U.S. Military Sealift Command

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...

https://news.usni.org/2023/04/07/u-s-maritime-industry-needs-better-business-case-to-offer-more-support-to-dod-says-panel

Crowley Voyages To Successful Arctic Delivery

Carriers across all modes face down challenges every day, fighting traffic in crowded cities or driving vast distances to remote locations. But when Crowley Government Services Inc. got a contract to haul jet fuel to a U.S. Air Force base in the Arctic Circle, it had to jump through more hoops than usual, reports DC Velocity.

Finding a specialized ship

The first challenge was to find a specialized ship for the job. In this case, Crowley contracted the Stena Polaris, which it then leased to the...

https://mfame.guru/crowley-voyages-to-successful-arctic-delivery/

Indian Navy Expanding to Meet China Threat, Better Team With Allies

The INS ‘Nilgiri’, the first of Indian Navy’s seven new stealth frigates, in Mumbai on September 28, 2019. Indian Navy Photo

For most of its existence, the Indian Navy has been in a state of perpetual modernization. Due to its major shipbuilding programs’ long schedules and the continual need to replace older platforms with new ones – especially submarines – Delhi has been unable to meet its shipbuilding goals.

Since 1948 the Indians have wanted a two-carrier navy with a fleet of 142 ships. While...

https://news.usni.org/2022/07/20/indian-navy-expanding-to-meet-china-threat-better-team-with-allies

India Considering Repairing U.S. Military Sealift Ships Following 2+2 Dialogue

Australian, Indian and U.S. ships sail past each other as fixed-wing aircraft from the India and U.S. navies conduct a flyover during Malabar 2020 on Nov. 20, 2020. US Navy Photo

The United States and India are weighing the potential to maintain and fix U.S. Military Sealift Command ships in Indian shipyards, the State Department announced this week.

Following a dialogue between Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Tony Blinken and their Indian counterparts, the State Department...

https://news.usni.org/2022/04/13/india-considering-repairing-u-s-military-sealift-ships-following-22-dialogue

Threats to Merchant Ships Growing; Mariners Face Pirates, Lethal Drones

USS Lassen (DDG-82) escorts the merchant vessel Tomahawk through the Strait of Hormuz on Nov. 18, 2019. US Navy Photo

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Electronic spoofing, jammed communications and navigation systems, armed drone attacks and pirates are challenges American crews on U.S.- flagged ships in the Ready Reserve Force and Military Sealift Command already face, a panel of maritime experts said Wednesday.

Communications are especially vulnerable in MARAD’s fleet because those ships “rely on...

https://news.usni.org/2021/08/05/threats-to-merchant-ships-growing-mariners-face-pirates-lethal-drones

TRANSCOM Rethinking Sealift in Future Conflict for New Study

Expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Brunswick (T-EPF 6) departs Naval Base Guam, passing the MSC expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Fall River (T-EPF 4) and marking the start of Pacific Partnership 2019. Navy photo

A military mobility study due out in June will place a greater emphasis on smaller, lower-draft vessels that will ferry supplies, troops and vehicles inside a theater, U.S. Transportation Command’s top general said on Tuesday.

The upcoming TRANSCOM Mobility Capability Study, the...

https://news.usni.org/2021/05/25/transcom-rethinking-sealift-in-future-conflict-for-new-study

PEO Ships Preparing to Usher in Several New Ship Classes

The guided-missile destroyer USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) sails in the Arabian Sea. Bainbridge is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region. US Navy photo.

The Program Executive Office for Ships is bracing for a range of new ship classes to join the fleet in the coming years and is taking steps to ensure the requirements and acquisition communities, and the industrial base, are ready for all the new...

https://news.usni.org/2021/01/20/peo-ships-preparing-to-usher-in-several-new-ship-classes

Hospital Ship USNS Mercy Tied Up in Maintenance, Can’t Deploy for COVID Relief

USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) arrives in San Diego on May 15, 2020. US Navy Photo

Despite worsening COVID-19 infection rates on the West Coast and discussion among local leaders in California about the state requesting a Navy hospital ship to ease the strain on area hospitals, the Navy’s West Coast hospital ship is in maintenance and unavailable for tasking for the next couple months.

USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) has been undergoing major structural work since July, with the ship ripped wide open at times during...

https://news.usni.org/2021/01/05/hospital-ship-usns-mercy-tied-up-in-maintenance-cant-deploy-for-covid-relief

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