Glomar Challenger
research vessel
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- Glomar Challenger
- IMO number
- 6904636
- MMSI
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- Call sign
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- Flag
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- Vessel type
- research vessel
- Gross tonnage
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- Deadweight (DWT)
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- Length overall
- 121.9 m
- Beam
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- Year built
- 1968
- Builder
- Levingston Shipbuilding Company
- Registered owner
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- Operator
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Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About Glomar Challenger
The Glomar Challenger was a deep-sea research and scientific drilling vessel designed for oceanography and marine geology studies. It was used in the Deep Sea Drilling Project for obtaining sediment cores from the ocean floor. The drillship was designed, owned, and operated by Global Marine Incorporated (now Transocean) specifically for a long-term contract with the American National Science Foundation and University of California Scripps Institution of Oceanography. It was built by Levingston Shipbuilding Company in Orange, Texas, and launched on March 23, 1968. Glomar is a truncation of Global Marine, while the name Glomar Challenger is a tribute to the 19th-century oceanographic survey vessel HMS Challenger.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Glomar Challenger now?
- Glomar Challenger has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is Glomar Challenger?
- Glomar Challenger is a research vessel, built in 1968 by Levingston Shipbuilding Company. The vessel is 121.9 m long.
- Has Glomar Challenger been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for Glomar Challenger appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).