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www.marinelink.com 69that the shape of the hull reduces power consump-tion by 7-8% compared to vessels with conven-tional hull lines. Leevac recently launched the new Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) MV Torrens Tide at the company?s Houma shipyard. The Torrens Tide is a MMC-designed 879 Platform Supply Vessel that will be certiÞ ed for worldwide operations. Chris Vaccari, owner and CEO of LEEVAC, says the Torrens Tide is a unique project for LEEVAC Shipyards as the vessel was relocated from Tide- water?s Shipyard in Houma to LEEVAC?s Jen- nings facility for Þ nal completion. The new PSV will return LEEVAC?s Houma yard for Þ nal out- Þ tting, commissioning and testing, with delivery in April 2014. Damen Shipyards Galati delivered the third Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) in a series of six to World Wide Supply of Norway. This six-ship order heralds a new era in offshore construction for Damen Shipyards Group. World Pearl is built to Damen?s new PSV 3300 design. The Þ rst of the Class PSV 3300, World Diamond, was delivered in July to the Norwegian company. Delivery of the new design involved exten-sive CAD/CAM modeling by Damen Shipyards Gorinchem in the Netherlands and model test-ing at Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN). The 3300 is part of a new range of Da- men PSVs. With an 80.1m length, the PSV 3300 has a deck load of 1,500 metric tons. The new type can be used to transport crew and equipment Eastern Shipbuilding Group delivered M/V HOS Red Rock (Hull 202) to Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC. (Photo: Eastern Shipbuilding)(Photo: Ulstein)Incorporating the X-Bow design, the inspection, maintenance and repair vessel Seven Viking was built for Subsea 7 and Eidesvik and entered service in 2013. MR #11 (66-73).indd 69MR #11 (66-73).indd 6911/12/2013 10:37:59 AM11/12/2013 10:37:59 AM