[2] In May 2014, Navibulgar completed its set of modern domestically built handymax ships with a deal for a Greek-owned bulker.

Similar to the cases of Yi Peng 3 and the Eagle S, who are suspected of having cut submarine cables in the Baltic Sea a few weeks prior, using their anchors, the Vezhen is suspected to have committed sabotage under incentive from Russia.

Navibulgar CEO Aleksander Kalchev denied that the crew had intentionally committed sabotage, but admitted that they had noticed one of the ships anchors to be damaged on 26 January and said an accident could not be ruled out.

[5] Another vessel, the Norwegian-flagged Silver Dania, crewed by native Russians and shuttling between St. Petersburg and Murmansk, was also suspected of having cut the cable, but was released after a short inspection in Tromso.

[6] On 2 February 2025, a Swedish prosecutor said the incident was an accident, not sabotage, and the Vezhen had been released.