Persian Gulf
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- Cost Of Naval Operations In Persian Gulf Region Continues To Escalate Maritime Reporter, Dec 1990 #32
Supplemental Funding Package Likely The projected cost for U.S. naval operations related to Operation Desert Shield through September 30 has more than doubled—from $230-million to $490-million —according to figures released by the Pentagon recently. Pentagon officials attributed the increase to various factors, including a $10-per-barrel increase in the price of oil, increased operating tempo for ship steaming and aircraft flight operations and additional personnel costs required by the call-up of Reserve units. The skyrocketing costs of U.S.
operations in the Persian Gulf region has increased the likelihood t h a t Congress will be asked to approve a supplemental appropriations bill soon after it reconvenes.
The combination of increased ship steaming and aircraft flight operations will add $175- million to the overall bill for Desert Shield, the Pentagon says. Deployed ships usually only steam for 51 days per quarter but, those ships currently deployed as part of the "intercept" effort—designed to enforce U.N. mandated sanctions against Iraq—are expected to increase steaming to 90 days per quarter, a 76% increase.
Navy involvement in the deployment of other U.S. forces is also increasing Service costs.
The eight SL-7 class Fast Sealift ships being used to transport equipment to Saudi Arabia have cost $34-million to activate, crew, equip and deploy. The activation and operation of 16 Roll-On Roll-Off ships from the ready reserve fleet has cost an additional $95-million. A further $9-million in added costs has resulted from the activation and deployment of two Navy prepositioned ships required mainly for aviation logistics support.
The skyrocketing costs of Desert Shield and the looming end of the fiscal year will most likely cause the President to seek a supplemental funding package, Pentagon officials say. The DOD will have three options to fund operation in the Persian Gulf. These include seeking a supplemental appropriation; reprogramming funds between existing programs and soliciting contributions from foreign nations.
Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams said there "is some cost sharing going on" but declined to specify what countries were giving and how much they have contributed. Mr.
Williams also noted t h a t it would be possible for the President to utilize a little known law, the so-called "Feed and Forage Act" of 1861 that would allow DOD to "spend now and send Congress the bill later." This act has been used by DOD seven times since 1963, often due to late appropriations, he said.
Mr. Williams also noted that naval forces of other nations are actively participating in the U.S. organized blockade of Iraqi and other regional ports. However, while U.S. ships have boarded several vessels to examine cargo and determine destination, Mr. Williams said he was unaware of any boardings undertaken by foreign naval vessels. The multinational naval force now in the Gulf or on its way to the region represents the largest such flotilla in recent history. The Pentagon estimated the cost of the Desert Shield operation in Saudi Arabia to be $2.5-billion through the end of the fiscal year. In early August the cost was estimated at $1.8-billion. The cost includes support for ground troops, reserve call-up and deployment of three aircraft carrier battle groups to the area.
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- Titan Is Challenged In Persian Gulf Maritime Reporter, Mar 2001 #31
Titan Maritime recently had its expertise put to the test with the wreck removal operation of a 426 x 105 x 28 ft. (130 x 32 x 8.5 m), 7,279 grt materials barge. The vessel was transiting the area of Mina Saqr Port in Ras A1 Khaimah, United Arab Emirates on February 3 when it capsized and sank with
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- Seventeen Additional RRF Vessels Activated For Persian Gulf Crisis Maritime Reporter, Jan 1991 #53
maintained by MarAd, have been ordered into activation by the Military Sealift Command (MSC) to help support the U.S. military men and women in the Persian Gulf. The total number of RRF vessels in activation status to date is 65 of the 96- vessel fleet. Of the 17 new vessels activated, 16 are breakbulk
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- Sources Of U.S. Oil Imports And U.S. Oil Companies' Role In The Mideast Maritime Reporter, Mar 1991 #48
today are both far smaller than they were 20 years ago. Oil Supply Data Sources Of U.S. Oil Imports Before The Embargo Of Iraq/Kuwait Oil The Persian Gulf supplied 25.3 percent of the crude oil and petroleum products imported into the United States from January to July 1990: 8.2 percent from Iraq
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- IMPROVING CURRENT STRATEGIC SEALIFT CAPABILITIES Maritime Reporter, Nov 1991 #64
a dramatic practical test. According to the Military Sealift Command, as of April 15, 1991, 10 million tons of cargo had been shipped to the Persian Gulf. The ships utilized for this massive operation, as shown in table 2, were chartered from U.S. and foreign-flag commercial operators or activated
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- Appropriations Conference Approves Use Of Foreign Ships For Ready Reserve Force Maritime Reporter, Nov 1991 #39
the purpose of enhancing our nation's sealift capability. They are too old and too slow and lack many of the required de- sign features. As the Persian Gulf war proved, the military needs ships that have 24-knot speed capability and are maintained in a reduced operating status to ensure quick deliverabil
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- Gulf Crisis Confirms Need For Global Naval Force Maritime Reporter, Feb 1991 #40
Sealift Program Receiving $1.3 Billion Editor's Note: The U.S., like its European Community and Japanese counterparts, is dependent upon the Persian Gulf for a large percentage of its oil needs. In recently published comments, Commander W.H. Nelson, U.S. Navy, a strategic analyst at the Center for
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- 24/7 Voyage Security Risk Assessment … at the click of a mouse Maritime Reporter, Mar 2020 #62
maritime security incidents in West Africa, ‘Gulf of Guinea 2007-2018’; and several publications assessing the ever-changing security situation in the Persian Gulf and Iran, including a decision brief produced in June 2018, ‘Tanker transits through the Persian Gulf’; a July 2019 Whitepaper, ‘Shipping operations
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- M.A.N.-GHH Completes Floating Dock For Iran Maritime Reporter, Jan 1986 #8
construction yard of M.A.N.'s Machinery, Plant and Systems Division (M.A.N.-GHH) on the Weser River. The dock had been ordered by Iran for the Persian Gulf Shipyard Project (PGSP) at a contract price of approximately $18 million. Immediately after launching the dock, named Dolphin, was taken over
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- Intermarine USA Launches Second Navy Minehunter Maritime Reporter, May 1992 #72
the Navy for Reserve Affairs. The ship is a larger version of the successful Lerici Class Italian Minehunters that were so effective in the Persian Gulf mine clearance during Operation Desert Storm. The Heron is 188 feet long, 890 metric tons in weight and built entirely of flexible and resilient
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- NOR-SHIPPING "91 Maritime Reporter, May 1991 #26
Oslo-Based Shipping Conference & Exhibition Expected To Be Largest In Years June 11-14 With the settling of hositilities in the Persian Gulf, the shipping community is once again able to turn its attention to such critical marine industry issues as ship finance, environmental and safety consideratio
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- Newport News Signs Letter Of Intent To Build 600,000-DWT Nuclear-Propelled Tankers Maritime Reporter, Feb 15, 1977 #10
.) These ships would be delivered toward the end of 1985, 1986 and 1987. It is proposed that the vessels would carry crude oil from the Arabian/Persian Gulf to the offshore U.S. terminals which are proposed for completion in 1979/1980. These tankers could also bring oil to the United States from
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May 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 47MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND CELEBRATES 75 his year marks Military Sealift Command’s 75th Savannah, Georgia, to the Persian Gulf. By the end of the war, anniversary of service to the Navy and Defense 459 shiploads had moved 945,000 pieces of unit equipment Department. MSC’s celebration recognizes the
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January 2023 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 15delivered ? ve UT- support vessel. We have presence here in the US Gulf, Mexico, 771 CDLs both in Cosco Guangzhou and Cosco Zhoushan West Africa, the Persian Gulf, Central America and Guyana. shipyards. We also delivered out of the yard six WP class UT- 771’s, and we hybridized those in the yard prior to delivery
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February 2021 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 49the reliability and who served tours of duty in the South Atlantic, Paci? c and ef? ciency of davit systems to perform repetitive missions Persian Gulf where energy security was a priority, as well as at sea in a failsafe manner, as well as effective follow-up carried out patrols in British and
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March 2020 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 72aircraft can and cannot do. The cascading effects threat of closure or denial at the core of its asymmetric war for other critical SLOCs, from the Persian Gulf to the ever strategy. In a 2019 statement in response to the U.S. plan to increasingly more accessible Arctic routes, could be severe if end
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March 2020 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 63? ce; after the next 8 hours, Singapore veri? cation, analysis and assessment. in the Persian Gulf and Iran, including takes over. The Risk Intelligence System includes a decision brief produced in June 2018, Risk Intelligence has a broad range threat assessments on all relevant coun- ‘Tanker
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October 2019 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 21escalation of the situation as around half of all seaborne crude oil in 2019 from 9m to 4m DWT. uct tankers will be employed to transport in the Persian Gulf would have a severe is transported through the Strait of Hor- In contrast to the disappointing de- the product to where it is needed. impact on
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October 2019 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 20tensions have led to disruptions to the tanker shipping in- BIMCO: Tanker Shipping, Fleet Growth dustry and all other ships trading in the Persian Gulf. Tensions have risen fol- lowing the expiry of waivers to the U.S. Our Core Purpose... is to Create. imposed Iran sanctions, as well as at- tacks
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April 2019 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 18Laid Up PSV AHTS AHT Crew Boat/ Oceangoing Standby/ Fast Supply Tug ERRV South-East Asia 38.2% 27.3% 28.8% 29.1% 19.5% 31.6% Persian Gulf 25.5% 22.5% 12.2% 8.3% 15.7% 38.5% Gulf of Mexico 41.3% 48.2% 60.6% 27.8% 20.9% 100.0% Northwest Europe 18.3% 31.7% 8.7% 6.4% 7.0%
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May/Jun 2017 - Maritime Logistics Professional page: 11on the JV by June 28, 2017. a year on global trade lanes. On May 31, 2017, the Big Three announced that their UASC was established in 1976 by six Persian Gulf states: new company would be named the Ocean Network Express Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab (ONE). Subject to global
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February 2017 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 48Design Offshore Innovation Vard A Real ‘Riverboat’ Central Asia is a booming oil region not far from the Persian Gulf. Energy companies ply the big lake to rack up stag- gering barrel counts at elephantine oil? elds with names like Tengiz (Kazakhstan) or Kashagan (Azerbaijan). Painstak- ing, oil-fueled
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July 2016 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 54for global operation, the Designed by Robert Allan, the new Oriental Jubilee took its maiden voy- escort tug measures 40.2 x 16m, beam, age to the Persian Gulf in the middle and will provide tug services to Nor- of June. wegian state-owned energy company Statoil, at the far-north terminal located at
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October 2015 - Marine News page: 32Edge ‘Sentry’ Aluminum Model on Guard Because of threats from ISIS and tensions in Syria and In late July, Brunswick Commercial and Government the Persian Gulf, Middle Eastern demand for maritime se- Products delivered the ? rst-of-its-kind, 30-foot Sentry alu- curity vessels will remain steady, Swiftships
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June 2015 - Marine News page: 38and enforcement the Horn of Africa. The company’s PBs monitor the con- operations to the City of Decatur, Alabama. The 25’ pur- tinental shelf in the Persian Gulf, and its CPCs are used pose built mission speci? c RIB will be used by the Deca- to combat terrorism and militant threats. Both models tur Police
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September 1977 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 42of the crane. The order for the pontoon was placed by the crane manufacturer—M.A.N., Nur- emberg/Gustavsburg. The pontoon is for use in the Persian Gulf and has an approximate length of 169 feet, a width of 79 feet, a lateral height of 13 feet, and a draft of 7.7 feet. With an engine power
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September 1977 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 40station and the Indian Ocean sat- ellite next year will close a gap in coverage of the MARISAT Sys- tem between the Straits of Malac- ca and the Persian Gulf. The Atlantic and Pacific MAR- ISAT satellites have been provid- ing high-quality telex, telephone, facsimile and data communica- tions at
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Q3 2014 - Maritime Logistics Professional page: 548 million tons of fuel to Vietnam. MSC ships also transported troops to Vietnam, which marked the last use of MSC troop ships. During the rst Persian Gulf War?s Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, MSC ships delivered more than 12 million tons of wheeled and tracked vehicles, helicopters, ammuni-
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October 15, 1977 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 44installation and commis- sioning services if required. CCL Shipcare Limited is based in Win- chester. Other work bases are in Egypt and Persian Gulf, and the company is repre- sented in Glasgow, Copenhagen, Rotterdam, Goteborg, Oslo, New York, Houston, New Orleans, Singapore, Piraeus, and
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October 15, 1977 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 34this year, and the fourth and last will be deliv- ered on schedule at the end of this year. All three new ships are now op- erating between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean. The Hittin is number 28 in a series of 32 tankers of this size and type building at Gotaverken Arendal. The Hittin
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October 15, 1977 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 19provide the first commercial services via the Indian Ocean MARISAT satellite. This will close a gap in coverage of the MARISAT System between the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Malacca, and expand MARISAT public communications services to the three major oceans of the world. Capacity increased in
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February 15, 1980 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 6for the Submarine Building Program at General Dynamics' Quincy Yard, and as shipyard manager in charge of the Naval Shipyard at Bushier in the Persian Gulf. Before joining Jackson, Mr. Sand- ers was shipyard manager for the Braswell Yard in Boston, Mass. Jackson Engineering is under- going a
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March 15, 1980 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 24and support organi- zation, with special MARISAT coordination depots and engineering support centers in Singapore, Rotterdam, New York, Panama, the Persian Gulf, and Tokyo. Our world- wide organization allows the JUE-5A to be installed almost anywhere with minimal fuss and bother. We offer full installation
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March 15, 1980 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 14in the offshore field. In 1974, he was named Group vice president of Oceanic's North Sea Group. ARAMCO Orders Voith Water Tractor For Persian Gulf Service The Singapore Slipway ship- yard has received an order from ARAMCO for the construction of a Voith-Schneider propelled ves- sel
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June 2014 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 68, but it was never seriously damaged. In total, the Brown made 13 voyages during and immediately after World War II. Her maiden voyage was to the Persian Gulf, carrying military equipment for Russia. Most of the rest of the ship’s wartime voyages were to the Mediterranean Sea, including duty dur- ing
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June 2014 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 55100% (1/1) Europe - North Sea 86.3% (82/95) 89% (81/91) 89.9% (80/89) Mediterranean 66.7% (10/15) 77.8% (14/18) 70.6% (12/17) MidEast - Persian Gulf 77.6% (90/116) 83.9% (94/112) 84.8% (89/105) MidEast - Red Sea 64.7% (11/17) 81.3% (13/16) 80% (12/15) N. America - Canadian Arctic