SIU-contracted Maersk Line, Limited has issued the following news release:
MLL Adds Tanker to U.S. Flag Fleet to Support U.S. Government Customers
ARLINGTON, Va., 27 August 2008: Maersk Line, Limited (MLL) has completed the purchase of a 47,000 DWT product tanker (pictured above) to add to its U.S. flag vessel fleet. The M/T MARCO, which will be reflagged as the MAERSK MICHIGAN in early September, is a 182-meter double hull medium-range tanker built in 2003. The ship will provide U.S. government customers, such as the Defense Energy Support Center, with expanded petroleum transport capacity around the world.
"The addition of MAERSK MICHIGAN represents our commitment to expanding our U.S. flag fleet and to providing U.S. government customers with strategic tanker capacity where it is needed most," said Steve Carmel, MLL's Senior Vice President of Maritime Services. "We are also proud that the ship will add new jobs and capacity to the overall U.S. flag fleet."
The ship is crewed in all licensed and unlicensed positions by the American Maritime Officers and Seafarers International Union, resulting in the creation of 19 new positions for U.S. merchant mariners. "This vessel clearly and strongly reflects the company's commitment to both the American flag and U.S. crews," said Seafarers International Union Executive Vice President Augie Tellez.
About Maersk Line, Limited
Maersk Line, Limited (MLL) is an American company that provides U.S. government agencies and their prime contractors with comprehensive maritime and transportation services around the globe. With the unparalleled experience, expertise and intermodal resources of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, MLL utilizes industry-leading technology to provide reliable, cost-effective transportation and maritime solutions. MLL's fleet of U.S. flag container, tanker, dry-bulk, combination and roll-on/roll-off ships transports more U.S. government cargo in support of military and humanitarian missions than any other U.S. company. As a global maritime services leader, we also manage and operate more U.S. government vessels than any other private entity. We leverage commercially proven and customized chartering, crewing, maintenance and sustainment strategies to the advantage of our government customers.
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