Shipping companies from Central Asia are showing great interest in the ferry between Bulgaria's Black Sea capital Varna and port Kavkaz.

The information was reported by the Chairman of the Bulgaria Shipping, Transport and Logistics Association, Georgi Minchev.

The ferry line line opened in the beginning of 2009 and would give opportunity to Central Asia shippers to access countries in Europe.

Minchev spoke during a meeting dedicated to the ferry's further development. According to him, the main problem right now was the lack of a clear price policy and deadlines for the freight delivery, which was leading to the absurd situation of automobile transport being cheaper than the railway one.

Minchev said that the goal would be to have a regular line once a month to become a weekly one later.

According to the director of Bulgaria's "National Railway Infrastructure Company", Simeon Ananiev, Varna has the needed infrastructure and Customs services, but the fact that port Kavkaz lacks license to process excise cargo was the main difficulty for the shippers.

Alexnader Korsakov, Director of the Russian Siberian-European Freight Company stated that port Kavkaz was beginning the construction of a customs warehouse for excise goods, which would solve the problem with the ferny line's further development, adding the project would be completed by the end of the year.

Korsakov further said price negotiations with Bulgarian partners would not be an issue as long as there is regular freight.