The Giannis D was built by the Japanese shipping company Kuryshima and launched in 1969 as the Shoyo Maru. With a length of 87 meters and a weight of nearly 3,000 tons, this freighter was equipped with a 6-cylinder diesel engine that provided a top speed of 12 knots.
The Shoyo Maru was sold in 1975 and renamed the Markos in 1980, until it was sold again to the Greek company Dumarc, which christened it with its last and final name, the Giannis D.
In April 1983, the Giannis D left Rijeka (Croatia) with a cargo of timber for Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) and then Al Hudaydah (Yemen). After crossing the Suez Canal, it headed south but, according to official reports, was diverted to the northwest corner of Abu Nuhas reef, where it crashed.
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