Boskalis takes over Fairmount

Fairmount Summit and Fairmount Sherpa are two of the five 205 tonne bollard pull deepsea tugs taken over by Boskalis. Photo courtesy of L vd Meijden

After considerable rumours in the towage industry, Royal Boskalis Westminster NV (Boskalis) has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Fairmount Marine BV and the Fairmount OceanTowage Company BV (Fairmount) from the French group Louis Dreyfus Armateurs.

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