Schenker EOOD has spent 20 million leva on construction of a new vast logistics terminal in Bozhourishte, said the company's executive Helmut Schwaighofer, as reported by Stroitelstvo Gradut.

The facility will spread over a 48 000 sq m parcel of land behind the Sofia-Bankya railway track in the Toleva borough, where, in accordance with the scheme developed by the Sofia Municipalitiy, it envisages the creation of an extensive facility to accommodate large storage sheds, business, trade and commercial offices and administrative buildings and a logistic-distribution-command centre.

The project was developed by chief architect Roman Heid and Porsche Concept.  Heid has extensive experience of revamping former Schenker terminals and logistics centres in other countries.

Permission for construction was signed on December 30 2008, and, according to Schwaighofer, "six to eight Bulgarian companies will be selected from an auction that will be ultimately entrusted with the responsibility of the construction procedures".

The terminal will consist of more than 3000 sq m of storage hangars, a 2000 sq m freight procession centre facility and more than 3000 sq m of office buildings as well as an administration centre for the company. The terminal will be built with the capacity to service all destinations within the European Union as well as inside Bulgaria. All auxiliary infrastructure and loading and unloading docking facilities will be built, including hydrolic ramps, cranes and others.

Schenker has invested another 350 000 leva in the construction of an extensive encircling drainage system, 445m long.
 
The terminal will be able to handle 20 lorries simultaneously. All storage facilities and office buildings will be fully air conditioned, and the Schenker terminal will boast its own water treatment and purification system.

Annual processing freight capacity is predicted to reach 200 000 tons. The facility, which will boost the local economy by creating more than 150 jobs, will be completed by the end of 2009.