Description
The Military Sealift Command (MSC) is seeking information about the price and availability of clean, U.S. or foreign-flagged, double-hull, shallow draft tankers with segregated ballast tanks that are capable of carrying 40,000 BBLS of JP8, JP5 MUR, or/and F76 within the vessel's natural segregation in designated cargo tanks with double-valve isolation. The primary mission of the vessel is to transport clean petroleum in support of the Defense Logistics Agency - Energy. The charter period is 90 days, and the place of delivery and redelivery is the Western Pacific/Sea of Japan, with the option to choose the port. Interested parties are required to provide company information, vessel and rate information, and other details.
• The vessel must have a maximum length of 108 meters, a maximum DWT of 8,000 MT, and a maximum draft of 10 meters with 40,000 BBLS of JP8.
• The vessel must have a minimum of 3 segregations with double-valve isolation and a minimum SOA of 12 knots in moderate weather.
• The vessel must be fitted with a minimum of four mooring lines on power drums at each end of the vessel and a 3-ton boom or crane that is capable of reaching both port and starboard.
• The vessel must have a minimum loading arm height of 8.22 meters and a rail at the manifold that is of sufficient strength to support the weight of a six-inch cargo hose during cargo operation at an offshore mooring.