Navibulgar Adds New Vessel Hemus to Laker-class Fleet

Navigation Maritime Bulgare (Navibulgar) of Varna, Bulgaria, has added another new vessel to its Laker-class fleet of vessels. The Hemus (IMO 1068891), built in 2026 at the Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding Co., China, is the 13th of 15 vessels of the Kom series which began in 2021 as part of the fleet’s renewal program.

Hemus is 189.98 meters in length and 23.700 meters in width, or 623 feet in length and 78 feet wide. She was christened in a naming ceremony on March 23rd in China and gets its name from a mountain in Bulgaria. In addition to the Hemus, the other 12 vessels in the Kom series are Kom and Bogdan, built in 2021; Perelik, Shipka, Verila and Vezhen, built in 2022; Musala and Slavyanka, built in 2023; Koznitza, built in 2024; Kamenitza, Murgash and Sakar, built in 2025.

Two more vessels also built at the Jiangsu New Yangzi shipyard are expected to join the Hemus and the other vessels for the Navibulgar fleet sometime in 2026. The two other new vessels are the Sredna Gora (IMO 1068906) and Stara Planina (IMO TBD).

Denny Dushane