Fairmount Marine is a

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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

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s and three semi-submerisible barges. The main operations involves transport of offshore installations such as

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. 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.

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