Bulmarket DM OOD ( bg, „Булмаркет ДМ“ ЕООД) is a private company, registered in 1996, based in the
Bulgarian
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* Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria
* Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group
* Bulgarian language, a Slavic language
* Bulgarian alphabet
* A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria
* Bul ...
city of
Ruse
Ruse may refer to:
Places
*Ruse, Bulgaria, a major city of Bulgaria
**Ruse Municipality
** Ruse Province
** 19th MMC – Ruse, a constituency
*Ruše, a town and municipality in north-eastern Slovenia
* Ruše, Žalec, a small settlement in east-ce ...
.
Operations
![Bulgarian Class 85 Loco](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Bulgarian_Class_85_Loco.jpg)
Petroleum derivatives
The company is one of the largest importers and exporters of
LPG in Bulgaria. It has four terminals for gas and oil products in Bulgaria (
Byala and
Plovdiv
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) and
Romania
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(
Galați
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and
Giurgiu
Giurgiu (; bg, Гюргево) is a city in southern Romania. The seat of Giurgiu County, it lies in the historical region of Muntenia. It is situated amongst mud-flats and marshes on the left bank of the Danube facing the Bulgarian city ...
), railway and tank trucks for gas and a ship-gas carrier for propane-butane. Imports are sourced from
Russia
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,
Kazakhstan
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and Romania for onward supply to customers in Bulgaria and the adjoining countries. The Galați terminal is located in an
economic free zone to reduce the impact of
customs
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. Bulmarket are also suppliers of
diesel
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* Diesel engine, an internal combustion engine where ignition is caused by compression
* Diesel fuel, a liquid fuel used in diesel engines
* Diesel locomotive, a railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engin ...
and
petrol
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.
Port facilities
It owns a port on the
Danube
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, Port Bulmarket JSC, equipped for handling liquid and bulk cargo. This includes a terminal for transshipment of gas from ship to rail and road, and storage for natural gas and propane-butane.
Compressed natural gas
The company has built a network of its own methane stations, supplying
CNG
Compressed natural gas (CNG) is a fuel gas mainly composed of methane (CH4), compressed to less than 1% of the volume it occupies at standard atmospheric pressure. It is stored and distributed in hard containers at a pressure of , usually in cyl ...
to industrial consumers.
Alternative fuels
The company has had a biodiesel plant since 2008 and a crude vegetable oil plant since 2012.
Railway operations
Bulmarket was the first private railway carrier in Bulgaria. It was granted a license for railway transport on 21 October 2005, allowing it to operate freight trains across the Bulgarian railway network. It owns an extensive fleet of locomotives, acquired second hand from other European operators.
Locomotive fleet
References
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Railway companies of Bulgaria