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INTERVIEW PIETER VAN OORD, CEO,VAN OORD

European contractors to go to Japan. These three contracts are not in our order book at the moment, but they have a value for “I expect in the us of more than a billion Euro. They are really large projects that will be built in ‘27, ‘28, ‘29 and 2030. So, there is a lead time of ? ve years, tendering negotiations, getting your design next decades a ready, doing your engineering, doing your procurement, be- fore you actually are going to install those projects.

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Our focus is the North Sea/Europe, that is by far the larg- est market. Number two is the United States. We have one project in the United States at the moment, work on the South of investments

Fork project for Ørsted. Today we’re tendering at least ? ve projects in the United States. Third, we’re looking at Japan. in all sorts of

You referenced it in our ? rst question, but among other projects, you’ve been involved in new vessels.” the Saint-Brieuc project offshore wind offshore

France. Can you talk about your role there, – Pieter van Oord, your innovative drilling technology that you deployed, as well as challenges faced and les-

CEO, Van Oord

Artist impression of the

Borreas, currently under construction in China, expected for delivery in 2024.

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