The Department of the Navy's Military Sealift Command awarded a 33-day dry cargo time charter contract to Liberty Eagle Corporation, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, with a ceiling value of $3.16 million under a Total Small Business Set-Aside designation. The contract, awarded on August 15, 2025, calls for a vessel capable of transporting at least 180 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) with specific maritime specifications, including a minimum laden speed of 13 knots and maximum overall length of 1,000 feet. The charter will facilitate transportation between Hiro, Kure City in Japan, and Military Ocean Terminal Concord, California, with operations commencing between June 24 and July 10, 2025 and scheduled completion by September 30, 2025.
Liberty Eagle Corporation brings relevant experience in maritime transportation and logistics to this engagement, having previously provided bulk commodity transportation services for the United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance in support of humanitarian relief operations across East Africa and the Horn of Africa. The company also maintains an indefinite delivery contract under the Department of the Air Force's Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement program for contingency intermodal transportation services. The firm fixed price contract structure provides cost certainty for Military Sealift Command's deep sea freight transportation requirements, with the place of performance located in New Hyde Park, New York.