Publics.bg: South Stream Transport Will Store Pipes at Varna and Burgas Black Sea Ports

South Stream Transport announced today it signed an option agreement for the storage and handling of pipe segments with the Port of Varna and the Port of Burgas. 

The South Stream Offshore Pipeline will consist of four parallel pipelines through the Black Sea, each made up of over 75,000 pipe segments. The pipes will be stored in so-called marshalling yards at harbours on the shore in Bulgaria, and shipped to specialized pipe-laying vessels when construction starts in 2014.

South Stream Transport has identified suitable storage areas at the Port of Burgas and the Port of Varna East and the Port of Varna West. The ports may be used for marshalling yards and related logistics services during pipeline construction, for a period of 4 to 6 years.

"The marshalling yards in Bulgaria will play a key role in the logistics for laying the offshore pipeline and we are very happy to have come to an agreement with the two Bulgarian ports. This brings additional business to Bulgaria and at the same time ensures timely implementation of the South Stream Offshore Pipeline", Oleg Aksyutin, CEO of South Stream Transport, said.  MORE