
In the most recent Creditnotes, you were able to read about the transaction to Hafvram in Norway. This transaction involved two Dutch suppliers, namely GustoMSC and Huisman. In this Creditnotes, Karel Wagner, Sales Manager of GustoMSC, tells us more about the organisation and the lifting platforms, known as jack-ups, used at sea worldwide.
With about 300 employees, GustoMSC is part of the US-based NOV group, with a total of about 32000 employees.
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NOV is a supplier of equipment for the energy sector in the widest sense, and within this group, GustoMSC specialises in designing offshore vessels and supplying related equipment such as heavy-lift cranes. Globally, they are a major supplier of lifting platforms, called jack-ups in the jargon. GustoMSC has designed the vast majority of jack-ups for the offshore wind industry, which are currently in operation and under construction. These jack-ups from the Schiedam-based company have already provided installation of thousands of wind turbines and associated foundations at sea.
The company started almost 120 years ago as a shipyard and then started building more and more specialised systems. For example, GustoMSC designed and built the first jack-up in Europe as early as 1959. But where initially the oil and gas industry was a major customer, in recent years there has been a clear shift towards customers active in renewable energy.
<p>Since 2000, we have seen offshore wind becoming increasingly important. The energy transition is therefore an important development for us for the future. Just like the transaction for Hafvram, currently about 80% of the enquiries we receive are offshore wind related.</p>
<p>Wagner: ‘The process with a customer quickly takes 1-2 years before a contract is signed. Moreover, the customer must also have a contract with a yard, and in some cases like Hafvram, (project) financing must also be arranged. So these are trajectories you do need to take your time</p>
Norway's Norse Bank is financing part of Hafvram's transaction over 12 years for over €100 million. Credit insurance with a 95% cover rate has been taken out with Atradius DSB for this purpose. This allows Dutch exporters GustoMSC and Huisman to supply and De Norse Bank limits its risk on Hafvram.
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In de meest recente Creditnotes heeft u kunnen lezen over de transactie naar Hafvram in Noorwegen. Bij deze transactie waren twee Nederlandse leveranciers betrokken, namelijk GustoMSC en Huisman. Karel Wagner, Sales Manager van GustoMSC, vertelt ons in deze Creditnotes meer over de organisatie en de hefplatformen, de zogenaamde jack-ups, die wereldwijd op zee worden gebruikt.
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