TransAtlantic Lines LLC

Infobox_Company
company_name = TransAtlantic Lines LLC
company_
company_type = Limited liability company
foundation = flagicon|ConnecticutGreenwich, Connecticut 1998
location_city = 6 Lincoln Ave Greenwich, Connecticut 06830-5751
location_country = USA
key_people = Gudmundur Kjaernested, Co-Founder and Vice-President,
Brandon C. Rose, Co-Founder and President
industry = Shipping
products =
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homepage = NoneMarad, 2007b.]
phone = [phone]
fax = 203-863-9354
email = [e-mail]

TransAtlantic Lines LLC is an American shipping company based in Greenwich, Connecticut.Dun and Bradstreet, 2007.] The limited liability company was founded in 1998 by vice-president Gudmundur Kjaernested and president Brandon C. Rose. The company owns and operates 5 vessels, including one tug-and-barge combination. Four of these vessels are chartered by the Military Sealift Command, and perform duties such as delivering cargo to U.S. military activities in Diego Garcia and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. TransAtlantic Lines has no collective bargaining agreements with seagoing unions.

Fleet

"MV Baffin Strait"

In 2004, TransAtlantic Lines outbid Sealift Incorporated for a Military Sealift Command contract to haul cargo between Singapore and Diego Garcia.cite web |url=http://www.amo-union.org/newspaper/Morgue/11-2004/Sections/News/sagamore.htm |title= Non-union operator wins charter held by Sagamore |accessdate=2007-09-26 |author=American Maritime Officers |coauthors= |date=2004-11 |work=AMO Currents |publisher=] The route had previously been serviced by Sealift Inc.'s "MV Sagamore" and manned by members of American Maritime Officers and Seafarer's International Union. TransAtlantic Lines reportedly won the contract by approximately 10 percent, representing a price difference of about $2.7 million.

As a result of the contract, the "Baffin Strait" was given the US Navy hull classification symbol (T-AK W-1) and represents one of the seven container ships owned and operated by contractors which are chartered by Military Sealift Command.cite web |url=http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=8&type=ContainerShip |title=MV Baffin Strait|accessdate=2007-09-26 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date=2006-10-24 |work=Military Sealift Command Ship Inventory |publisher=Military Sealift Command]

Tugboat "Spence" and barge "Guantanamo Bay Express"

This pair make a twice-monthly trip between Jacksonville and Guantanamo Bay.cite web |url=http://www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/wire/WirePDF/v2/TheWire-v2-i04-05Jul02.pdf |title=Living and dying by the barge |accessdate=2007-09-26 |last=Morris |first=Spc. Joseph A. |coauthors=Pisano, Spc. Chris S. |date=2002-07-05 |work=The Wire |publisher=Joint Task Force 160] Each leg of the trip takes approximately 4 and 1/2 days and covers approximately convert|1000|mi|km. Unloading the barge can take up to five days.

On June 13, 2001, TransAtlantic Lines won a contract with an estimated cumulative value of $16,738,001 for dedicated ocean liner cargo service to U.S. military installations in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. [http://www.defenselink.mil/contracts/contract.aspx?contractid=2040 DefenseLink: Contracts for Thursday, June 14, 2001 ] ] This contract extended until June 30, 2004. The government announced the requirements for the charter on the World Wide Web on December 4, 2000, and seven bids were received. Military Traffic and Management Command in Alexandria, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

On November 11, 2004, while leaving Mayport, Florida en route to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the tow wires connecting the tug and barge parted, causing the barge to run aground.cite web |url=http://www.maritimejournal.com/archive/2005/january/tugs,_towing__and__salvage/titan_beats_time_before_barge_breaks_up |title=Titan Beats Time Before Barge Breaks Up |accessdate=2007-09-26 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= 2005-01-01|work=Maritime Journal |publisher=Mercator Media] At the time of the accident, the vessels were experiencing thirty knot wind gusts and convert|12|ft|m|sing=on seas. Extensive bottom damage and breaches to all port side voids were reported. The barge was refloated and delivered to the owners the following day. The vessels were owned by Pac-Atlantic Marine Leasing, LCC at the time. [cite web |url=http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMIV/MMIVNov12b.html |title=Guantanamo bound barge grounds |accessdate=2007-09-26 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date=2004-11-12 |work=MarineLog.com |publisher=]

MT "Transpacific"

MT "Transpacific" is a T-1 petroleum tanker under long-term charter to Military Sealift Command.cite web |url=http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=189&type=LongtermCharteredTanker |title=Ship Inventory: MV TRANSPACIFIC |accessdate=2007-09-26 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date=2004-11-12 |work=msc.navy.mil |publisher=Military Sealift Command] This vessel was known as the "Bonito" from 2002-2006 and "Turcas II" from 2001-2002. [cite web |url=https://exchange.dnv.com/exchange/main.aspx?extool=vessel&subview=previousnames&vesselid=25183 |title=Vessel Transpacific Previous Names |accessdate=2007-09-26 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date=2007 |work=Det Norske Veritas Vessel Exchange |publisher=Det Norske Veritas] She was built at Celik Tekne Shipyard in 2001. [DNV_name|25183|MT Transpacific|summary]

Ownership

TransAtlantic Lines LLC is mostly owned by vice-president Gudmundur Kjaernested and president Brandon C. Rose. The two are also the primary owners of the Icelandic company TransAtlantic Lines-Iceland EHF (TLI).Carelli, 2000.] United States Court of Appeals, 2000.]

Kjarnested is a citizen of Iceland and U.S. resident alien who was married on May 20, 2000 to U.S.-national Margaret Elizabeth Bozzi.New York Times, 2000.] He is also president of Atlantsskip in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Rose is a U.S.-citizen.

Notes

References

*cite web |url=http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/Federal/judicial/dc/opinions/99opinions/99-5088a.pdf |title=Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia |accessdate=2007-09-26 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date=2000-01-11 |work= |publisher=
*cite web |url=http://www.boston.com/news/daily/15/court_iceland.htm |title=U.S.-Iceland shipping dispute sidestepped by Supreme Court |accessdate=2007-09-26 |last=Carelli |first=Richard |coauthors= |date=2000-05-15 |work= |publisher=Associated Press
*cite web |url=http://www.manta.com/comsite5/bin/pddnb_company.pl?pdlanding=1&referid=3550&id=np4b5 |title=Company Profile at Manta |accessdate=2007-09-26 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=
*cite web |url=http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/296245.htm |title=B-296245; B-296245.2, TransAtlantic Lines, LLC, July 14, 2005 |accessdate=2007-09-26 |author=Department of the Army |coauthors= |date=2005-07-14 |work=gao.gov |publisher=Government Accountability Office
*cite web |url=http://www.ffhsj.com/govtcon/ffgalert/pdf/gc051031.pdf |title=Fried Frank Government Contracts Alert |accessdate=2007-09-26 |author=Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver, and Jacobson|coauthors= |date=2005-10-31 |work= |publisher=
*cite web |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D00EFDE123AF932A15756C0A9669C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print |title=Marriage Announcements |accessdate=2007-09-26 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date=2000-05-21 |work=New York Times |publisher=New York Times
*cite web |url=http://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/transatlantic_lines_v__tidewater_marine.htm |title=Transatlantic Lines v. Tidewater Marine |accessdate=2007-09-26 |last=Martin |first=Patrick |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=
*cite web |url=http://www.marad.dot.gov/offices/cargo/vessels.html |title=Cargo Preference and Domestic Trade |accessdate=2007-09-26 |author=U.S. Maritime Administration |coauthors= |year=2007a |work=marad.dot.gov |publisher=
*cite web |url=http://www.marad.dot.gov/offices/cargo/carriers.html |title=Cargo Preference and Domestic Trade, Carriers. |accessdate=2007-09-26 |author=U.S. Maritime Administration |coauthors= |year=2007b |work=marad.dot.gov |publisher=

External links

* [https://exchange.dnv.com/exchange/main.aspx?extool=company&subview=vesselsoperated&companyid=130339 Company Profile at Det Norske Veritas]
* [http://absapps.eagle.org/safenet/record/record_vesselsearch?REG_OWNER_NAME=TransAtlantic Ships owned record at American Bureau of Shipping]
* [http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?zip=06830&last=Kjaernested&first=Gudmundur Gudmundur Kjaernested's Campaign Contributions]
* [http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com//neighbors.php?type=name&lname=Rose&fname=Brandon Brandon Rose's Campaign Contributions]
* [http://www.dpsinfo.sra.com/sddc/Content/Pub/36789/W81GYE-06-D-0117%2018May06.pdf Gitmo contract 2006-2007]
* [http://www.usaspending.gov/fpds/fpds.php?reptype=r&detail=-1&sortby=f&datype=T&reptype=r&database=fpds&database=fpds&parent_id=19304&fiscal_year=2007&record_num=f500 Company Profile at GovernmentSpending.com]