Fairmount Sherpa delivers accommodation barge

The barge was towed from Romania to the location off Porto Amboim.

Ayang 2 is an accommodation and work barge owned by the offshore division of Korean group Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. The 115m long and 32m wide barge, which can accommodate over 350 people, had undergone an upgrading at DSME’s Romanian shipyard in Mangalia, located on the Black Sea coast.

For this towage job Fairmount Marine was contracted by Daewoo’s logistics team. The Fairmount Sherpa hooked up with Ayang 2 and towed it to the location off Angola covering a distance of 6,100 miles within 30 days at an average speed of 8.5 knots.

Earlier, ‘super tug’ Fairmount Expedition delivered the offshore support vessel Harvey Rover safely in the port of Paramaribo, Suriname. Harvey Rover had encountered engine problems while en route from South Africa to Trinidad.

The Fairmount Expedition was in Trinidad when its assistance was required by the owner of Harvey Rover, US based Harvey Gulf International.

When it encountered engine problems, the 2010 built, 3,134 dwt, 75m long Harvey Rover was en route towards Trinidad and about 330 miles northeast of the Brazilian port Ponta de Madeira.

Fairmount Expedition departed from Trinidad and met with Harvey Rover within four days. Once hooked up, the convoy set sail for Trinidad but received orders to go to Paramaribo instead to let Harvey Rover’s engine problems be resolved. The Harvey Rover was delivered safely in Paramaribo just twelve days after Fairmount Expedition’s assistance was required.