UNSPSC 78101712: Marine cargo assurance, loss control, and expediting services

Services to protect the value of goods against potential losses which may occur during sea transportation, to reduce the possibility that a loss will occur, and to reduce the severity of any losses that do occur.

UNSPSC 78101712 Marine cargo assurance, loss control, and expediting services (Commodity) is not an accurate classification for the work state and local governments are actually procuring under this code. Recent opportunities under this tag describe marine vessel removal, artificial reef deployment, and marine infrastructure maintenance — activities that fall outside the code's nominal scope of cargo assurance, loss control, and expediting.

The most active issuing body is Escambia County Marine Resources Division in Florida, which has posted eight derelict vessel removal price quotes since June 2026, funded through the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Derelict Vessel Removal Grant Opportunity. A single outlier opportunity from Volusia County, Florida (ITB 26-B-127JS, due November 5, 2026) solicits artificial reef deployment services — loading reef materials onto a barge and deploying them at GPS-designated offshore locations 1 to 33 miles from Ponce Inlet in 50- to 130-foot depths. That contract will run an initial three-year term with two optional one-year renewals, priced as a lump sum per 300-ton load, with annual price redeterminations allowed for documented wage, fuel, or materials increases. Escambia County's derelict vessel removals are rapid-turnaround price quotes (response windows of one to three days) for individual vessels ranging from 16 to 32 feet, with work completion required within 14 calendar days of Notice to Proceed. Each vessel removal is funded separately through the FWC grant; contractors must provide comprehensive marine liability insurance (Protection & Indemnity, Maritime Workers Compensation, and Marine Pollution Liability, each at $1 million per occurrence / $2 million aggregate) and comply with extensive environmental best management practices including turbidity control, hazardous-material removal by licensed operators, and protected-species avoidance. Recent vessels include a 33-foot Southern Cross, a 30-foot Morgan (re-solicited after Tropical Storm Bertha damage), a 32-foot Islander, a 27-foot Watkins, a 27-foot Catalina Sailboat, a 20-foot Four Winns, a 16-foot Bowrider, and a 30-foot Kees Bayou Barge. One Broward County opportunity (RFI BLD6232026F12, posted June 23, 2026) addresses crane brake systems and rail clamps at Port Everglades — plainly unrelated to marine cargo services — and underscores the classification mismatch. The code shows persistent recent activity in Florida's coastal jurisdictions but captures work materially different from marine cargo loss control or expediting.