Bulmarket Explained

Bulmarket DM
Location:Ruse, Bulgaria
Area Served:Balkans
Industry:Petroleum products distribution
Founded:1996-05-09
Num Employees:>1,000
Native Name:БУЛМАРКЕТ ДМ ЕООД
Native Name Lang:bg
Revenue:BGN 2 billion
Revenue Year:2019

Bulmarket DM OOD (Bulgarian: '''„Булмаркет ДМ“ ЕООД''') is a private company, registered in 1996, based in the Bulgarian city of Ruse.

Operations

Petroleum derivatives

The company is one of the largest importers and exporters of LPG in Bulgaria.[1] It has four terminals for gas and oil products in Bulgaria (Byala and Plovdiv) and Romania (Galați and Giurgiu), railway and tank trucks for gas and a ship-gas carrier for propane-butane. Imports are sourced from Russia, Kazakhstan 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. Bulmarket are also suppliers of diesel and petrol.

Port facilities

It owns a port on the Danube, Port Bulmarket JSC, equipped for handling liquid and bulk cargo.[2] 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 to industrial consumers.[3]

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

List of locomotives[4]
Original OperatorClassNumbersBuilderBuild dateNotes
OriginalBulmarket/EVN
DSB[5] EA[6] ЕА 300291 52 20 86 001 – 8Henschel & Son, Kassel1984
ЕА 300391 52 20 86 002 – 6Scandia werk, Randers1985
ЕА 300591 52 20 86 003 – 41985
ЕА 300691 52 20 86 004 – 21985
ЕА 30071986
ЕА 300891 52 20 86 005 – 91986
ЕА 3009-1986
ЕА 3010-1986
ЕА 3020-1992
ЕА 3022-1992
British Rail[7] 87[8] 8700991 52 00 87 009 – 4BREL, Crewe WorksNovember 1973Operable[9]
8701791 52 00 87 017 – 7April 1974Operable
8702391 52 00 87 023 – 5April 1974Operable
8702591 52 00 87 025 – 0April 1974Operable
86[10] [11] 8670191 52 00 85 001 – 3British Rail Doncaster WorksOctober 1965
8670291 52 00 85 002 – 1English Electric at Vulcan FoundryMarch 1966
8621391 52 00 85 003 – 9English Electric at Vulcan FoundryDecember 1965
8623591 52 00 85 004 – 7English Electric at Vulcan FoundryOctober 1965
8623191 52 00 85 005 – 4British Rail Doncaster WorksOctober 1965
8623491 52 00 85 006 – 2English Electric at Vulcan FoundryMay 1966
BDŽ51
DVM-2
51 10951 109Ganz-Mavag, Budapest1973Stored. Works number 1752
51 165.951 165.9
51 16651 166Not operable
52
V60 LEW
52 255.752 255.7Hans Beimler, Hennigsdorf1980Works number 16980
52 293.852 293.81983Works number 18100
55
LDH125
55 12555 125FAUR, Bucharest1975
55 182.055 182.01977
55 229.955 229.91986Works number 25127
55 238.055 238.0
55 24155 241
55 263.855 263.81991Works number 25718
CFRLDH70LDH70-681
UnknownMDD4-02Express Service - Ruse2014

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Trade in fuels . Bulmarket . 5 June 2021.
  2. Web site: PORT BULMARKET EAD . Bulmarket . 5 June 2021.
  3. Web site: Methane stations . Bulmarket . 5 June 2021.
  4. Web site: List of the vehicles Bulgaria, other companies, Bulmarket DM . TRAINPIX . 5 June 2021 . trainpix.
  5. http://www.rzd-partner.com/news/2007/08/16/309432.html Bulmarket Purchased 5 Used Locomotives from Danmark
  6. New work for Bulmarket ex Danish electrics Today's Railways Europe issue 148 April 2008 page 45
  7. Brits Abroad . Mortons Media Group . . 3 July 2018 . Nigel . Devereux.
  8. British Class 87s for Bulmarket Today's Railways Europe issue 203 November 2012 page 43
  9. Web site: Hewitt . Sam . Former UK electrics have mixed fortunes in Bulgaria . The Railway Hub . 5 June 2021.
  10. Europhoenix send more redundant 86s to Bulgaria Rail issue 798 13 April 2016 page 31
  11. Bulmarket Class 86s in Sofia Today's Railways Europe issue 249 September 2016 page 49