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LEEVAC Shipyards Jennings LLC of Jennings, LA has secured contracts with Aries Marine of Lafayette, LA to build two (2) LEEVAC Design Services ?LDS? 270 DE PSV, a 270? x 56? x 21.5? diesel electric PSV. ?We are very excited to have this opportunity to begin this partnership with a company like Aries Marine? said Christian Vaccari, President of LEEVAC. The LDS 270 DE PSV will have a deadweight capacity of 4000 LTsw and will carry over 13,000 barrels of liquid mud. It will be powered by four 3516C Caterpillar generators rated at 1825 kw each. The propulsion drives and thrusters are being provided by Schottel and Marine Interior Systems was selected for the joiner work. Marine Technologies will be providing the DP-2 system. Aries chose Siemens as the vendor for the Integrated Electrical System. The Siemens Blue Drive product will be used to control the power management, vessel control, machinery, alarms, power and propulsion systems. This will be the second vessel in which LEEVAC will be installing the Siemens Blue Drive system. Construction for this LEEVAC design will begin immediately, with delivery for the  rst and second vessels slated for October 2014 and February 2015, respectively. Aries Marine will bring to the offshore market two extremely fuel- ef cient, versatile, modern workboats. Fitting nicely into the existing Aries Marine  eet, the two newbuilds will bring their total vessel count to 28. The contract will create over 200 jobs in Southwest Louisiana, and further fattens a robust order book for LEEVAC. In addition to their latest announcement, LEEVAC is currently building two Z-Tech 2400 Class Escort Tugs for G & H Towing Company and one MMC 879 PSV for Tidewater Marine. LEEVAC recently completed a major conversion on a tank barge for Enterprise Marine Service. LEEVAC Shipyards Jennings LLC is a subsidiary of LEEVAC Shipyards LLC, a world-class shipbuilder since 1965, specializing in new construction of PSVs, OSVs, Tugs, Barges and Specialty Vessels. LEEVAC currently owns and operates two yards. The new construction yard is located in Jennings and the repair yard is located in Lake Charles, LA. VESSELSLEEVAC to Build Two LDS Vessels for Aries Marine 14 MNFebruary 2013 MN Feb2013 Layout 1-17.indd 14MN Feb2013 Layout 1-17.indd 141/31/2013 4:32:22 PM1/31/2013 4:32:22 PM