The Honduras flag MARIVAN is seen anchored off Limassol on 8th September 1999. Five days later her crew were arrested over an alleged fraud involving the sinking of ROFAYDA (IMO 6708159) on 28th July 1999 during a voyage from Port Sudan to Lattakia with sesame seed

Built by De Groot & v.Vliet at Slikkerveer in 1976 as MARINUS SMITS for the Dutch managed, Danish owned Company of the same name, she subsequently took the following names:

1983: CARICOM VENTURE
(West Indies Shipping Corporation, Port of Spain, Trinidad, flagged Barbados)

1992: COMHAVEN
1993: MARIVAN (Neveen Navigation, Limassol)
2001: SHARK (believed Lebanon owned)

Arrived Beirut on 26/03/2005. Had water ingress during repairs on 25/04/2005, capsized and sank.