OHT secures financing for Alfa Lift

By: Tom Russell

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13/05/2021 OHT
OHT has announced that its wholly-owned ship owing company OHT Alfa Lift AS has received and accepted a firm offer, subject to satisfactory documentation, for a USD 135,000,000 Senior Secured Green ECA Credit Facility.

The facility is for the post-delivery financing of the company’s wind foundation installation vessel  
Alfa Lift. The facility is to be drawn upon delivery of the vessel; it has a five-year term and a 12-year repayment profile.

DNB Bank ASA is bookrunner and coordinator, and together with Sparebank 1 SR-Bank ASA mandated lead arranger. Further, the Norwegian Export Credit Agencies GIEK and Eksportkreditt are supporting the facility; their tranche is estimated to USD 82,600,000.

Scheduled for delivery in 2021,
Alfa Liftwill be the world’s largest custom-built offshore wind foundation installation vessel, equipped with a 3,000 t main crane. The ship’s 10,000 m² ‘smart’ deck will carry up to 14 XL monopiles per voyage and will also be fully submersible to a depth of 14.66m. Alfa Lift, of Ulstein design, is on schedule for delivery at the end of this year or early 2022.

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