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...

[XJSJohn]

Dockwise Blue Marlin I thing, could be Might Servant also.

A few cool pictures on last page of the super yachts $60mil + thread

[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.

[v15ben]

Hyundai make things like this just down the road from where I live. Some really interesting stuff there

[DieselGriff]

I've seen pic's of these type of ships before and always wondered how they would fair in heavy seas when loaded, I know looks can be deceiving but the COG looks a little high, IYKWIM.

[vtgts300kw]

DieselGriff said:

I've seen pic's of these type of ships before and always wondered how they would fair in heavy seas when loaded, I know looks can be deceiving but the COG looks a little high, IYKWIM.

COG is lower than expected I think.

[XJSJohn]

vtgts300kw said:

DieselGriff said:

I've seen pic's of these type of ships before and always wondered how they would fair in heavy seas when loaded, I know looks can be deceiving but the COG looks a little high, IYKWIM.

COG is lower than expected I think.

With the physical mass present there it's not much of an issue, where it goes all pear shaped is when they get the balast situation a bit out of balance, as has been done a few times,

[XJSJohn]

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!

[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.

[dr_gn]

DieselGriff said:

I've seen pic's of these type of ships before and always wondered how they would fair in heavy seas when loaded, I know looks can be deceiving but the COG looks a little high, IYKWIM.

They sometimes carry quite big lifeboats:



Used to work on offshore structure design - there's some incredible stuff out there that isn't widely appreciated outside the industry.

[markmullen]

Imagine looking out of the rear windows of the bridge and seeing a rig behind you!

[guru_1071]

the mighty servant has had issues in the past!

from (distant) memory, the computers crashed and the wrong ballast tanks flooded very quickly (though i may have made that up!)

[dr_gn]

guru_1071 said:

the mighty servant has had issues in the past!

from (distant) memory, the computers crashed and the wrong ballast tanks flooded very quickly (though i may have made that up!)

I designed the topside lift point castings for the North Nemba / Kizomba / Kungulo rigs. IIRC one of the Mighty Servants sank with the loss of the crew while transporting one of those topsides from the fabrication yard. I think they salvaged the lift points and re-used them on the replacement topsides. Quite an insurance claim no doubt...

[dr_gn]

We did the pile lug castings for Thunder Horse too. Name was changed (at stupid expense) from "Crazy Horse" so as not to upset the natives IIRC.

ETA, IMO the maddest of the maddest structures in the business (or even the world) are in the "compliant tower" class:

http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=23522

Edited by dr_gn on Monday 28th November 22:45

[markmullen]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

IIRC we chartered the the Blue Marlin in the OP ourselves for circa $10,000 a day plus LOTS of extra's they slap on you, a month or two ago in Vietnam for the loadout and floatoff of a Jackup drill rig.
Can confirm tomorrow.

That doesn't sound that expensive really when you consider the investment the company must have made in the ship.

If I was minted I might hire her for a day or two, go around picking up inappropriate items!

[dr_gn]

markmullen said:

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

IIRC we chartered the the Blue Marlin in the OP ourselves for circa $10,000 a day plus LOTS of extra's they slap on you, a month or two ago in Vietnam for the loadout and floatoff of a Jackup drill rig.
Can confirm tomorrow.

That doesn't sound that expensive really when you consider the investment the company must have made in the ship.

If I was minted I might hire her for a day or two, go around picking up inappropriate items!

How much is the Heerema Thialf heavy lift vessel per day these days?

[hyperblue]

dr_gn said:

markmullen said:

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

IIRC we chartered the the Blue Marlin in the OP ourselves for circa $10,000 a day plus LOTS of extra's they slap on you, a month or two ago in Vietnam for the loadout and floatoff of a Jackup drill rig.
Can confirm tomorrow.

That doesn't sound that expensive really when you consider the investment the company must have made in the ship.

If I was minted I might hire her for a day or two, go around picking up inappropriate items!

How much is the Heerema Thialf heavy lift vessel per day these days?

$10,000 per day doesn't sound a lot, missing a zero?

[XJSJohn]

hyperblue said:

dr_gn said:

markmullen said:

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

IIRC we chartered the the Blue Marlin in the OP ourselves for circa $10,000 a day plus LOTS of extra's they slap on you, a month or two ago in Vietnam for the loadout and floatoff of a Jackup drill rig.
Can confirm tomorrow.

That doesn't sound that expensive really when you consider the investment the company must have made in the ship.

If I was minted I might hire her for a day or two, go around picking up inappropriate items!

How much is the Heerema Thialf heavy lift vessel per day these days?

$10,000 per day doesn't sound a lot, missing a zero?

I suspect so, that might just cover half a days fuel

[scottyegg]

updated below

Edited by scottyegg on Tuesday 29th November 12:43