Launched at the shipyard Thunderbolt Marine Industries, Savannah, USA with yard number 28 for account of the Panama Canal Company on 30 June 1980 and christened on 16 May 1981. Gross register tonnage 320-470 tons, deadweight 563 ton and as dimensions 32,00 (over all) x 10,77 x 4,96 x 5,182 metres. Speed 12,0 knots. Bollard pull 35,0 tons. Panama-flagged, MMSI 8001244, call sign HP-0793 and homeport Balboa. Building costs 4.9 million US dollars.