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Last July, the Drillship Titanium Explorer was docked right across from our hotel  for a crew change, and as I mentioned before , it was huge . Well, this time around, there was another  drillship across from our hotel - the Noble Don Taylor   was in for a crew change too. It is slightly smaller, coming in at 752x118 feet (tiny, isn't it?), but it Looms pretty much exactly as much as the other one It is, interestingly enough, made by Hyundai - which successfully manages to invoke quite a bit of cognitive dissonance.  (The Hyundai Elantra vs. Hyundai Gusto P1000. Discuss...) Sadly, we got back from a (glorious!) day of diving at Rif St. Marie, and the ship had left. Never fear - MarineTraffic.com to the rescue (a blank map means its out of range...)--> (Yeah, theres someone to tracking everything )

On our recent stay in Curacao, the the Titanium Explorer , (view from our balcony above) a drillship owned by the Vantage conglomerate was having a crew changeover at the dock outside our hotel.  Its a $630 million ship which ...is a self-propelled,   dynamically positioned   drillship suited for drilling in remote locations because of its mobility and large load carrying capacity. It is currently equipped for drilling in water depths up to 10,000 feet, and is designed to drill in water depths up to 12,000 feet. Another Vantage subsidiary is party to an eight-year contract with   Petrobras   to operate the Titanium Explorer. Its really, really hard to get perspective on the ship, but the next Patel Snap shows you the dock slightly better view of the dock and the lettering on the bow (each of the letters is around 8 feet high!). So yeah, the whole ship is  781 ft. long by 137 ft. wide.  Basically, HUGE . A night shot... And below, its ...