Maersk Line, LIMITED

Maersk Line, LIMITED, doing business as Maersk Logistics, a foreign-owned Norfolk, Virginia-based maritime logistics provider, operates as a prime contractor delivering worldwide ocean freight and intermodal cargo transportation services to the Department of Defense, United States Agency for International Development, and other federal agencies. The vendor competes exclusively in full-and-open competition with no set-asides; federal contracting has been continuous since July 2001.

Maersk Line, LIMITED's footprint spans 857 prime awards totaling $15.31 billion in combined potential value, with $9.98 billion obligated. The vendor holds two critical indefinite delivery contracts anchoring the portfolio: the Universal Services Contract-10 (USC-10), a $4 billion multiple-award IDIQ with the Air Force running through August 31, 2026, and the Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement Contingency Services contract, also with the Air Force, carrying a zero-dollar ceiling but representing committed vessel capacity through September 30, 2029. These IDIQs enable decentralized ordering officers across the Department of Defense to consolidate monthly shipments typically valued between $5 million and $25 million per delivery order, with places of performance concentrated in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, and Scott Air Force Base. Recent representative work includes a $9.18 million February 2026 delivery order under USC-10 for consolidated military transportation shipments to Belgium, a $2.64 million September 2024 USAID contract for ocean freight transportation of Super Cereal Plus to Djibouti, a $5.8 million August 2024 USAID contract for Title II freight to Djibouti prepositioning, and a $929,250 May 2025 USAID contract for ocean transportation of 1,700 metric tons of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food for UNICEF.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward Department of Defense components. The top five funding organizations by award count account for 68% of awards, led by the Department of the Navy Secretary of the Navy (197 awards, $104.5 million), the Department of the Navy Military Sealift Command (129 awards, $2.07 billion), and the Department of the Army Materiel Command Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (120 awards, $6.36 billion). However, the top customers by potential value diverge significantly: the Army Materiel Command leads with $6.36 billion across 120 awards, followed by the Department of the Air Force ($4.14 billion across 26 awards), the Office of the Secretary of Defense ($2.16 billion across 96 awards), and the Navy Military Sealift Command ($2.07 billion across 129 awards). This split reflects Maersk's delivery of numerous smaller consolidated shipments for Navy secretariat functions while generating much larger contract ceilings under Air Force and Army strategic sealift vehicles.

Maersk Line, LIMITED sits on five principal parent vehicles. The Ocean and Intermodal Cargo Transport 2019 IDIQ carries 69 task orders worth $667.5 million combined potential value. USTRANSCOM Universal Service Contract-8 supports 65 task orders valued at $612 million. An indefinite delivery contract (HTC71109D0040) has generated 64 task orders totaling $1.61 billion. USTRANSCOM USC-7 International Surface Transportation accounts for 47 task orders worth $608.1 million. A non-labeled indefinite delivery contract (DTN033C055340) has issued 265 task orders carrying $130.8 million combined potential value. All vehicles are multiple-award, open-competition vehicles with no set-asides.

Activity has remained stable over the past five years—25 awards in 2022, 26 in 2023, 35 in 2024, and 26 in 2025—with 2026 showing only three awards to date. The vendor's award footprint is dominated by deep-sea freight transportation (781 awards under NAICS 48411), with secondary activity in freight transportation arrangement (7 awards) and commercial transportation equipment rental and leasing (4 awards). Primary services ship code concentration sits at PSC 4510 (vessel freight, 362 awards) and PSC 4520 (marine charter, 158 awards), with smaller volumes in motor freight and equipment leasing.

Maersk Line, LIMITED is owned by parent company Maersk Agency USA Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit corporation with headquarters in Florham Park, New Jersey. The corporate structure includes a subsidiary, Farrell Lines Incorporated. The vendor maintains a U.S. flag fleet and global logistics network supporting military operations, humanitarian aid distribution, and strategic supply chain requirements across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and worldwide.