Farrell Lines Incorporated

Farrell Lines Incorporated, a Norfolk, Virginia-based ocean and intermodal cargo transportation prime contractor, executes consolidated military freight shipments and specialized cargo moves for the Department of Defense across 567 awards valued at $9.59 billion in combined potential value. The company operates exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of awards) under full-and-open competition with no set-aside designations, competing on commercial capability and global sealift capacity rather than small-business preferences. Farrell Lines is a child entity of Maersk Line, LIMITED, a foreign-owned parent company also headquartered in Norfolk.

Farrell Lines' capability portfolio centers on deep-sea freight transportation (249 awards across NAICS 488111), scheduled air freight (70 awards), and freight arrangement services supporting DoD worldwide deployment and distribution. Representative work includes a $10.7 million delivery order from Air Mobility Command (Feb 2025) for consolidated transportation shipments under Ocean and Intermodal Cargo Transport 2019, a $6.17 million order (Nov 2025) for consolidated shipments under Universal Services Contract 10 (USC-10), and a $4.2 million delivery order (Feb 2026) for consolidated transportation under USC-10—all coordinated through decentralized ordering officers at performance locations spanning Norfolk, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and global military installations. Recent Operation Epic Fury movement orders in March and April 2026 include a $813,960 delivery order for meals and supplies to Kuwait, a $297,144 order for cargo movement from Qatar to the UAE, and movement of military equipment and vehicles across the Middle East theater.

Customer concentration sits almost entirely with the Department of Defense. The top five customer agencies account for 100% of the combined potential value: the Department of the Air Force ($4.91 billion, 27 awards), the Army Materiel Command Surface Deployment and Distribution Command ($3.4 billion, 195 awards), the Office of the Secretary of Defense ($788.3 million, 110 awards), Air Mobility Command ($456.9 million, 34 awards), and the Department of the Navy (40 awards). The Army's Surface Deployment and Distribution Command dominates by award volume—195 orders represent 84% of the active footprint—but Air Force dollars lead by potential value, reflecting larger consolidated shipment order values under USC-10 and the newer VISA Contingency Services IDC.

Farrell Lines holds seats on five major parent vehicles. The Multimodal-3 IDIQ (Army Surface Deployment and Distribution Command) carries 64 task orders valued at $88.5 million for point-to-point military cargo moves. Ocean and Intermodal Cargo Transport 2019 (Air Mobility Command) holds 60 task orders at $293.9 million. The Universal Services Contract 10 (USC-10), a $4 billion multiple-award vehicle awarded by United States Transportation Command in September 2024 with a base period and four one-year options extending through August 31, 2026, appears not yet in the top-five count but is listed in the IDV block as a current vehicle with five delivery orders totaling $23.1 million executed since award. Additionally, Farrell Lines holds the Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA) Contingency Services contract awarded by Air Mobility Command on October 1, 2024, with a base period through September 30, 2029 and one five-year option period for contingency sealift services supporting global DoD operations.

Activity has grown modestly year over year—14 awards in 2022 to 21 in 2025—with 9 awards recorded in early 2026. The source does not specify a recompete cliff window; the oldest active IDVs (Ocean and Intermodal Cargo Transport 2019 and Multimodal-3) carry historical expiration dates in the past relative to today's date, but the renewal vehicles (USC-10 through August 31, 2026; VISA through September 30, 2029) suggest ongoing capacity. Farrell Lines operates as the sole prime on all awards; no subcontractor footprint appears in the source. The company's federal contracting profile spans deep-sea freight (PSC Z04—306 awards), air freight (PSC Z08—134 awards), and freight arrangement (PSC Z07—16 awards), reflecting a pure transportation-services posture aligned with DoD global logistics and contingency sealift requirements.