Fairmount Alpine Delivers Ocean Yorktown Rig
Fairmount Marine‘s tug Fairmount Alpine has delivered the semi-submergible drilling rig Ocean Yorktown safely in Brownsville, USA, after a 5,400-miles long tow from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Fairmount Marine was contracted in July by Diamond Offshore, a leading deepwater drilling contractor headquartered in Houston, to tow the rig to the Mexican Gulf region. The tow of the Ocean Yorktown was the fifth operation for Diamond Offshore Drilling by Fairmount Marine.
The Fairmount Alpine, which had just finished a special survey in Durban, South Africa, was instructed to mobilise towards Ro de Janeiro. Upon arrival in Rio de Janeiro Fairmount Alpine assisted the Ocean Yorktown in the field until the rig was ready in each and every aspect to commence the voyage towards Brownsville. Fairmount Alpine successfully towed the Ocean Yorktown over a distance of 5,400 miles in just 34 days with a general average speed of 6.6 knots, including a two day bunker stop.