NOBLE BLACKHORNET

Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit · Offshore class · Built 2010s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

NOBLE BLACKHORNET is a 2012 mobile offshore drilling unit. The Coast Guard has recorded 29 inspections since 2016, most recently in August 2026, along with 4 deficiencies and 1 operational control.

Records from 2016 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 12 August 2026.

Built: 2012
Last inspected: 12 August 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 29
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Inspected with: 3 other vessels

Coast Guard record current through 23 August 2026, retrieved 5 September 2026 from PSIX. Every field on this page was recorded by the Coast Guard. Records for the Offshore class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 12 August 2026

Recorded inspections29

…physical examinations5

…administrative events5

…with no type recorded12

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 11 calendar years (2016–2026)

Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded. A blank resolution means none was recorded in this data; it does not establish that a deficiency is outstanding. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

Identity

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9618903

V7CS5

1271588

Flag

MARSHALL ISLANDS

Maury page id

psix-1271588

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it35022 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
70459 - Displacement, Metric Ton

This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 August 2026 as served by NOAA Fisheries, so no documentation record is shown. Absence from that file is a fact about the file, not about the hull.

Vessel history report

Every record for this hull, in one document — $299

Every recorded inspection, 2016 to 2026 for this class, in one chronology · every deficiency, with system, dates and resolution · operational controls imposed and removed · every name this hull has been recorded under · the vessels it was inspected alongside, and when · how its record compares with hulls of similar age and size, as a fact about the population and never a judgement about this vessel.

Read one first, in full: a forty-year chronology · a hull that changed operators four times · the sparse case, shown as an example, not for sale.

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Inspected as a tow unit · 3

The Coast Guard recorded this vessel and the following in the same inspection activity — normally a tug and the barges in its tow. A recreational or unclassed hull in the same activity is held and not published, so it does not appear here: these lists are a floor, not a complete manifest.

NOBLE BLACKHAWK Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit · MISLE 1246963 · 11 April 2017 · activity 6122196 NOBLE BLACKLION Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit · MISLE 1327719 · 11 April 2017 · activity 6122196 NOBLE BLACKRHINO Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit · MISLE 1327720 · 11 April 2017 · activity 6122196

Inspection history · 29

12 August 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · USCG Heartland District (ocs) · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8462541

15 September 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8238873

16 April 2025 COC-MODU Renew

Type not classified · USCG Heartland District (ocs) · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8120228

18 March 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · USCG Heartland District (ocs) · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8104443

25 December 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8090004

12 August 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7985543

22 January 2024 Administrative Inspection · COC-MODU Renew

Administrative · USCG Heartland District (ocs) · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7852861

8 October 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7828386

7 February 2023 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS Exam · COC-MODU Renew

Physical examination · USCG Heartland District (ocs) · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7637038

17 January 2023 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7622705

20 April 2022 COC-MODU Annual

Type not classified · USCG Heartland District (ocs) · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7448503

8 February 2021 ISPS Exam · COC-MODU Renew · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · USCG Heartland District (ocs) · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7133959

22 January 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7128969

5 August 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7054993

5 May 2020 COC-MODU Annual

Type not classified · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6971924

14 January 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6890013

15 August 2019 ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6781443

11 August 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6779447

9 August 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6777609

2 July 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6807456

8 March 2019 COC-MODU Renew

Type not classified · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6624384

12 January 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6618057

23 December 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6618631

1 March 2018 COC-MODU Annual

Type not classified · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6364178

30 May 2017 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6161884

11 April 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Suspension & Revocation National Center of Expertise · Activity 6122196

2 March 2017 COC-MODU Renew

Type not classified · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6097798

30 August 2016 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5990592

22 February 2016 COC-MODU Annual

Type not classified · USCG Heartland District · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5820916

Deficiency record · 4

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Helicopter landing and pick-up area

Issued 8 March 2019 Resolved

The helideck shall have recessed tie down points for securing helicopter. Flag State is authorized to issue an exemption to reg 13.4.1 for inclusion to MODU Safety Certificate section 3.1. 09MODU Code Reg 13.4.1. 50abc.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 8 April 2019
Resolved 9 April 2019
Resolution: CG ENG (2) accepts MI flag state exemption for Ocean Blackhornet helo deck arrangement.

Engineering › Bilge Water Management System › Piping

Issued 2 March 2017 Resolved

Manually operated valves in connection w/ the bilge pumping system were found closed

Condition: Invalid
Due 2 March 2017
Resolved 2 March 2017

Documentation › Safety Management System › Reports and Analysis Procedures

Issued 30 August 2016 Resolved

Maintenance testing and inspections should be carried out based on the guidelines developed by MSC.1/Circ.1432. Vessel was found to have 8 maintenance items that were not being properly conducted or recorded. Revise SMS procedures so that they are inline with the IMO requirements. See uploaded docs for individual site references to the 8 defs found.

Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 30 September 2016
Resolved 23 September 2016
Resolution: Received email from Captain stating that the 8 missing firefighting maintenance procedures listed in MSC Cir. 1432 were added to BlackHornet's SMS and all Ocean drillships have also added it to theirs.

Accommodation/Occupational Safety › Ventilation › General

Issued 22 February 2016 Resolved

Self closing doors on stair well do not close properly, required adjustment.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 29 February 2016
Resolved 7 March 2016

Ownership record

The Coast Guard's documentation record for this hull -- the Abstract of Title, with its owners and liens as filed -- is not in PSIX. Ask, and Maury buys it from the National Vessel Documentation Center, files it here with its date, and every reader of this page gets it.