The RoRo ferry Sacal Borincano was built in 1967 at the American Marine Corporation shipyard in New Orleans on behalf of the United Tanker Corporation. After delivery in May 1967, it was intended for service between Miami and San Juan for the South Atlantic & Caribbean Line. The ferry was given a longer central nave as early as 1968 and then remained in the service of the client for around five years. Then the ship was sold to the shipping company Ocean Trailer Transport Corporation and from 1973 initially operated for a short time as Pyramid Vega and later in 1973 under the new name Siboney . Since 1980 it has been owned by the Argentine shipping company Ferry Lineas Argentinas, where it remained in service until 2007. Its whereabouts have been unknown since July 2010 and the ship was deleted from the register in February 2012.
technology
The lightship weight of the ship was 1600 tons. The superstructure of the ship was amidships and formed a passage for the lanes of the weather deck. The propulsion of the ship consisted of two sixteen-cylinder four-stroke diesel engines of the type General Motors 16-278A, which acted on a shaft via a reduction gear. Two landside ramps were required for cargo handling via the stern. The stern gate was opened for loading the lower decks and closed for loading the weather deck.
literature
SACAL trailership: Solid aluminum . In: Marine Engineering / Log . Vol. 72, No.12 . Simons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, New York December 1967, p.78, 148 .
