site.btaEffective April 8, Bulgaria Closes Its Sea, River Ports to Russian-Registered Ships

All vessels certified by the Russian maritime register of shipping regardless of their flag of registry will be denied access to Bulgarian sea and river ports, effective 00:00 hrs local time on April 8, 2023, the Maritime Administration Executive Agency said on its website.

The prohibition is enacted pursuant to Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 of 31 July 2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia's actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine as amended by Council Regulation (EU) 2022/1904 of 6 October 2022.