John Wood3 Jul 2021 17:19
As people will note from my social media posts where I believe it is justified I do not hesitate from criticising the company and will continue. That said I think we need to recognise where the BoD has taken us since December 2019 when Harland and Wolff was bought. This acquisition marked the start of a turnaround process. In that time the company has gone from zero income to this year a projected income of £20m+. This was done without any government assistance. Had the company done as some on this board would have preferred and just pursued the IslandMagee project then even if the company was still here it would still not be trading and would have zero income.
I have noted the discussion over the last couple of days about the cancellation of the Triumph Subsea Services Letter of Intent. We do not have any facts that are in the public domain to make an objective assessment on where the truth between the competing explanations for why it has been cancelled lies. I am not, therefore, going to get into the debate as to whether this was ever a viable business proposition.
Going forward there are reasons to be encouraged based on the start made on the Saipem contract there is a good chance that INFA will get the £43m Saipem 2 contract. The most recent note from Cenkos makes reference to a £22.5m three cruise ship contract being negotiated. We have the Azura in dock at the moment we have no information as to the value of the works to that is all we do know is that it is currently scheduled to be in dock for three months. The share price is depressing but we should give John Wood and the Board space to carry on with their work. By my calculations the chance of breakeven this year is evens.