Owned and manufactured by the Lars Lundin company, the M/V JOHANNA is the world’s first oil spill prevention and response vessel equipped with a channel system and oil-collecting stiff-brush collector. The ship was launched on Midsummer Eve 1985, and was christened JOHANNA.

In 1985, M/V JOHANNA participated in the oil spill response to the M/S EIRA accident and collected 164 barrels, or 30 tons, of oil in two days. The equipment included power sources, a main engine and a separate auxiliary engine for the hydraulics. The vessel contained a 10-cubic metre double-bottomed tank space where there was a discharging pump equipped with a heating element. There were separate spaces above the channels’ brushes for oil booms. The collection width of the vessel was 14 metres and its operating capacity was 10 min.

The type of vessel invented by Lars Lundin was the best option for collecting oil, but despite this, the Finnish rescue services – the fire departments at the time – rejected the type of vessel due to its low speed.

Length 11.5 metres

Width 5.5 metres

Speed 13 knots

A marine aluminium alloy was used as the construction material.

Fore and aft ramps.