🇧🇬 Bulgaria
Black Sea · Multi-Purpose Port
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Not listed
Burgas is not inside any Joint War Committee listed area (circular JWLA-035, 16 September 2026).
Bulgaria's own territorial waters are excluded from the listed Black Sea, but the Black Sea beyond them is listed: a passage that leaves Bulgaria's territorial waters enters listed waters.
Source: Joint War Committee circular JWLA-035, 16 September 2026 (LMA/IUA), JWC Listed Areas for hull war, piracy, terrorism and related perils.
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.
Routed sea distances from Burgas to the principal global hubs, computed by ArcNautical's routing engine — around land and through the canals a ship actually uses, not great-circle.
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.
Limited port-call data — fewer than 10 distinct vessels observed at Burgas between 29 Apr 2026 and 5 Aug 2026. ArcNautical does not publish a vessel-type breakdown for low-traffic ports to avoid statistically misleading percentages. The feed has delivered no positions since 5 Aug 2026, so these figures will not change until it resumes.
The last 10 vessels our AIS feed recorded arriving between 29 Apr 2026 and 5 Aug 2026:
| Arrived | Vessel | Flag | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-01 | UNISCOUT | 🇦🇬 AG | Cargo |
| 2026-06-12 | LEDRA EXPLORER | 🇨🇾 CY | Tug |
| 2026-06-10 | R/K 26 | 🇧🇬 BG | Fishing |
The feed has delivered no positions since 5 Aug 2026, so these figures will not change until it resumes.
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