Damen and Purus in eco finance team-up

The partnership, named DP Lease, aims to provide flexible and competitive long-term lease financing to meet the need to spend more on environmentally-advanced vessels.

Jan-Willem van Helden, managing director of Damen Financial Services explained more. “DP Lease will help clients to renew their fleets by means of highly sustainable vessels and lease finance solutions,” he said. “This will help them comply with forthcoming regulations as well as demands from end users, shareholders and other stakeholders, via investment in technologically-advanced low greenhouse gas emission marine vessels.”

The partnership will own Damen-built vessels which will then be leased to the shipbuilder’s clients in a range of sectors including public transport, offshore wind, and harbour and terminal. This will later extend to include inland and short sea shipping.

The launch of DP Lease follows the recent creation of Damen’s latest division, Damen Financial Services. “We believe DP Lease will provide its customers with bespoke vessel financing, which is not only cost-effective, but also produces a significant positive environmental impact,” said Julian Proctor, chief executive of Purus Marine.