MV Transpacific
{{other ships|Transpacific (ships)}}
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|+MV Transpacific (T-1) {{Infobox ship image |Ship image=Image:MTTranspacific.jpg |Ship caption=Motor Tanker Transpacific }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship name= |Ship owner=TransAtlantic Lines LLC |Ship operator= |Ship registry={{Flagicon|United States}} New York |Ship route=Japan, Okinawa, Marshall Islands, Korea |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Çelik Tekne Shipyard |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number=30 |Ship way number= |Ship laid down=December 29, 1999 |Ship launched=August 2, 2000 |Ship completed=October 2000 |Ship christened= |Ship acquired= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship identification=*Call sign: WDD4592 |Ship fate= |Ship status=In service{{cite ship register |register=PSIX |shipname=Transpacific|id=857734|accessdate=April 26, 2013}} |Ship notes=Originally ordered by Turcas Petrolculuk A.S. }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= 1A1 ICE-1C Tanker for Oil ESP E0
|Ship displacement=7,587 metric tons |Ship length={{convert|109.1|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|16.03|m|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship depth= |Ship decks= |Ship deck clearance= |Ship ramps= |Ship ice class= |Ship sail plan= |Ship power=3 Yanmar 6N165L diesel generators |Ship propulsion={{convert|2,000|hp|abbr=on}} MAN AG B&W model 8L27/38 high-speed diesel |Ship notes= Has a controllable-pitch propeller and a tunnel-type bow thruster with 300kW of power. }} |
MV Transpacific (2006 - 2012), also known as Bonito (2002 - 2006), also known as Turcas II (2001 - 2002), also known as Nikolay Shalavin (2001){{csr|register=MSI|id=9217321|shipname=Bonito |accessdate=8 October 2021}} is an oil tanker under long-term charter to the United States Military Sealift Command (MSC).[https://web.archive.org/web/20051123032904/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 November 19, 2006 to September 30, 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]{{dead link|date=April 2013}}
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 |access-date=September 26, 2007 |author=American Maritime Officers |date=November 2004 |work=AMO Currents |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720230429/http://www.amo-union.org/Newspaper/Morgue/11-2004/Sections/news/sagamore.htm |archive-date=July 20, 2006 }}
From 2001 to 2002 the ship was known as MT Turcas II. It was sold on March 15, 2002 to Swedish company Donsötank for $9.5 million.{{Cite web |url=http://www.shiplink.info/images/sale2002.htm |title=ShipLink.info |access-date=March 10, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080301162723/http://www.shiplink.info/images/sale2002.htm |archive-date=March 1, 2008 |url-status=dead }}[http://timesb2b.com/shipping/march2002/blue.html Times Shipping Journal] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061202100936/http://timesb2b.com/shipping/march2002/blue.html |date=December 2, 2006 }} Donsö Shipping KB owned the ship, then known as MT Bonito, until 2006. In 2006, the ship was bought by the company Goldcup D 1862 AB. TransAtlantic Lines LLC then bought it for $13,000,000.[http://www.shipgaz.com/facts_statistics/2007/Secondhand_transactions_2006.pdf Scandinavian Shipping Gazette, 2006.] {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
From 2001 to 2006, the ship was operated by the company Rederi AB Donsötank,
Sealift 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, 20 July 2006 |access-date=March 9, 2008 |author=Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) |date=July 20, 2006 |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 |author-link=American Maritime Officers |date=November 2008 |title=Vessel acquisition brings new jobs for AMO aboard Overseas Harriette |journal=AMO Currents |url=http://www.amo-union.org/newspaper/morgue/11-2006/Sections/News/sealift.htm |access-date=March 10, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721033352/http://www.amo-union.org/newspaper/morgue/11-2006/Sections/News/sealift.htm |archive-date=July 21, 2011 }} Sealift Incorporated protested the charter award with the Government Accounting Office (GAO), claiming that TransAtlantic Lines understated its fuel-consumption costs.{{cite court
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}} 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
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}}{{failed verification |date=April 2013}} 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,
- Hokkaido, 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.
See also
{{Portal|Transport}}
Notes
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References
- {{cite web |url=http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/Federal/judicial/dc/opinions/99opinions/99-5088a.pdf |format=PDF|title=Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia |access-date=September 26, 2007 |date=January 11, 2000 }}{{failed verification |date=April 2013}}
- {{csr|register=DNV|id=25183|shipname=Transpacific}}{{failed verification |date=April 2013}}
External links
{{External media
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|image1=[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 21 September 2000.
|image2=[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.
|image3=[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.
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080303002201/http://www.celiktekne.com.tr/shipbuildinglist.php Ship list at Çelik Tekne Shipyard]
- [http://www.turcas.com.tr/en/ Turcas Petrolculuk A.S.]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081028152338/http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=189&type=LongtermCharteredTanker TransPacific at MSC Ship Inventory]
- [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]
- [http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/federal-claims/cofce/1:2007cv00627/22615/42/ Sealift Inc. protest of 2006 contract award]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110930090520/http://www.winston.com/siteFiles/Publications/Benedicts_Maritime_Bulletin_Papavizas.pdf Reflagging a Vessel for Military Use--Is the Cargo Preference Act Toothless?]
- [https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=dfe3bcc84bc08afc817a848c2fbfadf6&tab=core&_cview=1 April 2011 charter award]
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