/// 2010-02-05

FPSO CIDADE DE SANTOS MV20 SAFELY ARRIVED AT DESTINATION

FAIRMOUNT MARINE is delighted to announce the successful arrival of the Tow FPSO Cidade de Santos MV20 from Dalian, to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil by Fairmount Expedition and Fairmount Alpine. It is a very large FPSO at LOA 334m and BOA 51m ballasted to a draft of approximately 9 meters.

The tow proceeded via Singapore for bunkers and crew change by the route North of Sumatra, across the Indian Ocean, avoiding piracy infected areas and after a short stop at Durban Roads, a bunker stop at Cape Town and from there directly to Rio de Janeiro.

Fairmount Marine is proud to have accomplished such a fast trip of only 63 days from 2 December 2009 to 3 February 2010 to cover 12,100 miles at an overall average speed of 8.0 knots without any incidents and including the stops underway. These stoppages were compensated for by doing an average 9 knots actual tow speed when underway.

Yet another great achievement of the Fairmount team!

Albert de Heer – CEO - Fairmount Marine B.V.