MV Sugar Transporter

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History
Name	Sugar Transporter
Owner	Sugar Line Limited
Port of registry	Cyprus
Route	United Kingdom – Australia
Builder	Lithgows Port Glasgow[1]
Yard number	1181[1]
Launched	25 March 1970[1]
Fate	Sank in 1991
General characteristics
Type	Bulk Carrier
Tonnage	13,907 GT 20,600 LT DWT[1]
Length	550 ft (170 m)[1]
Beam	74 ft (23 m)[1]
Depth	31 ft (9.4 m)[1]
Propulsion	Six-cylinder B&W-Kincaid diesel engine

MV Sugar Transporter was a British built Bulk carrier. It was launched on 25 March 1970 and was sunk at anchorage off Socotra Island near the Horn of Africa in 1991. It was also named the Kefalonia Wind, Sea Transporter, and Sunset. The ship was owned by the Sugar Line Limited, as well as Oceanfever Marine.