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← Policy Tracker

Country detail

🇧🇬Bulgaria

58
Aggregate · /100

Onboard facilities

Sanitation, PPE sizing, and accommodation standards.

ratified
60/100
EU PSC enforcement.
Dec 18, 2025

Harassment policy

Onboard reporting mechanisms, sanctions, and shore-side support.

ratified
70/100
EU and MLC compliant.
Mar 22, 2026

Parental leave

Maternity, paternity, and adoption leave statutory minimums for seafarers.

ratified
74/100
410-day maternity statutory.
Feb 28, 2026

Recruitment quotas

Hiring targets and incentives for women in seafaring and shoreside roles.

partial
47/100
EU framework transposed; industry uptake mixed.
Apr 8, 2026

Disaggregated data

Public reporting of sex-disaggregated employment statistics.

partial
41/100
Sex-disaggregated reports lag 2 years.
Nov 25, 2025

Training access

Equal access to STCW certification and continuing education.

partial
55/100
Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy targets in progress.
Jan 20, 2026

Methodology — short version

Each policy area is scored 0–100 by triangulating three inputs: the legal text (ratification status, transposition notes, statutory minimums); implementation signal (inspection records, public reporting, confirmed cases); and lived testimony (interviews with currently-sailing women in the country's fleet, anonymised). Quarterly recalibration. Full methodology and source list at /resources.