As a complement to Carlo Martnelli's shot of her as Meriom I, here is the ship under her original name Messiniaki Gi. She was part of a long series of 30000 DWT product tankers built by IHI from 1969 to 1973. It must have been the first series of product tankers built for an independent owner, Michael A. Karageorgis. Hitherto all "standard" vessels were built for the account of the major oil companies.