Description
The U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration (MARAD) is seeking qualified operators of various vessel types to act as General Agent for vessels owned, controlled, or time-chartered by MARAD. The selected General Agent will be responsible for managing and conducting the business of one or more Government-owned public vessels, including procurement, equipping, victualing, supplying, and repairing the vessel. The General Agent will also be responsible for hiring tugboats and pilots, paying canal tolls, and appointing port agents. The General Agent will be required to submit reports and returns as required by any government body with respect to the vessel. Key responsibilities include:
• Procuring the Master of the vessel and other personnel
• Equipping, victualing, supplying, and repairing the vessel
• Hiring tugboats and pilots, and paying canal tolls
• Appointing port agents
• Investigating accidents and preserving evidence
• Assisting the United States in handling, adjusting, settling, or litigating claims
• Abiding by and conforming to all government laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the vessel and its personnel
• Exercising due diligence to maintain the vessel in the highest classification of the American Bureau of Shipping for its type
• Keeping the vessel in a thoroughly efficient state in hull, machinery, equipment, personnel, and other particulars relating to seaworthiness
• Furnishing to the United States prompt notice and full information regarding casualties, accidents, or damage to the vessel
• Assisting the United States in obtaining and maintaining all appropriate and applicable certification and documentation for the vessel