industry shipping founded 1975 1 headquarters oyster bay ny usa key people john raggio chairman and chief executive officer ragnar knutsen alan alder fred isaksen website http www.sealiftinc.com sealift incorporated is an american shipping company based in oyster bay new york . 2 the privately held corporation was founded in 1975 by the four owners who remain the principal executives . 1 sealift inc. is one of the largest ocean contractors for transporting u.s. food aid and participates in the voluntary intermodal sealift agreement . 1 between the start of fiscal 2000 and the first quarter of 2008 sealift inc. was awarded us 402 151 046 in contracts . 3 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 10 000 tonnes deadweight dwt . separate from the main fleet prior to october 2016 the company also owned and operated the ex us navy msc hsv 2 swift . however on the 1st of october 2016 the swift which was at the time on lease to the united arab emirates national marine dredging company and the uae military was reported to have been sunk by an anti ship missile in the bab el mandeb strait off the coast of yemen . sealift inc has collective bargaining agreements with the seafarer s international union and the american maritime officers union . 4 contents 1 history 2 fleet 3 notes 4 references 5 external links history edit originally a shipbrokerage house specializing in paper rice and general cargo sealift inc operated breakbulk liner services to the mediterranean and from brazil . 2 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 . 2 sealift inc. is one of the largest ocean contractors for transporting u.s. food aid and participates in the voluntary intermodal sealift agreement . 1 this program also known as visa supplies the pentagon with private cargo vessels which it can use to support contingency deployments . 1 the program saves the government the cost of maintaining a large fleet that would be idle in peacetime . 1 in 2003 the company was awarded an emergency three month 4 million contract from usaid to provide freight service to iraq . 1 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 edit sealift inc. fleet name 5 type 5 built 5 gt 5 dwt 5 mv advantage 6 container general july 1 1977 18 296 27 750 mv ascension 7 general january 1 1993 3 972 4 152 mv capt. steven l. bennett t ak 4296 8 container october 1 1984 29 226 41 812 mv tsgt john a. chapman 9 container january 1 1978 26 409 27 192 ss cleveland 10 general october 1 1969 15 836 22 568 mv maj bernard f fisher 11 container 1985 34 318 34 100 mv harriette 12 bulk carrier april 1 1978 15 531 25 952 mv noble star 13 container general july 1 1977 16 840 24 792 mv marilyn 14 bulk carrier april 1 1978 15 531 25 952 mv sagamore 9 container general july 11 1996 3 838 5 151 mv strong virginian 15 general 1984 16 169 21 541 ss wilson 1968 16 general july 1 1969 15 836 22 568 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 . 17 ranging from 12 to 39 years of age . 17 the two steamships ss wilson 1968 and ss cleveland 1968 are the oldest having been built in 1969 . 17 the newest ship is the mv sagamore which was built in 1996 . 17 the average age for all of sealift s ships is slightly over 27 years . 17 the company s fleet has a capacity of over 250 000 tonnes deadweight dwt . 17 the mv capt. steven l. bennett t ak 4296 and mv maj bernard f fisher are the two largest at 41 812 t dwt and 34 100 t dwt respectively . 17 the company operates two small ships under 10 000 dwt the mv ascension and the mv sagamore . 17 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 . 18 but sold the ship to the cypriot company kalia maritime co. ltd. on february 1 2007 . 19 from late 2013 sealift also owned and operated the hsv 2 swift but she was reportedly lost to enemy action off the coast of yemen on the 1st of october 2016 while under lease to the uae who were using her for logistics and related activities as part of the yemeni crisis . notes edit a b c d e f g windfalls of war the center for public integrity . retrieved 2007 10 08 . a b c sealift inc 2008 home page . a b c usaspending.gov 2008 contracts to sealift holdings inc fy 2000 2008 . american maritime officers november 2004 . non union operator wins charter held by sagamore . amo currents . retrieved 2007 09 26 . a b c d e sealift inc 2008 u.s. flag vessels . advantage 7719224 . abs record . american bureau of shipping . retrieved 2007 10 10 . mv ascension at american bureau of shipping . abs record . retrieved 2007 10 08 . dead link capt. steven l. bennett 8403975 . abs record . american bureau of shipping . retrieved 2008 05 04 . a b tsgt john a. chapman t ak 323 7806279 . abs record . american bureau of shipping . retrieved 2007 10 10 . cleveland 6902052 . abs record . american bureau of shipping . retrieved 2007 10 10 . mv bernard f. fisher 247275 . port state information exchange . united states coast guard . retrieved 2008 05 04 . harriette 7802251 . abs record . american bureau of shipping . retrieved 2007 10 10 . noble star 7802251 . abs record . american bureau of shipping . retrieved 2007 10 10 . marilyn 7802269 . abs record . american bureau of shipping . retrieved 2007 10 10 . strong virginian vn92010190 . port state information exchange . united states coast guard . retrieved 2008 05 04 . wilson 6908224 . abs record . american bureau of shipping . retrieved 2007 10 10 . a b c d e f g h citations for individual ship statistics shown in table to the right . american maritime officers 1999 . sealift inc. tanker added to amo fleet . american maritime officer . american maritime officers . retrieved 2008 05 04 . montauk 9941794 . abs record . american bureau of shipping . retrieved 2007 10 10 . references edit sealift inc. 2008 . home page . sealift incorporated . retrieved 2008 05 04 . sealift inc. 2008 . u.s. flag vessels . sealift incorporated . retrieved 2008 05 04 . usaspending.gov 2008 01 15 . contracts to sealift holdings inc fy 2000 2008 . united states of america . retrieved 2008 05 04 . external links edit company profile at det norske veritas current mv virginian contract hsv swift contract containership contract mv bennett charter renewal mv bennett at fas.org mv merlin renamed to mv chapman mv fisher at msc mv bennett at msc v t e ships of sealift incorporated current fleet mv advantage mv ascension mv capt. steven l. bennett mv chapman mv cleveland mv maj. bernard f. fisher mv harriette mv marilyn mv noble star mv sagamore mv virginian ss wilson former ships mv montauk v t e united states flag shipping companies ship operators apl farrell lines hapag lloyd usa intermarine maersk line limited matson inc. overseas shipholding group sealift transatlantic lines waterman steamship corporation tug and barge operators bouchard transportation crowley maritime foss maritime kirby trailer bridge retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sealift incorporated & oldid 742290835 categories shipping companies of the united statescontainer shipping companies of the united statescompanies based in nassau county new yorkamerican companies established in 19751975 establishments in new yorkprivate military 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