Port of Burgas

🇧🇬 Bulgaria

Black Sea · Multi-Purpose Port

UN/LOCODE
BGBOJ
Country
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
Port Type
Multi-Purpose Port
Ocean Region
Black Sea
Latitude
42.4900° N
Longitude
27.4700° E

Maritime Risk Context

Burgas in Bulgaria sits in the most volatile maritime environment in the world. Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Black Sea has been a theatre of active naval conflict — mine strikes, missile attacks on port infrastructure, and interference with commercial shipping are a daily operational reality. The Joint War Committee has designated extensive portions of the basin as a listed area, and war risk premiums have escalated dramatically. Russia's Black Sea Fleet has attacked Ukrainian port infrastructure and commercial grain vessels with cruise missiles and drones; the UN-brokered Black Sea Grain Initiative collapse left operators without a formal de-confliction mechanism. Access through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles is controlled by Turkey under the Montreux Convention.

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Vessel Mix

Limited port-call data — fewer than 10 distinct vessels observed at Burgas in the last 180 days. ArcNautical does not publish a vessel-type breakdown for low-traffic ports to avoid statistically misleading percentages.

Port State Control Context

Bulgaria is a multi-MoU jurisdiction (its port states participate in more than one regional PSC programme). Vessel-level detention probability for calls at Burgas is computed by ArcNautical's scoring engine using flag performance, vessel age, deficiency history, and ownership opacity rather than a regional aggregate.

Recent Arrivals at Burgas

Last 10 vessel arrivals recorded by ArcNautical's AIS pipeline (last 90 days):

ArrivedVesselFlagType
2026-06-12 LEDRA EXPLORER 🇨🇾 CY Tug
2026-06-10 R/K 26 🇧🇬 BG Fishing
2026-06-09 R/K 26 🇧🇬 BG Fishing
2026-06-07 R/K 26 🇧🇬 BG Fishing
2026-06-06 R/K 26 🇧🇬 BG Fishing
2026-06-04 R/K 26 🇧🇬 BG Fishing
2026-05-31 R/K 26 🇧🇬 BG Fishing
2026-05-30 R/K 26 🇧🇬 BG Fishing
2026-05-16 R/K 26 🇧🇬 BG Fishing

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