20.08.2026
Naming ceremony of the 3rd vessel Stara Planina in Navibulgar’s history
A new m/v Stara Planina is joining NAVIBULGAR fleet
Today, August 20, the flag of the 32 000 DWT bulk carrier m/v Stara Planina has been raised at the Chinese shipyard Jiangsu Yangzi Xinfu Shipbuilding Co.
The godmother of the ship is Mrs. Genoveva Popova, a document control specialist in the Operations department of Navibulgar.
The ship is the 15th of fifteen bulk carriers from Kom series ordered by Navigation Maritime Bulgare.
Captain Nikolay Stanev and engineer Yuri Dimitrov are her first master and chief engineer accordingly.
This vessel is the 3rd one in Navibulgar’s history named after Stara Planina mountain.
The flag of the first Stara Planina was raised in Japan in 1964. She was a 9423 tdw ore-carrier.
The lady was a part of the company for almost four decades.
In 2008, the flag of the second Stara Planina was raised. The lady was a 42 704 dwt bulk carrier built in Varna.
She was serving in Navibulgar fleet until 2023.
The Navibulgar investment program involves much more than the delivery of m/v Stara Planina.
Eleven more ships are scheduled for delivery in the next three years.
Thus, the Company continues the tradition of naming the newly built bulkers after Bulgarian mountains and peaks.
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Navibulgar Magazine
