Transocean Marianas
ship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- Transocean Marianas
- IMO number
- 8757960
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- ship
- Gross tonnage
- 20,461
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 91.4 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1979
- Builder
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About Transocean Marianas
Transocean Marianas was an Earl & Wright Sedco 700 design semi-submersible platform drilling unit capable of operating in harsh environments and water depths up to 7,000 feet (2,100 m) using a 47.6 cm (18.75 in), 15,000 psi blowout preventer (BOP), and a 53 cm (21 in) outside diameter (OD) marine riser. Transocean Marianas has operated under several names: Tharos from 1979 to 1994, Polyportia from 1994 to 1996, and P. Portia from 1996 to 1998. On October 7, 2009, it began drilling on the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico. On November 9, 2009. it was damaged by Hurricane Ida. It was subsequently replaced by the Deepwater Horizon, which was responsible for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill when that rig exploded on April 20, 2010.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Transocean Marianas now?
- Transocean Marianas 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 Transocean Marianas?
- Transocean Marianas is a ship, built in 1979 by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The vessel is 91.4 m long and has a gross tonnage of 20,461.
- Has Transocean Marianas been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for Transocean Marianas appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).