Sealift Incorporated

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Sealift's main fleet consists of eleven ships: container ships, general cargo ships, and a combination general/container ship. The fleet has ships from 12 to 39 years of age, includes two steamships, and three small ships under Template:DWT. Separate from the main fleet, the company also owns the ex-US Navy MSC HSV-2 Swift. In 2015 Swift was sold to the United Arab Emirates' National Marine Dredging Company. On 1 October 2016, she was reported to have been severely damaged by an anti-ship missile in the Bab-el-Mandeb strait, off the coast of Yemen.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Sealift Inc has collective bargaining agreements with the Seafarer's International Union and the American Maritime Officers union.[4]

History

Originally a shipbrokerage house specializing in paper, rice, and general cargo, Sealift Inc operated breakbulk liner services to the Mediterranean and from Brazil.[1] The company currently operates a fleet of twelve U.S.-Flag, ocean-going and is one of the largest ocean transportation contractors for U.S. Government Food Aid cargoes.[1]

Sealift Inc. is one of the largest ocean contractors for transporting U.S. food aid and participates in the Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement.[2] This program, also known as VISA, supplies the Pentagon with private cargo vessels which it can use to support "contingency deployments."[2] The program saves the government the cost of maintaining a large fleet that would be idle in peacetime.[2] In 2003, the company was awarded an emergency three-month, $4 million contract from USAID to provide freight service to Iraq.[2]

Between the beginning of fiscal year 2000 and the first quarter of fiscal 2008, Sealift Inc. was awarded US$ 402.15 million in 207 separate transactions.[3] $355.69 million was allocated from the Department of the Navy, $24.61 million from the U.S. Agency for International Development, and $21.85 million from the Department of the Army.[3]

Fleet

Sealift Inc. fleet
Name[5] Type[5] Built[5] GT[5] DWT[5]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".[6] Container/General July 1, 1977 18,296 27,750
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".[7] General January 1, 1993 3,972 4,152
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".[8] Container October 1, 1984 29,226 41,812
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".[9] Container January 1, 1978 26,409 27,192
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".[10] General October 1, 1969 15,836 22,568
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".[11] Container 1985 34,318 34,100
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".[12] Bulk carrier April 1, 1978 15,531 25,952
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".[13] Container/General July 1, 1977 16,840 24,792
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".[14] Bulk carrier April 1, 1978 15,531 25,952
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".[9] Container/General July 11, 1996 3,838 5,151
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".[15] General 1984 16,169 21,541
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".[16] General July 1, 1969 15,836 22,568
MV Capt. David I. Lyon (T-AK-5362)[17] Container/General 1996 16,803 22,878

Sealift's primary fleet consists of eleven ships, each of which is a container ship, a general cargo ship, or a combination general/container ship.[18] ranging from 12 to 39 years of age.[18] The two steamships Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". and Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". are the oldest, having been built in 1969.[18] The newest ship is the Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". which was built in 1996.[18] The average age for all of Sealift's ships is slightly over 27 years.[18]

The company's fleet has a capacity of over Template:DWT.[18] The Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". and Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". are the two largest at Template:DWT and Template:DWT respectively.[18] The company operates two small ships under Template:DWT: the Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". and the Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"..[18]

The company previously owned and operated the oil tanker MT Montauk which carried jet fuel and other petroleum products between South Korea and Japan under a charter from Military Sealift Command.[19] but sold the ship to the Cypriot company Kalia Maritime Co. Ltd. on February 1, 2007.[20]

As of 2015, HSV-2 Swift was reported to have been sold to the United Arab Emirates' National Marine Dredging Company. On 1 October 2016, the ship was attacked and seriously damaged off Yemen. Houthi rebels claimed the ship sank.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". According to unnamed US Department of Defense officials, the damaged ship was being towed to Eritrea.[21] The vessel sustained serious damage to its bow, but remained afloat.[22]

Notes

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  1. ↑ a b c Sealift Inc 2008, Home Page.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. ↑ a b c USAspending.gov 2008, Contracts to SEALIFT HOLDINGS INC (FY 2000-2008).
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  5. ↑ a b c d e Sealift Inc 2008, U.S. Flag Vessels.
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  18. ↑ a b c d e f g h Citations for individual ship statistics shown in table to the right.
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