GAO Upholds RRF Contracts

GAO Upholds RRF Contracts

Five-Year MARAD Pacts Put AMO On 39 Of 74 Sealift Ships

      The General Accounting Office in September upheld Ready Reserve Force ship management contracts awarded by the Maritime Administration last May 4.
     The five-year agreements were to be effective Oct. 1, although vessel turnover was expected to take at least a month.
     The contracts were delayed by protests lodged with the GAO by six U.S.-flag ship operators. In response to the protests, MARAD extended its previous RRF contracts through September to give GAO-which conducts policy reviews and program audits for Congress-sufficient time to investigate and report on the complaints.
     Under the agreements sustained by the GAO, American Maritime Officers will provide the licensed officers on 39 of the 74 ships, with all but two designated by MARAD as first-tier, fast-breakout vessels with officers aboard while in reduced operating status, or ROS.
     AMO-contracted companies that were awarded RRF contracts May 4 were:

American Overseas Marine Inc., or AMSEA, which will manage the Cape Jacob, Cape John, Cape Johnson, Cape Juby, Cape Nome, Beaver State, Green Mountain State, Curtis and Wright.
Crowley Liner Services, which will manage the Cape Lambert, Cape Lobos, Cape Washington, Cape Wrath, Cape Inscription, Cape Intrepid, Cape Isabel and Cape Island.
Interocean Ugland Ship Management, which will manage the Chesapeake, Mount Washington, Petersburg, Potomac, Cape Fear, Cape May, Cape Mendocino, Cape Mohican, Flickertail State, Cornhusker State and Gopher State.
Ocean Ships Inc., which will manage the Alaina, Chattahoochee and Nodoway.
Pacific Gulf Marine Inc., which will manage the Cape Florida, Cape Flattery, Cape Farewell, Diamond State, Equality State, Gem State, Grand Canyon State and Keystone State.

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