MV Transpacific (T-1)

MV "Transpacific" also known as MT "Transpacific" is an oil tanker under long-term charter to the United States Military Sealift Command (MSC). [http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4700&tid=200&ct=4 MSC Tankers page] ] As part of MSC's Sealift Program, the "Transpacific" transports fuel for the U.S. Department of Defense. Small and having shallow-draft, the "Transpacific" is known as a "T-1 equivalent tanker", and moves petroleum products intra-theater in between Japan, Korea and The Marshall Islands.

The "Transpacific" was chartered from 19 November 2006 to 30 September 2008 on a daily rate of $18,848 under contract number N00033-06-C-5409. [ [http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:pI2a9N5YqxsJ:www.procurement.msc.navy.mil/procurement/AttachmentViewer%3FsectionType%3DCommonDocumentSection%26id%3D5000008%26fileId%3D60006952+site:*.mil+Transpacific&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=51&gl=us MSC Procurement Spreadsheet] ]

Owners and operators

The ship is owned and operated by TransAtlantic Lines LLC, an American shipping company based in Greenwich, Connecticut.Dun and Bradstreet, 2007.] This limited liability company was founded in 1998 by vice-president Gudmundur Kjaernested and president Brandon C. Rose. United States Court of Appeals, 2000.] The company owns and operates 5 vessels, including one tug-and-barge combination. Four of these vessels are chartered by the Military Sealift Command, and perform duties such as delivering cargo to U.S. military activities in Diego Garcia and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. TransAtlantic Lines has no collective bargaining agreements with seagoing unions.cite web |url=http://www.amo-union.org/newspaper/Morgue/11-2004/Sections/News/sagamore.htm |title= Non-union operator wins charter held by Sagamore |accessdate=2007-09-26 |author=American Maritime Officers |coauthors= |date=2004-11 |work=AMO Currents |publisher=]

From 2001 to 2002 the ship was known as MT "Turcas II". [https://exchange.dnv.com/exchange/main.aspx?extool=vessel&subview=previousnames&vesselid=25183 DNV Exchange - TRANSPACIFIC - Previous Names ] ] It was sold on March 15, 2002 to Swedish company Donsötank for $9.5 million. [ [http://www.shiplink.info/images/sale2002.htm ShipLink.info] ] [ [http://timesb2b.com/shipping/march2002/blue.html Times Shipping Journal] ] Donsö Shipping KB owned the ship, then known as MT "Bonito", until 2006. [ [https://exchange.dnv.com/exchange/main.aspx?extool=vessel&subview=previousowners&vesselid=25183 DNV Exchange - TRANSPACIFIC - Previous Owners ] ] In 2006, the ship was bought by the company Goldcup D 1862 AB. [ [https://exchange.dnv.com/exchange/main.aspx?extool=vessel&subview=previousmanagers&vesselid=25183 DNV Exchange - TRANSPACIFIC - Previous Managers ] ] TransAtlantic Lines LLC then bought it for $13,000,000. [ [http://www.shipgaz.com/facts_statistics/2007/Secondhand_transactions_2006.pdf Scandanavian Shipping Gazette, 2006.] ]

From 2001 to 2006, the ship was operated by the company Rederi AB Donsötank, [ [https://exchange.dnv.com/exchange/main.aspx?extool=vessel&subview=previousmanagers&vesselid=25183 DNV Exchange - TRANSPACIFIC - Previous Managers ] ] and registered in Sweden. [ [https://exchange.dnv.com/exchange/main.aspx?extool=vessel&subview=previousflags&vesselid=25183 DNV Exchange - TRANSPACIFIC - Previous Flags ] ]

ealift charter

On July 20, 2006, the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command announced the charter for the "Transpacific".cite web |url=http://www.defenselink.mil/contracts/contract.aspx?contractid=3270 |title=DefenseLink: Contracts for Thursday, July 20, 2006 |accessdate=2008-03-09 |author=Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) |date=2006-07-20 |work= |publisher=U.S. Department of Defense] The charter, which commenced October 1, 2006, is a one-year firm-fixed-price contract of $6,879,520 with additional reimbursables. The contract includes three additional one-year option periods and one 11-month option period which can total $25,589,458 plus additional reimbursables.

In each charter period, the government has the right to cancel after 60 days with 10 days notice. After each initial 60-day period, the government can cancel the charter with 30 days notice. The end of the base period of the charter is September 2007, and the charter will last until August 2011 if all options are exercised. This contract was competitively procured with more than 85 proposals solicited and three offers received.

The charter had previously been held by MV "Montauk", operated by Sealift Incorporated.cite journal |author=American Maritime Officers |authorlink=American Maritime Officers |coauthors= |year=2008 |month=November |title=Vessel acquisition brings new jobs for AMO aboard Overseas Harriette |journal=AMO Currents |volume= |issue= |pages= |id= |url=http://www.amo-union.org/newspaper/morgue/11-2006/Sections/News/sealift.htm |accessdate= 2008-03-10 |quote= ] Sealift Incorporated protested the charter award with the Government Accounting Office (GAO), claiming that TransAtlantic Lines understated its fuel-consumption costs.cite court
litigants=Sealift, Inc.
vol=
reporter=
opinion=B-298588
pinpoint=
court=U.S. Government Accounting Office
date=2006-11-13
url=http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/298588.htm
quote=] The GAO denied this protest, as well as an additional technical complaint about what business entity actually employed crewmembers.

Legal issues

On October 27, 2006 the District Court of Guam ordered TransAtlantic Lines to post a cash security of $310,000 to take possession of the vessel from Guam Industrial Services.cite court
litigants=Guam Industrial Services v. Transatlantic Lines LLC
vol=
reporter=
opinion=06-00033
pinpoint=
court=District Court of Guam
date=2006-10-27
url=http://www.websupp.org/data/DGU/1:06-cv-00033-21-DGU.pdf
quote=] TransAtlantic Lines posted the bond and took possession of the ship.

Route and cargo

The ship routinely carries:
*Midgrade Unleaded Automotive Gasoline (MUM),
*JP-5 Jet Propellant, and
*Diesel Fuel Marine, also known as NATO F76.

The ship routinely visits:
*Hakozaki Defense Fuel Supply Point near United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka Japan,
*Hokkaidō, Japan,
*Kin, Okinawa,
*Chimu Wan Base Terminal, Okinawa,
*White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa,
*Hachinohe, Japan,
*The Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site at Kwajalein Atoll, and
*Yeosu, South Korea.

ee also

*TransAtlantic Lines LLC
*List of Military Sealift Command ships
*Oil tanker

Notes

References

*cite web |url=http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/Federal/judicial/dc/opinions/99opinions/99-5088a.pdf |title=Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia |accessdate=2007-09-26 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date=2000-01-11 |work= |publisher=
*Psix name|857734|MT Transpacific
*DNV_name|25183|MT Transpacific|summary

External links

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http://www.galatasarayholding.com.tr/html/haber1-i.html Launch of the MT "Transpacific"]
Süleyman Demirel attends the launch of MT "Transpacific" (then MT "Turcas II") on September 21 2000.

http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=161449 MT "Transpacific" (ex "Bonito") at sea.]
MT "Transpacific" (then known as MT "Bonito") at sea near the Firth of Forth.

http://www.navegando.info/ficha.asp?lenguaje=en&Codigo=1128 MT "Transpacific" (ex "Bonito") at the pier.]
MT "Transpacific" (then known as MT "Bonito") tied up at the pier.
* [http://www.celiktekne.com.tr/shipbuildinglist.php Ship list at Çelık Tekne Shipyard]
* [http://www.turcas.com.tr/en/ Turcas Petrolculuk A.Ş.]
* [http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=189&type=LongtermCharteredTanker TransPacific at MSC Ship Inventory]
* [https://exchange.dnv.com/exchange/main.aspx?extool=company&subview=vesselsoperated&companyid=130339 TransAtlantic Lines LLC Company Profile at Det Norske Veritas]
* [http://absapps.eagle.org/safenet/record/record_vesselsearch?REG_OWNER_NAME=TransAtlantic Ships owned record at American Bureau of Shipping]
* [http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/Abhil-17559-DESC-Japan-JapanCommand-Brief-Driving-Times-Agenda-JapanMission-JapanCurrent-Organization-DFSPs-DFSP-i-as-Entertainment-ppt-powerpoint/ 2002 Briefing on Military Petroleum Logistics]
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/tengan-pier.htm Chimu Wan Base Terminal]