Download or read book A Time to Consider Alternative Sources of Quick response Sealift Capability written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the event of hostilities, the Department of Defense (DOD) must be ready to ship hundreds of thousands of tons of military equipment, supplies, and subsistence items to overseas locations. Many commodities shipped are unsuitable for transporting in modern containerships, and many ports lack the sophisticated facilities needed to accommodate these containerships. Self-sufficient ships, with cranes and cargo handling equipment, are needed. However, the maritime industry is retiring most of these older self-contained ships and replacing them with with containerships which cannot be unloaded at many strategic ports. In order to fill this gap, some self-contained ships are being maintained in a reduced operational status at a unnecessarily high cost to DOD. The Navy has required the Military Sealift Command (MSC) to make 10 self-sustaining dry cargo ships available to receive cargo within 10 days in the event of a contingency. In an effort to meet this requirement, MSC has begun a program of placing chartered commercial ships in a reduced operational status when not required for routine military sealift missions. A number of of self-sustaining ships in the National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) recently have been upgraded to provide quick-response capability. The cost to maintain quick-response capability in NDRF is far less than the cost to charter commercial ships, and the response time of reserve ships is within the time frame specified by the Navy. Planned further strengthening of NDRF, coupled with the commercial sealift capability pledged to DOD under its Sealift Readiness Program, are additional reasons to evaluate the costs and effectiveness of the various alternatives for providing standby shipping capability. Also, fluctuations in the number of ships in a reduced operating status (at times only a single ship) raise some question about the degree of reliance that can be placed on this alternative as a source of immediate response. Discontinuing the reduced operating status concept could save an estimated $3 million to $6 million a year and would not, in GAO's opinion, compromise sealift readiness.

Download or read book A Time to Consider Alternative Sources of Quick Response Sealift Capacity written by United States Accounting Office (GAO) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-17 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Time To Consider Alternative Sources of Quick-Response Sealift Capacity

Download or read book A Time to Consider Alternative Sources of Quick Response Sealift Capability written by GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC LOGISTICS AND COMMUNICATIONS DIV. and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many commodities shipped by the military during hostile periods are unsuitable for transporting on modern containerships, and many overseas ports lack the specialized facilities needed to accommodate such ships. Instead, ships with cranes and cargo handling equipment, capable of loading and unloading alongside piers or barges, are needed. The Navy has required the Military Sealift Command to make 10 Self-sustaining dry cargo ships available to receive cargo within 10 days in the event of a contingency. In an effort to meet this quick-response requirement, the Military Sealift Command has begun a program of placing chartered commercial ships in a reduced operational status when not required for routine military sealift missions. These ships are docked and sometimes partially crewed, but otherwise in a ready-to-sail condition.

Download or read book Transportation written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency that works for Congress. The GAO watches over Congress, and investigates how the federal government spends taxpayers dollars. The Comptroller General of the United States is the leader of the GAO, and is appointed to a 15-year term by the U.S. President. The GAO wants to support Congress, while at the same time doing right by the citizens of the United States. They audit, investigate, perform analyses, issue legal decisions and report anything that the government is doing. This is one of their reports.

Download or read book Defense Sealift Capability written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ocean shipping act of 1979 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Merchant Marine and Tourism and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book GAO Documents written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catalog of reports, decisions and opinions, testimonies and speeches.

Download or read book Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act of 1980 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 1340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ready Reserve Force written by DIANE Publishing Company and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1995-04 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Authorize Funds for Completion of Northeast Corridor Improvement Project written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 1254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Authorize Appropriations for Certain Maritime Programs written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Merchant Marine and Tourism and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Summaries of Conclusions and Recommendations on Department of Defense Operations written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Monthly List of GAO Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes legal decisions and opinions of the Comptroller General.

Download or read book MARAD and FMC Authorizations written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Merchant Marine and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Monthly Catalogue United States Public Documents written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 1256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications written by United States. Superintendent of Documents and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 1250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index

Download or read book Ready Reserve Force written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: