Maersk Peary
(T-AOT-5246)
2004–
(T-AOT-5246; displacement 47,876; length 592'; beam 105'; draft 38'; speed 15 knots; complement 21 civilian; class Maersk Peary)
The tanker Jutul -- built in 2004 at Jinhae-gu, South Korea, by STX Offshore & Shipbuilding for Norwegian interests and designed for working in the Polar Regions – was acquired by the Maersk firm in 2011, when it won a long-term contract to supply Thule Air Force Base, Greenland, and McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Renamed Maersk Peary and placed under the U.S. flag with an American crew, the ship was then leased to the Military Sealift Command (MSC). Maersk Peary is one of MSC’s long term chartered tankers and as part of the Sealift Program supports Arctic and Antarctic operations. Her homeport is Norfolk, Va.
The Tanker Project Office completed fiscal year 2013 with 32 vessels lifting 30.9 million barrels (1.3 billion gallons) of Department of Defense (DoD) petroleum products over 179 voyages for the Defense Logistics Agency, Energy. The primary carriers were three long-term chartered U.S.-flagged tankers, Empire State, Evergreen State and Maersk Peary, as well as the government-owned tanker Lawrence Gianella, supplemented by numerous short-term voyage and time-chartered commercial vessels. All told, U.S.-flagged tankers transported nearly 25 million barrels, or 81 percent of the cargo.
When not assigned to Defense Logistics Agency-Energy point-to-point missions, Maersk Peary, the only long-term chartered tanker with an ice-strengthened hull, delivered 149,000 barrels of fuel to the National Science Foundation station at McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, as part of the annual resupply mission known as Operation Deep Freeze.
During 2014, forty-six Tanker Project Office ships lifted 37.1 million barrels (1.55 billion gallons) of DoD petroleum products over 203 voyages for the Defense Logistics Agency- Energy. Nearly 23.6 million barrels, or 62.9 percent of the cargo, was carried on U.S.-flagged tankers.
Detailed history pending.
Paul J. Marcello
2 February 2016
