Description
The Military Sealift Command Norfolk, Strategic Sealift Program Support Office, is conducting a market survey to gather information about the price and availability of clean, U.S. or foreign-flagged, double-hull tankers with an inert gas system and segregated ballast tanks. The primary mission of the vessel is to transport clean petroleum in support of the Defense Logistics Agency - Energy. The intended loading port is Deer Park, TX, and the intended discharge port is Namsen Statland, Norway. The cargo description is 235,000 BBLS JP5.
* The vessel must have a minimum capacity of 235,000 BBLS of JP5 within the vessel's natural segregation in designated cargo tanks with double-valve isolation.
* The vessel's age shall be less than 20 years for the duration of the charter.
* The vessel must have a maximum LOA of 243.82 meters, a maximum beam of 32.30 meters, and a maximum DWT of 51,000 MT.
* All vessels with a DWT greater than 35,000 MT are required to have one escort tug and one standby tug while transiting from Trondheim Fjord to and from Namsen Statland, Norway.