PRE-SOLICITATION SYNOPSIS FOR MARINE INSURANCE BROKERAGE AND FLEET PROTECTION AND INDEMNITY INSURANCE SERVICES FOR US MARITIME TRAINING SHIPS

PRE-SOLICITATION SYNOPSIS FOR INFORMATION ONLY (NO BIDS WILL BE ACCEPTED) 

OVERVIEW & BACKGROUND

The Maritime Administration (MARAD) seeks a licensed and experienced marine insurance broker to establish, manage and administer a fleet Protection & Indemnity (P&I) Policy to

provide coverage for all of the risks associated with a standard marine P&I policy, with policy limits of at least $1,000,000,000 for each training ship owned by the U.S. Government that are berth at the six State Maritime Academies (SMAs). Below is an abbreviated listing of the vessels. In the future, MARAD may operate these vessels directly.

Vessel: T/S EMPIRE STATE

Design Deadweight (tonnes): 7600

Year Built: 2023

Classification: ABS

Location: Maritime College at Fort Schuyler, New York

Midshipmen/Crew: 760

IMO#: 9910313

Vessel: T/S PATRIOT STATE

Design Deadweight (tonnes): 7600

Year Built: 2024

Classification: ABS

Location: Massachusetts Maritime Academy at Buzzard’s Bay, MA

Midshipmen/Crew: 760

IMO#: 9910325

Vessel: T/S GOLDEN BEAR (to be decommissioned upon delivery of T/S GOLDEN STATE)

Design Deadweight (tonnes): 6,483 LT

Year Built: 1989

Classification: ABS

Location: California Maritime Academy, Vallejo, California

Midshipmen/Crew: 380

IMO#: 8834407

Vessel: T/S GOLDEN STATE

Design Deadweight (tonnes): 7600

Year Built: scheduled 2026

Classification: ABS

Location: Cal State Maritime, Vallejo, CA

Midshipmen/Crew: 760

IMO#: (pending)

Vessel: T/S STATE OF MAINE

Design Deadweight (tonnes): 7600

Year Built: scheduled 2025

Classification: ABS

Location: Maine Maritime Academy at Castine, ME

Midshipmen/Crew: 760

IMO#: (pending)

Vessel: T/S LONESTAR STATE

Design Deadweight (tonnes): 7600

Year Built: scheduled 2025

Classification: ABS

Location: Texas A&M Maritime Academy, Galveston, TX

Midshipmen/Crew: 760

IMO#: (pending)

Vessel: T/S STATE OF MICHIGAN

DWT: 2,250 LT

Year Built: 1985

Classification: ABS

Location: Great Lakes Maritime Academy, Traverse City, Michigan

Midshipmen/Crew: 73

IMO#: 8835451

The primary mission of these training vessels is to train midshipmen to be officers for the

merchant marine. These vessels may also be used for national emergency operations. These

vessels will also transit international waters worldwide. The above vessel list is not all-inclusive. MARAD may add or subtract vessels from the vessel list during the period the of this contract. Each of these ships annually undertake at least one training cruise of 60 to 65-day duration visiting various U.S. and international ports (South America, Caribbean, Europe, western Pacific). Local cruises are also undertaken from time to time for training in U.S. waters and for maintenance and sea trial purposes. In the past, one or two of the vessels has also been directed to provide humanitarian relief and assist disaster response effort in U.S. ports or Puerto Rico. The ships do not carry commercial cargo.

The ships are self-insured for hull coverage. For each ship, there is a separate agreement which resembles a bareboat charter that allows the SMAs to operate and crew the ship for training purposes related to qualifying cadets as credentialed merchant marine officers. However, there has been no legal determination that these agreements are bareboat charters. Cadets are students enrolled in maritime training course of instruction at the SMAs. Additionally, faculty and medical personnel are typically embarked for training voyages.