Technical Data
Port Specifications
- UNLOCODE
- BGVAR
- Port Type
- General
- Terminals
- 2
- Berth Count
- 37
- Max Draught
- 12 m
- Country
- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
Conditions
Current Weather
Overview
About This Port
Port of Varna is the largest seaport complex in Bulgaria. Located on the Black Sea's west coast on Varna Bay, along Lake Varna and Lake Beloslav, it also comprises the outlying port of Balchik. It has a significant further development potential with 44 km (27 mi) of sheltered inland waterfront on the lakes alone, easily accessible by road and railroad and adjacent to Varna International Airport.
Location
Coordinates
43.1833°N, 27.9667°E
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Port Congestion
30-Day Berth Occupancy Trend
Waiting Vessels Trend
Port-call activity
Arrivals, time in port and cargo operations detected from AIS — the position-inferred congestion signal, with the full dwell distribution rather than a single average.
- · 13 h
- in port
- in port
- · 32 h
- · 32 h
- · 9 h
- in port
- · 16 h
Expected arrivals
14 inboundVessels underway broadcasting a destination that resolves to this port, closest first. Distance is the real sea route (around land and through canals); the computed ETA is at the vessel’s passage speed. The crew’s own reported ETA is shown alongside for comparison.
| Vessel | Type | Distance | Speed | ETA (computed) | Crew ETA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AYSTAR | General Cargo | 0 nm | 8.4 kn | 30 Jun | — |
| LADY AYSE | Bulk Carrier | 0 nm | 11.5 kn | 30 Jun | — |
| NORD MISSOURI | Bulk Carrier | 0 nm | 6.5 kn | 30 Jun | — |
| TURK YILDIZI 3 | General Cargo | 0 nm | 10.2 kn | 30 Jun | — |
| FORTUNE EXPRESS | Bulk Carrier | 0 nm | 7.2 kn | 30 Jun | — |
| AQUAVITA SOUL | Bulk Carrier | 0 nm | 10.3 kn | 30 Jun | — |
| KOM | Bulk Carrier | 0 nm | 7.5 kn | 30 Jun | — |
| WILSON NORFOLK | General Cargo | 0 nm | 2.1 kn | 30 Jun | — |
| AMBASSADOR S | General Cargo | 0 nm | 9.0 kn | 30 Jun | — |
| DAMGRACHT | Heavy Lift Vessel | 147 nm | 9.2 kn | 30 Jun | — |
| UGURS | General Cargo | 185 nm | 9.2 kn | 1 Jul | 29 Jun |
| EMINE AKAY | Bulk Carrier | 185 nm | 8.4 kn | 1 Jul | — |
| FIONA | General Cargo | 638 nm | 8.1 kn | 3 Jul | 3 Jul |
| SPAR URSA | Bulk Carrier | 1851 nm | 12.5 kn | 6 Jul | 6 Jul |
Network
Connectivity & hub role
How central Varna sits in the sea-route network we cover — a connectivity score across navigable distances. A higher score means the port is navigationally close to many other well-connected ports, the maritime signature of a hub.
Directly routable to 179 other covered ports.
- BGBurgas89 nm
- BGRuse89 nm
- TRIstanbul163 nm
- TRIzmir441 nm
- TRSamsun450 nm
- RUNovorossiysk465 nm
- GRVolos516 nm
- GRPort of Piraeus521 nm
Method. A connectivity score across our own route network: a port reads higher when it is navigationally close to many other well-connected ports. The score is rescaled 0–100 within the snapshot, so the single most-connected port reads 100. Distances are Suez / Panama / Malacca-aware navigable sea miles.
Coverage. The route network spans the 180 largest commercial ports, so this ranks hubs within that covered network, not against every port on earth. The number is deterministic — no confidence grade is invented. Computed Jun 30, 2026.
Risk & quality
Port risk & quality
A coverage-weighted blend of recorded Port-State-Control detentions, marine casualties and live congestion at Varna. Higher means more risk exposure for a ship calling here — it is a count of recorded events, not a judgement of the port's management.
Built from 33% of the three signals (scored on a single signal — treat as indicative).
Method. Each signal is normalised to 0–10 against an empirical cap, then blended weighting safety (detentions 0.40, casualties 0.35) above operational congestion (0.25). A port is scored only on the signals it has data for, and the weights renormalise — a missing signal is never credited as a safe 0.
Coverage. PSC and casualty data here is regional (US, UK, Canada), so most ports show only congestion and carry a low-confidence flag. Detention/casualty counts come from a country-scoped name match (≈60% of US detentions resolve); unmatched records are dropped, not force-fit.
Detention and casualty signals are screened against open port-state-control and marine-casualty records, combined with our own AIS-derived congestion. Updated Jun 23, 2026.
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