A Large Rig Carrying Ship

[phumy]

Anchored just outside the entrance to the river that meanders its way up to Saigon in Vietnam is this monster, not sure on the name of the ship however the rig is called Ocean Monarch and is owned by Diamond Drilling. The Internet suggests that it has been moved from Gulf on Mexico to start drilling of the coast of Vietnam by BP at a daily operational cost of around US$300,00.

Some pictures i managed to take are below:















Apparently the rig was used in the 1997 Bruce Willis movie Armageddon, plus some interesting facts from here:

http://www.diamondoffshore.com/featureArticles/com...

[phumy]

Yes, if you zoom in on the bow of the ship i can just make out Marlin and having just googled it, it does appear to be the Dockwise Blue Marlin which is a monster in its self.

[phumy]

Ok maybe i should have attached these pics to that thread, if the Mods can move this one over to there i would appreciate it.

[phumy]

XJSJohn said:

phumy said:

Ok maybe i should have attached these pics to that thread, if the Mods can move this one over to there i would appreciate it.

I recon they are worthy of a thread of their own!

Yes i can see that now with the interest in just an hour of putting it up.

[phumy]

Just thought i would bring this thread back to light again as i was in the same spot as last time, at the mouth of the saigon river and a new, or different "Rig Ship" had appeared and here are a couple of shots. By coincidence it appears to have the same owner as the rig ship which capsized only less than 24 hours ago up near Russia, sadly people have been lost. Link here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16235095

Anyone have any info on this one, i believe the ship below is named the Deep Venturer and is possibly rented to the Russian company Arktikmorneftegazrazvedka (AMNGR).

[phumy]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

Bump




http://gcaptain.com/dockwise-gains-million-heavy-l...

Which just about brings it to a full circle as that ship is the reason i started this thread, although the cargo is not the same.

[phumy]

Good to see it earning a crust, its obviously very busy and getting about a bit, mind you i would expect it to have cost a fortune and its owners needs to get a return on its build cost. Great find though