MS ALCA (OFUD, LR 5008904) Valmistunut/completed 1938.1, København, Burmeister & Wain 9275 dwt, 5340 HP, 136.19 x 17.70 x 7.66 m 1938.1: HØEGH SILVERSTAR, Leif Høegh & Co. A/S, Oslo 1954: ALCA, homeport Mariehamn. Rederi Ab Asta (Arthur Andersson) Mariehamn 1963.2.12: enroute Antwerpen - Jacksonville collision in the Scheldt river with Swedish ms AVAFORS in psn 51.23N / 4.11E. Burning ALCA beached, the next day broke in two. More info about the collision in Norwegian The Norwegian text translated into English 1963.2.12 - Collided Western Scheldt with the Swedish M / S AVAFORS, while she was traveling from Antwerp to Jacksonville with a cargo of potash and sulphate. The ships were stuck together and blocked river. Later they released apart and ALCA ran aground with rooms filled with water and the port side aft badly damaged. It caught fire on board and two crew members were injured. The fire was extinguished after three hours, but the next day she broke in two at low tide. The crew left the ship was declared a total loss. After another collision in the river 25/02 led to the oil spill that she caught fire again and salvage people had to abandon ship.
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