Bulmarket DM OOD () 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. 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. 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.
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 Original Operator Class Numbers Builder Build date Notes Original Bulmarket/EVN DSBBulmarket Purchased 5 Used Locomotives from Danmark , 16 August 2007, www.rzd-partner.com EANew work for Bulmarket ex Danish electrics Today's Railways Europe issue 148 April 2008 page 45 ЕА 3002 91 52 20 86 001 – 8 Henschel & Son, Kassel 1984 ЕА 3003 91 52 20 86 002 – 6 Scandia werk, Randers 1985 ЕА 3005 91 52 20 86 003 – 4 1985 ЕА 3006 91 52 20 86 004 – 2 1985 ЕА 3007 1986 ЕА 3008 91 52 20 86 005 – 9 1986 ЕА 3009 - 1986 ЕА 3010 - 1986 ЕА 3020 - 1992 ЕА 3022 - 1992 British Rail 87British Class 87s for Bulmarket Today's Railways Europe issue 203 November 2012 page 43 87009 91 52 00 87 009 – 4 BREL, Crewe Works November 1973 Operable 87017 91 52 00 87 017 – 7 April 1974 Operable 87023 91 52 00 87 023 – 5 April 1974 Operable 87025 91 52 00 87 025 – 0 April 1974 Operable 86Europhoenix send more redundant 86s to Bulgaria Rail issue 798 13 April 2016 page 31Bulmarket Class 86s in Sofia Today's Railways Europe issue 249 September 2016 page 49 86701 91 52 00 85 001 – 3 British Rail Doncaster Works October 1965 86702 91 52 00 85 002 – 1 English Electric at Vulcan Foundry March 1966 86213 91 52 00 85 003 – 9 English Electric at Vulcan Foundry December 1965 86235 91 52 00 85 004 – 7 English Electric at Vulcan Foundry October 1965 86231 91 52 00 85 005 – 4 British Rail Doncaster Works October 1965 86234 91 52 00 85 006 – 2 English Electric at Vulcan Foundry May 1966 BDŽ 51DVM-2 51 109 51 109 Ganz-Mavag, Budapest 1973 Stored. Works number 1752 51 165.9 51 165.9 51 166 51 166 Not operable 52V60 LEW 52 255.7 52 255.7 Hans Beimler, Hennigsdorf 1980 Works number 16980 52 293.8 52 293.8 1983 Works number 18100 55LDH125 55 125 55 125 FAUR, Bucharest 1975 55 182.0 55 182.0 1977 55 229.9 55 229.9 1986 Works number 25127 55 238.0 55 238.0 55 241 55 241 55 263.8 55 263.8 1991 Works number 25718 CFR LDH70 LDH70-681 Unknown MDD4-02 Express Service - Ruse 2014
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