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May 10, 2022
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- The European Investment Fund invests in the fund
Eurazeo Sustainable Maritime Infrastructure
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- It is managed by the private equity firm
Eurazeo
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The European Investment Fund has announced that it has
made an initial investment of 70 million euros in the fund
Eurazeo Sustainable Maritime Infrastructure (ESMI) which is
managed by the private equity company Eurazeo and has the purpose
to support the transition of the maritime industry towards
a carbon-neutral economy by 2050. Specifying
that the investment, made using resources from the European Fund
for Strategic Investments (EFSI), is in line with
the objective of the European Green Deal, the European Fund for
Investimenti showed that, with a total of 200 million euros
raised, the ESMI fund has already reached more than
half of the volume currently planned.-
- The total investment will help finance three
main assets: ships equipped with environmentally friendly technologies that
use more efficient or alternative fuels;
innovative port equipment and infrastructure to promote
the ecological transition, as well as assets that support the
development of renewable energy at sea.
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- Five months after its launch, the ESMI fund has carried out its
first transaction with a subsidiary of the German Harren & Partner
financing a self-lifting vessel used for construction,
repair and maintenance of offshore wind farms in Europe that
it is currently used in the North Sea for the wind farm
German Nordsee One.
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- Highlighting that, "given the large quantity of goods
transported every day on our oceans, it is certain that the
Maritime sector will have to make an important contribution to the
our goal of carbon neutrality by 2050", the
European Commissioner for the Economy, Paolo Gentiloni, underlined
that 'the fact that the Investment Plan for Europe stands
helping to support this infrastructure fund
Sustainable maritime is very good news. This transaction
- explained Gentiloni - lays the foundations for substantial funding
in support of more sustainable ships and port infrastructure,
aimed at promoting the development of renewable energy at sea'.
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