German vessel is „MV ALEMANIA“, registered with IMO number 9105009 and MMSI 304010613 is container ship. She is currently sailing under the flag of Antigua & Barbuda. See vesselfinder
Owner is the german BBC Chartering (Wikipedia.org) according to the dutch shipping company Spliethoff (I could not find the Alemania on the list of the BBC site but I guess the information is correct)
On the 5th of december the dutch cargo vessel the Erasmusgracht saved 393 Syrians (including 70 children) 250 miles south east of Salento, the „heel“ of the Italian „boot“, in the Ionic sea between Greece and Italy.
The 60 meter long vessel carrying the Syrians was – according to the dutch captain Joop van Zadel – so old it was sent on its last voyage. The boat left from Egypt for Italy and was abandonned with a non-functioning motor by the crew who left on a motor boat. The boat was then drifting for 2 days, happily with good weather. ”Otherwise they would not have survived and the rescue operation would not have been so successful as now.”