Fairmount Marine
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Fairmount Marine is a shipping company in the Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster N.V. group. The company operates 11 heavy transport vessels, including two self-propelled semi-submersible ships which are owned by Fairmount Heavy Transport. The mother group operates six anchor handling tug supply vessels and three semi-submerisible barges. The main operations involves transport of offshore installations such as Floating production storage and offloading vessels.
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| Company type | subsidiary of Boskalis |
|---|---|
| Industry | Shipping |
| Genre | ship owner |
| Founder | Henk J. van den Berg |
| Headquarters | Papendrecht , |
Area served | Global |
| Services | Ocean towage |
| Website | www.fairmount.nl |
The company was founded in 1980. In 2007, Fairmount Marine was acquired by Paris-based Louis Dreyfus Armateurs. In 2014, Dreyfus sold Fairmount to the Dutch Royal Boskalis, so that the Fairmount brand was abandoned in favor of Boskalis.[1]
