MV Kalia

Motor Tanker Kalia (ex-Montauk) at sea.
History
Port of registry: Cyprus Cyprus
Yard number: 22[1]
Launched: August 1, 1999[2]
Identification:
General characteristics
Class and type: 1A1 ICE-1C Tanker for Oil ESP E0[5]
Tonnage: 3,457 GT[2]
Displacement: 5,780 metric tons[6]
Length: 357 feet 11 inches[6]
Beam: 52 feet 6 inches[6]
Draught: 18 feet 7 inches[6]
Speed: 12 knots[6]
Crew: 13[6]

MV Kalia (formerly the MV Montauk) is a small double-hulled oil tanker managed by Adminros Shipmanagement Company, Ltd. and registered under the flag of Cyprus.[1][7][8] The 109-meter-long ship has a nominal crew of 13 and can carry 30,000 barrels (4,770 m3) of oil.[6][7] While known as the MV Montauk, the ship was owned by the American company Sealift Incorporated, and sailed under long-term charter to the United States Military Sealift Command where it transported oil for the U.S. Department of Defense.[6]

History

Originally called the Bitten Theresa, construction on the ship began on February 28, 1998, when its keel was laid in Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkey.[1][9] The ship was built by the Turkish company Gemak Shipbuilding Industry and Trading S.A.[9] The build was finished in 1999, and in 2000, the American company Sealift Incorporated purchased the vessel, registered it under the United States flag, and renamed it Montauk.[9]

On November 27, 2000 the vessel was awarded a long-term charter by the US Navy Military Sealift Command.[10] This charter, previously held by T-1 tanker MV Valiant,[11] was a $10,751,304 firm fixed-price contract with reimbursables. [10] The hire made Montauk one of two tankers under long-term charter to MSC at the time,[9] and put Montauk under control of the Defense Energy Support Center, which procures fuel for U.S. military operations worldwide.[10] Options in the contract brought its estimated cumulative value to $27,730,162.[10] Military Sealift Command solicited more than 120 proposals for the charter and received five offers.[10]

As Montauk, the ship worked primarily near Japan and Korea.

In the charter's first three fiscal years, Montauk made over 125 voyages, providing shuttle service between suppliers and shallow-draft depots in South Korea and Japan.[12][13][14] The ship remained similarly tasked until 2006.[7][15]

On July 20, 2006, MSC announced that Montauk's charter had been awarded to the MV TransPacific.[16][17] The TransPacific charter, which commenced on October 1, 2006, was a one-year firm fixed-price contract of $6,879,520 with some operating costs reimbursable.[17] The contract included three additional one-year option periods and one 11-month option period which can total $25,589,458 including reimbursments.[17] The contract's base period ended in September 2007, but, if all options are exercised, the charter will continue until August 2011 .[17] This contract was competitively procured with more than 85 proposals solicited and three offers received.[17]

Sealift Incorporated protested the charter award with the Government Accounting Office (GAO), claiming that TransAtlantic Lines LLC understated its fuel-consumption costs.[18] The GAO denied this protest, as well as an additional technical complaint about what business entity actually employed crewmembers.[18]

On January 24, 2007, Ocean Tankers Holdings Public Company Limited purchased the ship and renamed it Kalia.[19] The purchase made Kalia the company's fourth tanker.[19] Ocean Tankers is a Cyprus-based ships-management and maintenance company, with a subsidiary company for each of its four ships.[20] Its subsidiary company Kalia Maritime Co Ltd, is registered in Cyprus and owns Kalia.[20]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 xVAS, 2009.
  2. 1 2 American Bureau of Shipping, SafeNet, 2007.
  3. ↑ University of the Aegean, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Montauk (21204)". Port State Information Exchange. United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
  5. ↑ Det Norske Veritas, Class, 2007.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Military Sealift Command, Ship Inventory, 2005.
  7. 1 2 3 Military Sealift Command, Annual Report, 2004.
  8. ↑ Bureau Veritas, 2007
  9. 1 2 3 4 Priolo, 2004.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) (2000-11-27). "DefenseLink: Contracts for November 27, 2000". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
  11. ↑ Military Sealift Command, Annual Report, 2000.
  12. ↑ Military Sealift Command, Annual Report, 2003.
  13. ↑ Military Sealift Command, Annual Report, 2002.
  14. ↑ Military Sealift Command, Annual Report, 2001.
  15. ↑ Military Sealift Command, Annual Report, 2006.
  16. ↑ American Maritime Officers (November 2008). "Vessel acquisition brings new jobs for AMO aboard Overseas Harriette". AMO Currents. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
  17. 1 2 Sealift, Inc., B-298588 (U.S. Government Accounting Office 2006-11-13).
  18. 1 2 World Maritime News, 2007.
  19. 1 2 Google Finance, 2009.

References

External images
Kalia pierside in Geneva, June 2009.
Kalia pierside in Gent, January 2009.
Kalia grounded at Guaiba Lake, September 2007.
Various photos at ocean-tankers.com
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