Kuala Lumpur, September 17, 2019 – Eversendai Corporation Berhad’s wholly owned subsidiary Eversendai Offshore in the United Arab Emirates is celebrating an important milestone with the commemorative cutting of the first steel for the construction of its first ever European Offshore Wind Renewable project intended for Petrofac and Holland’s transmission system operator Tennet.

Marking the official start of work, Eversendai Offshore will be carrying out the engineering and fabrication of the six-leg jacket structure for Hollandse Kust Zuid Alpha in its 550 meters waterfront and 200,000sq m fabrication yard in RAK Maritime City, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE. The Jacket will be a part of a wind farm located in Europe North Sea’s Hollandse Kust Zuid grid connection in the Netherlands.

“We are very excited about this new endeavor that demonstrates the significant and positive progress we are making on this hugely complex, sophisticated and important project. It further provides testament to the Eversendai Group’s diversification strategy’,” said Narish Nathan, Chief Executive Officer of Eversendai Offshore.

“This breakthrough will provide further opportunities into the European Offshore Wind Renewables sector which has been growing significantly and is expected to grow further in the years to come,” he added.