Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Blue Marlin" uye hanzvadzi yake ngarava yaive yeOffshore Heavy Transport yeOslo, Norway, kubva pakuvakwa kwavo, muna Kubvumbi 2000 naNovember 1999, zvichiteerana, kusvika 6 Chikunguru 2001, pavakazotengwa neDockwise. U.S. Navy yakashandira "Blue Marlin" kubva kuOffshore Heavy Transport kutamisa muparadzi kudzokera kuUnited States pashure pokunge ngarava yehondo yakakuvadzwa
nevanoputika vanozviuraya veAl-Qaeda pavakanga vakadzika chikepe pachiteshi chengarava cheAden, Yemen. Mukati mechikamu chokupedzisira cha2003, basa rakaitwa pa"Blue Marlin" rakawedzera kukwanisa kwaro uye rakawedzera mapuroteni maviri anodzoreka kuti avandudze mano okufamba. Ngarava yacho yakatangazve kushanda muna January 2004. Zvichitevera kuvandudzwa uku, "Blue Marlin" yakaendesa chikuva chemafuta "Thunder Horse PDQ", chinorema matani 60 000, kuCorpus Christi, Texas, kuti chipedzwe.