April 1 - Fairmount Marine's tug, Fairmount Summit has delivered the SSV Catarina rig offshore Angola, having towed it from Okpo, South Korea, via the Strait of Malacca and Cape of Good Hope, undertaking the 10,000 mile journey at an average towing speed
SSV Catarina is a brand new sixth generation semi-submersible drilling rig for ultra deepwater operations, constructed by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in South Korea, and designed to drill to depths of up to 10,000 m. The rig is 118 m long and 78 m wide.
During the voyage bunker stops were made in Singapore and Mauritius.
