Norfolk-based Maersk Line Ltd., the U.S.-flag unit of A.P. Moller Group, will handle Bobo Class vessels for the U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command’s prepositioning program.
The ships, crewed by civilian mariners, are stowed with military equipment and supplies and kept prepared for rapid availability during military and humanitarian relief operations.
Earlier [in July], Maersk Line Ltd. won an up to $71.5 million, nearly five-year contract to charter an ice-strengthened tanker to support the command, and it won a $66 million contract to operate and maintain two command ships in April.