El Jefe de Logística de las Fuerzas Armadas de los Estados Unidos está pidiendo la compra de 10 barcos de carga usados para reforzar la flota envejecida que apoya las operaciones militares estadounidenses en el extranjero. El general de la Fuerza Aérea Randall Reed, comandante del Comando de...
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Pentagon wants to buy 10 cargo ships to bolster aging logistics fleet
The head of logistics for the United States’ armed forces is calling for the purchase of 10 used cargo ships to bolster the aging fleet that supports American military operations overseas.
Air Force Gen. Randall Reed, Commander of United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), made the request in a prepared statement at a hearing Thursday of the Senate Armed Services Committee. He expressed concern about the advanced age and declining readiness of the Ready Reserve Force, which is critical...
Coast Guard removes protesters from RRF ship Cape Orlando
Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders received a report of a demonstration happening within the Oakland Harbor near a vessel, the MARAD Ready Reserve Force (RRF) RO/RO ship Cape Orlando, around 8:30 a.m., Friday.
According to the San Franciso Chronicle, the protest was against Israeli military actions in Gaza and the protestors believed the Cape Orlando was headed for Israel after a stop in Tacoma, Wash.
The last of three demonstrators who blocked a ladder of the US Cape Orlando ship...
U.S. Maritime Industry Needs Better Business Case to Offer More Support to DoD, Says Panel
MARAD Ready Reserve ships MV Cape Ray (T-AKR-9679), MV Cape Rise (T-AKR-9678) in port near Naval Station Norfolk, Va., on April 6, 2023. USNI News Photo
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The U.S. commercial maritime industry needs more business incentives to make changes that support the Defense Department’s requirements for sea lift, an industry panel said this week.
“When industry needs to step up, industry can,” said Jeff Dixon, president of shipping support company Tote Services, said at the 2023 Sea...
New Report Says US Navy Capacity Is “Very Weak”
By Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) US Congressman Mike Gallagher, a Republican member of the House Armed Services Committee, delivered a stark warning to American citizens yesterday in response to a…
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Crowley Completes First Vessel Acqusition for MARAD’s Ready Reserve Force
Jacksonville-based Crowley Maritime Corporation has completed its first vessel acquistion under its multi-year Vessel Acquisitions Management contract awarded last year by the U.S. Maritime Administration. Crowley is spearheading the acquisition…
Crowley Completes First Vessel Acquisition for U.S. Defense Sealifts
(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.; March 22, 2022) – Crowley has successfully managed the acquisition of the MV Honor, the first vessel acquisition under its contract to help recapitalize a sealift fleet with the U.S. Maritime Administration. With the forthcoming acquisition of the MV Freedom, vehicle carriers are part of the multi-year vessel acquisition and VAM_Stena_Honor and Freedom.jpgmanagement contract designed to help recapitalize the U.S. Ready...
New USTRANSCOM Commander is ‘Laser-Focused’ on Buying Secondhand Ships to Boost Military’s Surge Sealift
In her first major speech since taking over as commander of the U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) this month, Air Force Gen. Jacqueline D. Van Ovost committed the command to being…
FreightWaves Classics: Maritime Administration promotes US merchant marine
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) website, the Maritime Administration (MARAD) “promotes development and maintenance of an adequate, well-balanced, United States merchant marine, sufficient to carry the nation’s domestic waterborne commerce and a substantial portion of its waterborne foreign commerce, and capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency.”
In addition, MARAD is charged with ensuring that the U.S. has “adequate...