “Varna-Ilichevsk-Poti” of “Sea motorways in Black and Caspian Seas” Direct Trade potential on Varna Varna - Poti (East - West) axe: between Bulgaria and Georgia (Tons) Direct Trade Bulgaria - Georgia (Tons)WbEb Commodity Wb. Eb.27 68616 808 Varna – Ilyichevsk / Kerch (North-South) axe:SbNb between Bulgaria and Ukraine (Tons)1 205 20493 351 Varna - Poti (East - West) axe:WbEb between Bulgaria and Armenia / Azerbaijan22 14237 732 Varna - Poti (East - West) axe:WbEb between Bulgaria and Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan / Uzbekistan / Tajikistan / Kyrgyz Rep.24 86414 168

12. STATISTICS The data are from pilot project “Varna-Ilichevsk-Poti” of “Sea Motorways in Black and Caspian Seas”

13. EXPETCTED RESULTS Turning Varna into a logistics centre of the shortest route between Europe and Asia; A transport alternative that conserves and protects the natural environment; Increase of the traffic capacity; Improvement of the quality of the services offered; Increase of the volume of transport and attraction of new customers with a quality and cheap service.

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