MEIP analysis of Home Shipbuilding Credit Guarantee Scheme

The Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has been developing proposals for a new Home Shipbuilding Credit Guarantee Scheme (HSCGS) replacing a previous scheme which operated from 1972-2005.

The scheme would provide Government backed guarantees for banks lending to UK ship operators for the purpose of financing the construction, completion, (radical) alteration and refit /repair of ships and mobile offshore installations (MOIs) in UK shipyards. BEIS would underwrite a portion of the lender's losses in the event of a subsequent default on repayments by the ship operator.