Tugs 'Fairmount Summit' and 'Fairmount Alpine' have delivered the very first floating "gas plant" in the world, the FSRU 'Toscana', safely offshore from Livorno, Italy.
The 'Toscana' was towed from Dubai via Malta where final equipment was installed. After delivering the 'Toscana', both Fairmount tugs assisted in mooring the unit to her six pre-installed anchors.
The 'Toscana' is a so-called floating, storage and re-gasification unit (FSRU). Now moored 12 nautical miles offshore from Livorno, the facility and will be used as a terminal and export point for liquefied natural gas (LNG).
The unit was converted from the 2004-built, 288-metre long LNG tanker 'Golar Frost'. The conversion took place at Drydock World in Dubai for contractor Saipem and client OLT Offshore LNG Toscana.
When fully operational, the unit has a re-gasification capacity of 3.75 billion cubic metres a year (11 million cubic metres a day) and a storage capacity of 137,500 cubic meters of LNG.
For the towage of FSRU 'Toscana', Fairmount Marine mobilised tugs 'Fairmount Summit' and 'Fairmount Alpine' towards Dubai. After hook-up, the convoy set sail for Malta.
In Malta, the 'Toscana' had a stopover for final outfittings. Later, both tugs towed 'Toscana' to her final location offshore Livorno and assisted in mooring the FSRU.
