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In its new business area ESVAGT may utilize its experience in transfer of oil-personnel. specialized work procedure which is most advantageous different way. That sometimes makes us a bit wiser, but to apply to the windfarms. fortunately we, too, can sometimes convince them of “It is a tremendous advantage to be on location something, too,” smiles Ib Hansen expecting the dia- with our wind support vessels as we are able to transfer logue with the wind guys to be even more intensifed in personnel as soon as the weather window is favourable. the years to come. Furthermore, we have suffcient space onboard our ves- sels for the most common spare parts, so we can arrange SHARED FOCUS a fast transfer of service technicians needed for a quick Traditionally ESVAGT has been focusing on oil and gas, repair of a turbine. We have been told that the wind but now the future strategy has changed to be just as farms serviced by us have a very high percentage of time much directed at attracting projects from wind power. of operation,” explains Ib Hansen, who is pleased to tell “As we see a major potential for the development that two quite new and specialized wind farm vessels of wind power, we have decided that in the future we have now been added to the feet thanks to two new shall focus just as much on this sector as we have been contracts for servicing Siemens Windpower. doing on oil and gas. Of course depending on which “Now we are considering how we and Siemens can projects our customers present we are prepared to invest ensure the most effcient solutions and the highest pos- similar resources in both kinds of activities. The oil and sible level of safety. It is healthy for us to be in dialogue gas industry has been running since the 1970es, so it with the wind guys. They are just as focused on safety has established its own standards and procedures. Wind as oil and gas crews, but their approach to things is a bit power is a relatively new industry starting up with small different and making us do our thinking in a somewhat crew vessels. It shall be interesting to see what the future ▲ KEY FIGURES MIO. DKK 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES 550 575 636 702 750 TURN-OVER 380 435 625 725 880 NUMBER OF VESSELS 28 31 32 35 37 35 / WIND INCREASING ITS IMPORTANCE IN ESVAGT