BDZ CARGO 2016

Board of Directors

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BDZ Passengers EOOD BDZ Cargo EOOD

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BDZ CARGO BDZ Cargo is the main railway freight operator in BulgariaThe company occupies 56.5 % of the railway freight traffic market;Freight traffic: 2010 - 10 778 000 t, 2011 - 11 607 000 t, 2012 - 9 770

000 t; 2013 – 8 661 000 ton; 2014 – 8 658 000 ton; 2015 – 8 315 000 ton

Length of the railway lines - 4 070 kmPersonnel – 3 253 as of 31.12.2015.Rolling stock fleet – over 4800 wagonsTraction fleet – over 200 locomotivesStrategically located network of locomotive and wagon workshops

EUROPEAN TRANSPORT CORRIDORS CROSSING BULGARIA

Sofia

Pazardjik

Plovdiv Dimitrovgrad

Mezdra

Cherven Bryag

Pleven

LevskiPavlikeni G. Oryahovitsa

Popovo

Targovishte

Shumen Varna

Dobrich

Karlovo

Kazanlak Dabovo

Sliven

KarnobatBurgas

Ruse

V. Tarnovo

St. ZagoraN. Zagora

Yambol

Pernik

Radomir

Dupnitsa

Blagoevgrad

Kyustendil

Vratsa

BoychinovtsiBrusartsi

Montana

Lom

Vidin

Kulata

Svilengrad

Kardam

Kalotina

GEOSTRATEGIC ADVANTAGES OF THE BULGARIAN RAILWAY TRANSPORT

Crossroad position of the country enabling the development of transit transport on the lines of the Pan-European transport corridors;

Link with five European transport corridors: IV, VII, VIII, IX and X;

Link with the OSJD corridors: No 6 (Czechia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Iran, Turkmenistan), No 12 (Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria);

Link with the TRACECA transport corridor (Europe- Caucasus- Asia): through Burgas Port, Varna Port, Varna Ferry);

A railway link with the Black Sea ports of Varna and Burgas and the Danube ports Lom, Ruse, Svishtov, Silistra and Vidin;

Locomotives by type Series Total

Diesel 06 30

Diesel 07 22

Electric 40 58

Electric 46 25

Diesel shunting 51 6

Diesel shunting 52 20

Diesel shunting 55 39

Electric shunting 61 7

Total 207

TRACTION ROLLING STOCK

FREIGHT WAGONS

Wagon typeTotal

number

11 Covered 4-axle

307

22 Flat

929

33 Open 1

852

44 Grain carriers

606

55 Ore carriers

248

66 Saddle

373

77 Hopper

21

88 Tank

382

99 Refrigerators

50

1010 Cement carriers

123

1111 Shunabel car

3

TRANSPORT SERVICES RENDERED BY BDZ CARGO

Transport of goods in block-trains; Transport of goods in isolated wagons; Combined transports; Transport of goods in route trains on routes, timetables and prices

coordinated with the other RUs; Transport on specially agreed transport schemes; Transport of heavy-load, out-of-gauge and special consignments; Transport of goods from/to the Black Sea ports Varna and Burgas, also

in large-capacity containers, processed in the terminals of these ports; Transport of goods from/to the Danube ports Ruse, Lom, Svishtov,

Vidin; Transport via the railway ferry lines connecting port Varna, port

Caucasus (Russia), port Ilichevsk (Ukraine), ports Poti/ Batumi (Georgia), continuing the transport by rail from/to the countries of CIS, Central and Middle Asia.

ACCOMPANYING SERVICES

Customs clearance, financial guarantees, security and insurance for goods

Routing Warehousing Tracking and tracing of wagons and containers Container terminals and logistic services Rental of locomotives Other shipping services

FERRYBOAT COMPLEX VARNABDZ Cargo is the only railway freigh operator in the Ferryboat complex Varna serving the railway-ferry lines connecting port of Varna

with port of Caucasus in Russia, port of Ilichevsk in Ukraine and the ports of Poti and Batumi in Georgia.

TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND EQUIPMENT OF THE FERRYBOAT COMPLEX VARNA

The complex has two piers with total length of 400 m and depth of 8,7 m, equipped with transitional bridges, each of which with 5 tracks with gauge 1520 mm. Ferry boats loaded with 108 wagons are handled for 8 hours, ferry boats loaded with 45 wagons – for 2 hours. The complex has a capacity for a simultaneous handling of two ships and also for handling of two types of ships – with width 26 and 22 m.

TRANSITIONAL BRIDGE

Length – 40 m; Width from the side of the ferryboat – 18,5 m; Width from the side of the ferryboat complex – 8,6 m; Weight – 300 t.

WORKSHOP FOR CHANGING BOGIES

The ferryboat complex Varna is the only place in the Black Sea region with possibility for changing wagon bogies from European (1435 mm) to Russian

standard (1520 mm) gauge. The workshop is equiped with two universal tracks, with 12 positions each. It has the capacity for changing the bogies of 280

wagons per day.

TRANSSHIPMENT POINT Technical capacity for direct

transshipment of 80 wagons per dayOpen site 2 tracks with gauge of 1435 mm and2 tracks with gauge of 1520 mmserved by electric forklift with lifting capacity of 20 t

Covered ramp with1 track with gauge of 1435 mm and 1 track with gauge of 1520 mm

Open rampwith1 track with gauge of 1435 mm and 1 track with gauge of 1520 mm

Storing facilitiesOpen and covered storehouses registred as storehouses under customs supervision.

TRANSPORT SERVICES RENDERED BY THE FERRYBOAT COMPLEX

Ferryboat lines served Varna - Ilichevsk Varna – Ilichevsk – Poti/ Batumi Varna – Caucasus

Combined transports: Transport of goods in wagons Transport of trucks/ semi-trailers Transport of container Other deck loads and automobiles

Services Mooring and unmooring of ferry boats and accompanying port services; Change of the wagon bogies from gauge 1520 mm to gauge 1435 mm for wagons

for import and from gauge 1435 mm to gauge 1520 mm for wagons for export; Transshipment, loading and unloading of wagons by various technologies: wagon

– wagon, truck-wagon, ramp – wagon, wagon – ramp; Storage of goods in a storehouses registered under customs supervision; Other services.

FREIGHT TRAFFIC

Freight traffic in total  2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Tonnes carried (thous.) 10 778 11 607 9 770 8 861 8 658 8 316

Tonne kilometers (mill.) 2 352 2 497 2 043 1 806 1 778 1 783

Average hauling distance 218 215 209 204 205 214

Domestic freight traffic  2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Tonnes carried (thous.) 7 490 8 098 6 854 6 283 6 351 5 752

Tonne kilometers (mill.) 1 470 1 561 1 263 1 116 1 209 1 147

Average hauling distance 196 193 184 178 190 199

International freight traffic (export, import, transit)  2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Tonnes carried (thous.) 3 288 3 509 2 916 2 587 2 307 2 564

Tonne kilometers (mill.) 882 937 781 690 570 636

Average hauling distance 268 267 268 268 247 248

FREIGHT TRAFFIC TOTAL BY COMMODITIES

MAIN CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS

GASTRADE

INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT ORGANIZATIONS

INTERNATIONAL UNION OF RAILWAYS (UIC) INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY TRANSPORT COMMITTEE (CIT) COMMUNITY OF EUROPEAN RAILWAYS (CER) ORGANIZATION FOR COOPERATION BETWEEN RAILWAYS (OSJD) COORDINATING COUNCIL ON TRANS-SIBEREAN TRANSPORTATION RAILWAY TRANSPORT COUNCIL SOUTH EAST RAILWAYS GROUP (SERG) SOUTH EAST EUROPE ALLIANCE FOR RAIL INNOVATIONS (SEESARI)

The biggest traction and rolling stock fleet in the country

Flexible price policy and variety of opportunities

Qualified and experieced team of experts

IT solutions Total Qality Management System

BDZ Cargo

RELIABILITY SUSTAINABILITY FLEXIBILITY

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