MarAd Awards Contracts Totaling $2.7 Million For Repairs To RRF Ships

The Maritime Administration has awarded three contracts totaling some $2.7 million for repairs to three ships in the Ready Reserve Force (RRF).

The RRF is a special component of the National Defense Reserve Fleet. Merchant vessels in this category are funded by the U.S. Navy and maintained by MarAd in a high level of readiness, insuring that they can be activated and on berth prepared to take on cargo within five to 10 days.

The awards include a $1,889,177 contract to Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corporation for drydocking, repairs, and other work on the Santa Lucia. The 12,700-dwt breakbulk cargo vessel, built by Sun Shipbuilding in 1966, was among six ships acquired by the Navy for the RRF from Delta Steamship Lines last year. The work is scheduled to be completed in 67 days Weldtest, Inc. of Port Arthur, Texas, received a $527,840 contract for topside repairs and other work to bring the Gulf Merchant up to RRF standards. To be performed at Orange, Texas, the work will include special survey items required by the American Bureau of Shipping, a biennial inspection by the U.S.

Coast Guard, topside blasting and coating, and repairs to oil/water separator equipment.

Levingston Shipbuilding Company of Orange was awarded a $298,235 contract for topside repairs and other work on the Gulf Trader. This work is also designed to bring the vessel up to RRF standards, and involves a special annual ABS survey, topside blasting and painting, and the installation of an oil/water separator.

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