(With videos) Damen Shipyards Galati has handed over the second Platform Supply Vessel, the PSV 3300 World Peridot, in a series order to World Wide Supply.
Delivery comes seven weeks after the handover of the first of class PSV 3300, World Diamond, and is part of a rolling six-ship handover schedule from Damen for WWS.
The World Peridot will join its sistership World Diamond on the North Sea spot charter market. The remaining ships in the series have already secured long term charters offshore Brazil.
PSV 3300
The PSV 3300 has a wave piercing bow, slender hull lines and diesel electric propulsion with azimuth stern drives combining to optimise seakeeping and fuel efficiency. The 80.1 m length, 1500-tonne deck capacity vessel features DP2 capability, and has been designed to Damen’s E3 principles – Environmentally friendly, Efficient in operation and Economically viable.
It is one of five PSV types available from Damen ranging from 1500 to 6500 dwt.
Below a video of the launch of the World Peridot as well as a video about the PSV 3300 that includes the christening of the first in the series, the World Diamond.
