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LCD-80-110 1 (1980-09-30)

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BY THE US, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

Report To The

Secretary Of Defense






-If Excess Chartered Sealift Capacity

Is Needed For Contingencies, It Should Be

Put To Maximum Peacetime Use



The Navy's Military Sealift Command charters
ships to carry military cargo. These ships usu-
ally sail more than half empty. At the same
time, the Navy is buying space on regularly
scheduled commercial ships. The Navy justifies
the chartering of excess capacity on the basis
of contingency needs.

DOD policy encourages the use of commercial
ships, but at the same time, it supports the use
of chartered ships.

DOD needs to reexamine the need for this ex-
cess chartered capacity in view of other alter-
natives. If the excess chartered capacity is
needed, however, DOD should clarify its con-
flipting policy to make maximum use of the
chartered ships in peacetime.


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SEPTEMBER 30, 1980


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