Combination bulk & car carrier “Maria Xilas” at Yokohama, Japan, September 1971
Owner: Empira Shipping Co. S.A.
Port of registry: Piraeus, Greece
Builder: Sanoyasu Dockyard Co., Osaka (Hull- 256)
Gross tons: 9,365
Deadweight: 16,891
Length overall: 141.1 m
Max. draft: 9.02 m
Engine:6-cylindrr MAN diesel, 7,200 b.h.p., by Kawasaki Dockyard Co., Kobe
Service speed: 14.75 knots
Completed 1967 as “Eastern Union” (Liberian flag) for Eastern Union Marine Corp. Inc. (Wah Kwong & Co., Hong Kong)
Bought 1971 by Empira
Sold 1985, renamed "Spyvag" (Maltese flag)
Sold February 1986 for scrapping at Kaohsiung, Taiwan