Hapag-Lloyd Usa, LLC

Hapag-Lloyd Usa, LLC, a foreign-owned subsidiary of German shipping conglomerate Hapag-Lloyd AG, operates as a prime contractor providing ocean transportation and intermodal logistics services to the Department of Defense and other federal agencies, competing in full-and-open procurements without set-aside designation. The vendor holds 357 federal awards across twelve customer agencies, with combined potential value of $6.25 billion and $1.3 billion in obligated dollars as of February 2026.

The company's federal footprint is overwhelmingly concentrated in deep-sea freight transportation (275 awards under NAICS 488111) and nonresidential building leasing (50 awards under NAICS 531110). On the maritime side, Hapag-Lloyd delivers consolidated ocean and intermodal cargo shipments for Department of Defense logistics operations, primarily moving military equipment, supplies, and equipment between U.S. locations and European destinations, particularly Belgium. Representative maritime work includes monthly delivery orders under the Universal Services Contract-10 (USC-10) ranging from $2.4 million to $4.1 million for Air Force Air Mobility Command consolidated shipments, a $3.89 million February 2025 delivery order for consolidated transportation shipments under USC-10, and a $3.83 million September 2023 delivery order under the Ocean and Intermodal Cargo Transport 2019 IDIQ. The vendor also executes humanitarian logistics contracts with USAID, including a $370 thousand September 2024 shipment of vegetable oil and split peas to USAID's Durban prepositioning warehouse in South Africa. On the real estate side, the vendor leases federal office and administrative space; representative work includes nine task orders under the General Services Administration Public Buildings Service for $22.7 million combined potential value.

Customer concentration is pronounced. The Department of the Army Materiel Command Surface Deployment and Distribution Command leads by award count with 111 awards ($1.4 billion combined potential value), but the Department of the Air Force dominates by dollars with 16 awards carrying $4.04 billion combined potential value — driven primarily by the USC-10 IDIQ ceiling of $4 billion. Together, these two customers represent the lion's share of Hapag-Lloyd's federal pipeline. The Office of the Secretary of Defense contributes 95 awards worth $624.2 million; Air Mobility Command places 29 awards for $69.5 million.

Hapag-Lloyd holds positions on five major vehicle platforms. The USC-10 IDIQ ($4 billion ceiling, September 2024 through August 2026, Air Force Air Mobility Command) anchors the largest dollar exposure and has generated consistent monthly delivery orders. The Ocean and Intermodal Cargo Transport 2019 IDIQ (59 task orders, $201.9 million combined potential value) provides a secondary vehicle for Air Mobility Command and Army Surface Deployment and Distribution Command ordering. Three additional USTRANSCOM vehicles carry significant task-order volume: Indefinite Delivery Contract HTC71109D0036 (61 task orders, $344.3 million), USC-7 International Surface Transportation (48 task orders, $291.9 million), and Universal Service Contract-8 (42 task orders, $109 million). A General Services Administration Basic Ordering Agreement (GS04B46840) supports real estate leasing work with 49 task orders for $82.9 million.

Activity has grown modestly year over year — eight awards in 2022 to twenty in 2024 — though 2025 and 2026 data are partial-year (15 awards and 2 awards respectively through early February). The company has been executing federal work continuously since 1997. No significant recompete cliff is visible in the source material; the USS-10 renewal effective September 2024 extends through August 2026 with potential option periods, positioning Hapag-Lloyd for continuity in its primary revenue vehicle through 2029.

Hapag-Lloyd operates as a 100 percent prime contractor footprint with no federal subcontract awards in the source data. The company holds a named subsidiary, Florida Vessel Management, LLC, also foreign-owned. The vendor competes on merit and vessel capacity rather than socioeconomic set-asides, reflective of its standing as a large, internationally registered maritime operator serving specialized sealift and ocean transportation missions where competition is limited to vessel-controlling entities under Federal Acquisition Regulation authority.