Maresme
She was built in Astilleros Españoles at Sevilla, with the number 211, and was the first new building of Marasia, few month later joined by her sister ship "Emporda".
She was delivered to Marasia on 25 October 1978.
Her main specifications were:
Length 147.43 mtr Beam 22.84 mtr Depth 13.52 mtr
Upper draft 10.2mtr Lower draft 8.2 mtr
6,592 NRT 10,964 GRT 16,000 DWT
Propulsion: Diesel engine Sulzer 6RND68 - 9,900 HP - 6 Cylinders - 680 mm bore
Sea trial speed: 17.25 knots
Reinforced for heavy cargo 4 holds 6 tweendecks 4 hatchways
Cargo capacity: 21,370 cubic meters grain
19,651 cubic meters bale
298 teus (186 in holds and 121 on deck)
570 cubic meters reefer cargo
558 cubic meters liquid cargo
Loading devices: 1 Stulken derrick of 75 MT for holds 2 and 3
10 derricks of 5 MT for holds 1, 2 y 3
1 crane of 5 MT for hold 4
During her first years her hull was painted grey and green, the Marasia's traditional colours, but later was painted black and red due to economical reasons.
Since 1984 joined the consortium Eurosal and changed her usual line, from Italy, France, Spain and Portugal to South America West Coast, sailing instead from Center and North Europe to South America West Coast.
Maybe this photo was shot at Buenaventura, or a similar place.
After sold was usually trading in Asia and Africa, but the last trip took her to ports where she frequently called with Marasia, as Bilbao (Spain) where was on August 2000, and Buenaventura (Colombia) where was on September same year.
When in the 1987 summer was seized by the Banco de Credito Industrial was several months at anchor in Santander (Spain), where this photo was shot, and on November was delivered to the Sociedad de Gestión de Buques, when this company got the job of shattering the Spanish merchant fleet.
For a few months, starting on January 1988, she sailed under SGB control till she was undersold to Lexmar International on August same year.
Then changed her name to "Lux Raven" and on December changed again her name to "Gill", what was kept to the scrapyard.
As "Lux Raven" was flagged in Vanautu and as "Gill" in Cyprus (from December 1988 to March 1992), Panama (March-June 1992) and Saint Vicent and Grenadines (since June 1992).
She arrived to Chittagong beaches, in Bangladesh, on January 2001 to be scrapped.
