De Beers Marine Namibia (Debmarine) has secured NAD 5.6bn ($393m) of finance for the world's first custom-built diamond mining ship.

The Idex website reported that Bank Windhoek, Standard Bank Namibia, RMB Namibia and South Africa's Absa Bank joined with Nedbank Namibia to provide the cash, with Debmarine contributing another NAD 1.4bn.