LOURDES, the BNB SHOREBRIDGE 55 reference newbuild, at sea; design visualisation

Commercial Vessels · Landing Craft & Cargo Ro-Ro

Under Bureau Veritas (BV) classification

BNB SHOREBRIDGE 55

55-metre Landing Craft / Cargo Ro-Ro

Reference newbuild: LOURDES

Status: Current newbuild programme

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Overall length, with ramp: 52.68 m
Nominal container capacity: 24 TEU
Cargo payload: 610 t
Maximum loading capacity: 800 t

Design visualisation

LOURDES / The vessel in layers

Design visualisation

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01 / 05 Arrival

Built for the journey ahead.

A 52.68 m landing craft / cargo Ro-Ro with an open deck, an aft deckhouse and a working bow ramp. Practical proportions for ports and permitted beach landings.

52.68 mOverall length, with ramp

03 / 05 Inside the vessel

Strength, from within.

Containers, deckhouse and deck plating lift away to show the structure beneath: web frames every 1.5 m, longitudinal bulkheads either side of the centreline, tanks and void spaces, twin engines driving two shafts, and the tunnel bow thruster.

2 × 600 BHPMain engines, twin-screw

Explanatory view. Structure is informed by the design drawings; machinery is representative.

04 / 05 Systems

Connected. Cyber-resilient.

The structure settles back into place, and the wheelhouse brings navigation and communications together above the deckhouse. LOURDES is under Bureau Veritas (BV) classification with the AUT-UMS notation; a cyber-resilience notation is in scope.

AUT-UMSBureau Veritas (BV) notation · unattended machinery space

Bridge equipment shown is representative.

Explanatory visualisation. The hull does not separate; internal structure is informed by the drawings, and equipment is representative.

Commercial Vessels — Landing Craft & Cargo Ro-Ro

SHOREBRIDGE is our landing craft and cargo Ro-Ro series. The number in a model’s name is its nominal length in metres, and every vessel carries her own name.

BNB SHOREBRIDGE 55

55-metre Landing Craft / Cargo Ro-Ro

Reference newbuild: LOURDES

Status: Current newbuild programme

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The vessel in layers Specifications

400–500 DWT Landing Craft — Design-to-Order Enquiries Welcome

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Configuration and specifications subject to engineering feasibility and applicable approvals.

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BNB SHOREBRIDGE 55 · LOURDES / Drawings

THE DRAWINGS.

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Specifications

BNB SHOREBRIDGE 55

Reference newbuild: LOURDES

A 55-metre landing craft / cargo Ro-Ro that carries containers, vehicles, pallets, fuel tanks and hazardous materials through ports and permitted beach landing sites, designed for sea state 5. Its reference newbuild, LOURDES, is our current newbuild programme at our shipyard in Fomar, Shiroda, Goa, under Bureau Veritas (BV) classification with the AUT-UMS notation.

Explore its capabilities

Model and vessel

Model: BNB SHOREBRIDGE 55
Vessel: LOURDESReference newbuild
Type: Landing craft / cargo Ro-Ro
Status: Current newbuild programme
Build yard: BNBSBD shipyardFomar, Shiroda, Goa

Particulars

Length overall, including ramp: 52.68 m
Hull length overall: 51.00 m
Breadth: 12.50 m
Depth: 4.00 m
Draft: 2.70 m
Main engines: 2 × 600 BHP
Speed, approximate: 10 knots
Design sea state: Sea state 5
Flag: Malta

Cargo

Cargo carried: Containers, vehicles, pallets, fuel tanks and hazardous materials
Cargo payload: 610 t
Maximum loading capacity: 800 t
Nominal container capacity: 24 TEUFive bays of four 20 ft containers, plus four on the aft bay

Classification

Classification: Under Bureau Veritas (BV) classification
Class notation: AUT-UMSUnattended machinery space
Cyber resilience: Notation in scopeNot yet certified

Designed for its purpose

CAPABLE BY DESIGN.

Versatile cargo. Coastal access. Sea state 5. Cyber resilience.

Versatile cargo.

Containers, vehicles, pallets, fuel tanks and hazardous materials. A bow ramp serves dedicated Ro-Ro ports and supports roll-on, roll-off operations.

Beyond the port.

Designed for beach landing operations, so cargo can be loaded and unloaded at suitable, permitted beaches where port facilities are unavailable, within the vessel’s operating limits.

Sea state 5.

LOURDES is designed for sea state 5, so she can handle rough seas, within the vessel’s operating limits.

Cyber resilience.

A cyber-resilience notation is in scope for LOURDES, with onboard protections designed to address modern cyber threats and support digital security and operational resilience.

Notation in scope

BNBSBD / Our shipyard

Our shipyard at Fomar, Shiroda, Goa.

Home of the LOURDES newbuild programme

Our own shipyard on the waterfront at Fomar, Shiroda, in Goa, is the home of the LOURDES newbuild programme. The 67.5 m × 20 m ship building area on the quay takes the full 52.68 m vessel with room to spare.

Illustration: aerial view of our shipyard at Fomar, Shiroda, Goa, with LOURDES shown complete on keel blocks inside the 67.5 m by 20 m ship building area beside the waterfront quay, the yard buildings and a walled basin behind — Illustration / Our shipyard at Fomar, Shiroda, with LOURDES shown complete in the ship building area

Site plan

Schematic site plan, drawn from BNBSBD's annotated yard layout. Approximate scale; buildings simplified.LOURDES outline to scale from the general arrangement (52.68 m with ramp × 12.50 m); placement in the ship building area is illustrative.

The yard in figures

Ship building area: 67.5 × 20 m1,350 m², on the waterfront quay
Blasting shed: 10 × 12 m
LOURDES: 52.68 × 12.50 mLength overall with ramp × breadth
Room around LOURDES: 14.82 m / 7.50 mIn length / in breadth: 7.41 m at each end and 3.75 m each side when centred

Berth and shed dimensions as annotated on our yard plan. The site plan and renders are illustrations, not survey drawings.

Illustration: LOURDES, shown complete, on keel blocks and side shores inside the marked ship building area on the quay, seen from the waterside — Illustration / LOURDES shown complete in the ship building area

Route of operation

From Goa, to a wider horizon.

From our shipyard in Goa, LOURDES is intended to operate across the Mediterranean, the west coast of Africa, Asia and the Indian Ocean. The circles mark illustrative operating areas around Goa and the major ports of each region.

Illustrative routes and operating areas from Goa, not confirmed sailing routes or port calls. Map data: Natural Earth.

Mediterranean: illustrative route from the BNBSBD shipyard at Fomar, Shiroda, Goa, across the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden, through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal.
West coast of Africa: illustrative route from the BNBSBD shipyard at Fomar, Shiroda, Goa, through the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean, out through the Strait of Gibraltar and south along the African coast.
Asia: illustrative route from the BNBSBD shipyard at Fomar, Shiroda, Goa, south of Sri Lanka, across the Bay of Bengal and through the Strait of Malacca to the South China Sea.
Indian Ocean: illustrative route from the BNBSBD shipyard at Fomar, Shiroda, Goa, south-west across the Arabian Sea, west of Lakshadweep, to the western Indian Ocean.
Major ports marked on the map, each with an illustrative operating area around it: Mumbai, Kochi, Colombo, Malé, Salalah, Jebel Ali, Djibouti, Jeddah, Port Said, Valletta, Gibraltar, Dakar, Abidjan, Lagos, Mombasa, Singapore and Chittagong. Goa has the same operating area around the shipyard.

FromGoa, India
01Mediterranean
02West coast of Africa
03Asia
04Indian Ocean

About us

Bennet and Bernard Subsea.

01 / Shipbuilding

BNBSBD.

The shipbuilding brand of Bennet and Bernard Subsea. Our first vessel is LOURDES, the reference newbuild of the BNB SHOREBRIDGE 55.

02 / Fomar, Shiroda, Goa

OUR SHIPYARD.

Our shipyard on the waterfront at Fomar, Shiroda, in Goa, with a 67.5 m × 20 m ship building area on the quay: the home of the LOURDES newbuild programme.

03 / Our team

OUR SHIPBUILDER.

Our own shipbuilder brings the expertise to build and deliver LOURDES, under Bureau Veritas (BV) classification.

Get in touch

LET’S TALK.

Ask about the BNB SHOREBRIDGE 55 and LOURDES, our current newbuild programme. Design-to-order enquiries for a 400–500 DWT landing craft are welcome, as are questions about our shipyard at Fomar, Shiroda.

inquiry@bnbsubsea.com