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60Maritime Reporter & Engineering News 2015 Leadership Strategy, we are aiming at a work- force of 12 000 highly qualified workers. We are thus in the process of recruiting qualified and ex- perienced people whom will be able to train to thehighest safety and operational standards of our in-dustry in the Bourbon Training Centers, situated across the world. What are the most influential technical advance that has made the business of operating ships more prof- itable?LefèvreBourbons choice to build vessels in series is a major breakthrough in the offshore marine serv- ices industry and represents a significant advance in terms of customer satisfaction. This strategy of series newbuilding touches naturally upon the issue of price and therefore costs to customers, but it also entails the standardization of the vessels, which in turn secures their greater availability upon clients demands and facilitates crews training and main- tenance. For example, the characteristics of the Bourbon Liberty series (Bourbon Liberty 100 arePlatform Supply Vessels, PSV and Bourbon Liberty 200 are Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessels, AHTS) imply direct savings towards customers costs, namely diesel electric propulsion reducingfuel consumption by up to 30%, the engine rooms innovative design, which has brought it on deck, in- creasing cargo capacity by up to 30%, the dual dy- namic positioning, DPII, in series saving time for operations. Production in series also allows for greater availability, competitive day rates, well trained crews benefiting from continuous and inno- vative training, namely through the Bourbon Train- ing Centres, its PSV, AHTS, ROV and crewboat simulators. Furthermore, building in series also in- duces safest operations as processes are the sameon each vessel of the series. As a market leader, we are convinced that Bourbon has a role to play in driving forward market standards and this is pre- cisely what we have done with our series new- building strategy. About BourbonBourbon offers to O&G clients a large fleet of in- novative, safe, high-performance and new-genera- tion offshore vessels. With more than 8,300 professionals and 418 vessels as of March 31,2011, Bourbon is currently present in more than 35 coun-tries. Bourbons Marine Services Activity encom- passes offshore oil and gas support services, along with coastal protection. It offersa large range of services through a latest-generation fleet of Off- shore Supply Vessels and Crewboats, suited to meet the specific requirements of clients worldwide. Bourbons Subsea Services Activity involves com- prehensive or modular services for Subsea opera- tions, offering flexibility and maximum expertise to oil operator clients through dedicated vessels for Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (IMR) of plat-forms, IMR engineering services and supervisionof offshore operations, as well as a fleet of subsea robots (ROVs) capable of operating at great depths. 2011 YEARBOOKOFFSHORE REPORTPlatform towage operation with the AHTS Bourbon Liberty 205 at Trinidad and Tobago. (Copyright Bourbon)