We are pleased to inform you that we have signed a new contract with Harland & Wolff to deliver a Complete Production Package for Structure and Systems to a Pontoon which will compose the foundation of a Lifeboat Station for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI).

The steel pontoon will measure around 53 metres by 14 metres and weigh 450 tonnes and is set to replace the existing RNLI Tower Lifeboat Station based under Waterloo Bridge on the north bank of the Thames. The contract works will involve the manufacture of the foundation, stairways and handrails for the RNLI lifeboat station. Work is expected to span circa eight months and to be completed in June 2022.

More info: Harland & Wolff

Photo credits: Harland & Wolff

Portugal’s first full electric ferry steel cut started this month, and the auspicious event was celebrated in a ceremony held by the shipowner, CMA (Câmara Municipal de Aveiro), the builder, Grupo ETE, and the engineering partner, Vera Navis.

With a challenging operational envelope this new vessel is fully engineered by Vera Navis, from the technical feasibility concept to a fully detailed production info package using a single ShipConstructor integrated model.

Photo: Júlio Teixeira (CM Aveiro), João Pontes (CM Aveiro), Felipe Mello (Navaltagus), Filipe Belga (Vera Navis)

We would like to congratulate Holland Shipyards Group for the nomination of “Düsternbrook” and “NZK Pont 100” for KNVTS “Ship of the Year”.

It was a privilege to be part of the engineering team developing these innovative full electric ferries.

Best of luck at the Maritime Awards Gala!

More info: Holland Shipyards Group

Photos: Holland Shipyards Group

Vera Navis congratulates Ferguson Marine and Inverlussa for the launch of “Kallista Helen”.

This 26-metre workboat for Scotland’s fish farming sector is being built by Ferguson Marine and designed by MacDuff Ship Design for Inverlussa Marine Services, a Mull-based workboat operator which serves Scotland’s growing aquaculture sector.

The vessel will operate on the west coast of Scotland and around the Northern Isles on a long-term charter to Scottish Sea Farms, one of Scotland’s leading producers of salmon.

Vera Navis is proud to be a trusted supplier on engineering services for Ferguson Marine and contributed for this project by providing both structural and systems detail design.

More info:
https://www.fergusonmarine.com

Photo Credits:
https://www.fergusonmarine.com

Aas Mek Verksted, just delivered its latest newbuild 204, “Ronja Christopher”, a 70m Wellboat for Sølvtrans.

With a cargo space of 2500m³ and allowing for up to 375 tonnes of live fish, this Wellboat is a sister vessel of the previous 199 and 200 delivered in July and December 2019.

With more than a decade long relationship, in delivering detailed analysis and production information for both structure and systems, Vera Navis is proud to be one of Aas Mek’s thrusted suppliers for engineering.

More info: Aas Mek. Verksted AS

Photo: Aas Mek. Verksted AS