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BDŽ Tovarnni Prevosi
BDZ Tovarnni Prevosi is the national rail freight business of Bulgaria, part of BDZ. History By 2010, BDŽ Tovarnni Prevosi reportedly held a market share (by tonne-km) of 77.3% in the Bulgarian rail freight sector; during the following year, it transferred 11.57m tonnes of freight, roughly 70% of which was domestic traffic. By 2012, the company operated 220 locomotives along with a total rolling stock inventory of 4,859 vehicles; of these 164 locomotives and in excess of 3,000 wagons were in excess of 30 years old. During the late 2000s and early 2010s, the government of Bulgaria undertook several efforts to restructure and reform the Bulgarian railway sector; these included the Lev 550m ($US 392.9m) capital increase to BDZ over six tranches between 2011 and 2016. The cash is intended to restructure the company by repaying some of its debts, which added to cost-reduction measures such as the disposal of some rolling stock assets and a reduction of its workforce. In May 2011, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. Bulgaria covers a territory of , and is the sixteenth-largest country in Europe. Sofia is the nation's capital and largest city; other major cities are Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas. One of the earliest societies in the lands of modern-day Bulgaria was the Neolithic Karanovo culture, which dates back to 6,500 BC. In the 6th to 3rd century BC the region was a battleground for ancient Thracians, Persians, Celts and Macedonians; stability came when the Roman Empire conquered the region in AD 45. After the Roman state splintered, tribal invasions in the region resumed. Around the 6th century, these territories were settled by the early Slavs. The Bulgars, led by Asp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trans-Caspian International Transport Route
The Middle Corridor, also called TITR (''Trans-Caspian International Transport Route''), is a trade route from Southeast Asia and China to Europe via Kazakhstan, Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan, Georgia (country), Georgia and Turkey (optional). It is an alternative to the Northern Corridor to the north through Russia, and the Ocean Route to the south, via the Suez Canal. Geographically, the Middle Corridor is the shortest route between Western China and Europe. It is undergoing major developments in parts, with the Trans-Kazakhstan railroad completed in 2014 and the Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway, Baku–Tbilisi–Kars (BTK) railway operational in 2017. In 2022, the Middle Corridor's cargo doubled to 1.5 million tons, while the Northern Route's shipping volume declined by 34%. However, obstacles to the further use of the Middle Corridor include the limited capacities of Port, seaports and railways, the absence of a unified tariff structure and single operator, and the alignment of geopoli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
