The
vessel Maliovitza II is part of the Navigation Maritime Bulgare
fleet and specialized to carry bulk cargos. The vessel Maliovitza
has a Gross Tonnage of 16,188 metric tons and the Net Tonnage of
the vessel is 8,267 metric tons. Maliovitza II is one of pretty
old ships of Navibulgar. The ship was built in 1983 in the shipyard
of Varna, Bulgaria. The vessel has an overall length of 184.60 meters
and length between perpendiculars of 172 meters. The beam of motor
vessel Maliovitza is 22.80 meters and the draft while vessel is
fully loaded is 14.15 meters. The vessel is sailing under Bulgarian
flag and the call sign of Maliovitza is LZGE and the IMO number
8203359. The vessel is part of the fleet of NaviBulgar many years
and is sailing mostly in Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea.
The vessel is not among the most beautiful or most modern
ships. It is also not in very good condition, but for the purpose
of its voyages it is going pretty good. The ships of NaviBulgar
are not in the first ages, but more of them are pretty old, more
than 30-40 years old, which is a great problem for sailing and cargo
transportation in the vicinity. In spite of everything there are
no large collisions and disasters with ships of this ship-owner
from many years. All the tragedies comes from small Bulgarian companies,
which are using old ships for getting some profit from the insurance.
That is why sailing in Black Sea got some casuals last years. The
vessels of Navigation Maritime Bulgare are old, and this is because
of the bad reigning of the company last years, which in fact has
a very good name all over the world. And let’s back to the
introduction of the bulk carrier Maliovitza II, which is one of
good looking and good engineering vessels of the company. The vessel
Maliovitza II has 8 cargo hold, which gives space for 29,119.70
cubic meters of trimmed grain cargo. The fuel tanks have capacity
for 1622 metric tons of IFO (heavy fuel oil used on older vessels,
like Maliovitza II), 309.30 metric tons of MGO (light fuel –
gas oil) and 41.50 metric tons for lubricant oil. The sludge capacity
of the vessel is 52.48 metric tons and the buldge water collection
is 91.10 metric tons. The vessel is using fuel IFO-180 with high
emissions of CO2 left in the atmosphere and not so good energy characteristic,
but it is typical for older ships, where some innovations of new
engines are not included. Motor vessel Maliovitza has a main engine
SULZER 6 RND 76 with a full power of 12,000 hp. The diesel engine
was built in Poland in the year 1982 and you can see the specific
of the engine, and it is typical for such motor not to give the
full and most optimized power to the vessel’s propulsion system.
This is one of the old vessels of NaviBulgar, Bulgarian
largest and most known ship-owner. The bulk carrier Maliovitza is
pretty good and innovated for the years at sea, and was built in
some of the best ship-yards of the world – Varna, Bulgaria.
I think that some new vessels in the fleet of Navigation Maritime
Bulgare will bring back the good name of the company. date: 28th March, 2008
