A vessel on the transverse ship lift at the Burgas site

01 · The asset

The only way out
of the water on this coast

A transverse ship lift, a dry dock and the largest crane on the Bulgarian coast. Between the Bosphorus and the Danube there is no second place inside the European Union where a yacht of this size leaves the water.

Port of Burgas · deep water alongside and on approach

01What is being acquired

A working port site,
and water of your own

An industrial port site inside the working port of Burgas: a concrete yard, a micro-port with its own berths, a dry dock and lifting equipment. A concession over the adjacent water area is expected to transfer with the site, subject to grantor (state) consent — confirmed in the legal review.

The asking price is stated by the selling side and is disclosed with the data room. Stingray acts as operator of the site and as intermediary in the sale — see our position below.

Concrete yard
Dry dock
Depth alongside / on approach
Largest crane on the coast
Winter storage capacity
Water area — state concession

Why this exists nowhere else

This cannot be
built next door

The concession cannot be reproduced

Rights over the water area are granted by the state, not created with money. A competitor arriving on this coast with capital runs into the fact that there is nothing left to grant.

The dry dock already exists

The longest part of the road is behind: permitting, marine works and the dock itself. Building an equivalent from zero is a matter of years of approvals, not of budget.

Production inside the EU

A Union-flagged vessel arrives and leaves with no customs formality. On the far side of the border the same repair means paperwork, time and risk.

Depths that are scarce

The depths alongside and on approach are set by the seabed, not by investment, and cannot be added to somebody else's site.

How the site earns

Four revenue streams

01

Repair and dry dock

Ship repair and dry-dock work. The principal source of margin: high value-added labour tied to an asset that cannot be reproduced next door.

02

Storage and lifting

Storage capacity at scale, year-round. Mild winters on the Bulgarian coast remove the seasonality that constrains northern yards.

03

Hangar leases

Hangars leased to yacht brands for assembly and service. The nearest competing cluster is officially full.

04

OEM hull building

Hull construction to other people's designs, on competence already present on the site. The smallest contributor and the most capital-hungry.

The order reflects expected contribution to margin, not revenue. The financial model per stream is not published — it is opened with the data room.

Shrink-wrapped hulls in winter storage on the concrete yard beside the water

Wintering

Hulls stand
where they are lifted

A yard of concrete beside the water. A boat comes out, crosses the yard on its own cradle and stays for the season — no road permits, no lowloader, no second lift.

Storage · Refit · Repair · Under one operator

The operator

A dry dock is worth what
the crew running it can sell

This is not a passive plot of land. A dry dock, cranes and a lift are only worth what the team operating them can sell. The site comes with people who have been running industrial production on it for four years, and the design office and the welding programme are attached to the yard — they work for whoever owns it.

Our position in this transaction

Stingray acts as operator of the site and as intermediary in the sale. The seller is a third party. We may also take a small equity participation. The size of that stake and the intermediary fee are disclosed before signing.

4 yearsOperating in Burgas
35Specialists on site
3Hulls of one series delivered
1Design office, on the site

No return figure on this site has been modelled. The price is stated by the selling side and not confirmed by valuation. The concession, technical condition, environmental history, dredging responsibility and storage demand all require verification before a transaction, not after it.

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Get in touch

Let's build

01 · Investor

A technical survey of the site and a legal review of the concession. We arrange both and open the data room under NDA.

02 · Owner

Send the brief, or the design you already own. You get a producibility check and a quote per stage, on an open book.

03 · Brand

Send the 3D model, class drawings and specification. You get a producibility report and a scope you set yourself.

Or simply write to sales@stingray-yachts.com. Your details go only to the Stingray team — see the privacy policy.

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