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2000 in Review

Financial and Statistical Review

Tables

Chart Abbreviations    
M/TsMEASUREMENT TONS (one measurement ton is a volume measurement equal to 40 cubic feet of dry cargo)
L/TsLONG TONS (one long ton is equal to 2,240 pounds; used to measure petroleum products)
M/T/MsMEASUREMENT TON MILES (one measurement ton transported one mile)
L/T/MsLONG TON MILES (one long ton transported one mile)

Payments . . . Commercial

  October - September
  FY 1999 FY 2000
  Percent of Total Percent of Total
  Amount
($000)
MSC Expense Comm'l Payments Amount
($000)
MSC Expense Comm'l Payments
Time & Voyage    Charters 743,928 39% 57% 503,704 26% 41%
Other 1 61 0% 0% 60 0% 0%
Gov't Owned    Contract Op 230,579 13% 18% 205,936 11% 17%
Bareboat Charters
   Contract Op
   Government Op
157 0% 0%      
Ship Management    Agreement 2 70,894 4% 6% 162,433 9% 14%
Other 3 251,643 14% 19% 337,376 18% 28%
Total Commercial    Payments $ 1,297,262 70% 100% $ 1,209,509 64% 100%
Total MSC Expense $ 1,841,016 100% XXX $ 1,893,310 100% XXX
1Miscellaneous costs for afloat prepositioning ships.
2Ready Reserve Force Ships (RRF).
3Includes payment for maintenance and repair, accident and damage, claims, extraordinary repairs, alterations, and activation and deactivation for MSC operated ships.

Costs . . . Distribution

  October - September
  FY 1999 FY 2000 Change
Controlled Sealift   $ 130,887,722   $ 119,170,246   ($ 11,717,476)
Petroleum 146,421,974 121,343,555 (24,987,419)
Special Mission Support 177,267,522 232,146,613 54,879,091
Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force 521,716,751 644,346,487 122,629,736
Prepositioned and Fast
   Sealift Forces
659,993,798 750,639,587 90,645,789
Overhead   $ 204,728,263   $ 25,572,789   $ (179,155,474)
Total Traffic Operations   $ 1,841,016,030   $ 1,893,310,277   $ 52,294,247

Summary . . . MSC Operations

  October - September
  FY 1999 FY 2000 Change
Expense Total ($000)   $ 1,841,016   $ 1,893,310   ($ 52,294)
Income Total ($000) 1,843,971 1,916,617 (72,646)
Net Profit or (Loss) ($000) 2,955 23,307 (20,352)
Capital of the Fund as of
   30 September ($000)
(291,108) (294,208) 3,100
Measurement Tons of
   Dry Cargo Lifted (000)
1,688 744 (914)
Long Tons of Petroleum
   Lifted (000)
6,209 5,173 1,036
Total Wages Paid ($000)
   MSC Civilian Employees
      DBOF
  298,419   310,127   11,708
Total Wages ($000)   298,419   310,127   11,708

Dry Cargo . . . Commodity
   Controlled Sealift

    October - September
    FY 1999
(M/Ts)
FY 2000
(M/Ts)
Change
(M/Ts)
General  
    Household Goods 175 233 58
    Other General 328,525 224,043 (104,482)
Total General 328,700 224,276 (104,424)
Other Commodities  
    Aircraft 46,021 38,578 (7,443)
Ammunition 127,051 90,525 (36,526)
Bulk 650 1,011 361
Cargo Carrying Trailers  
Privately-owned Vehicles 21 99 78
Refrigerated 6,194 6,746 522
Special 1,179,768 412,340 (767,428)
Total Other Commodities 1,359,705 549,299 (810,406)
Total MSC Cargo 1,688,405 773,575 (914,830)

Dry Cargo . . . Measurement Ton Miles

    October - September
    FY 1999
(000)
FY 2000
(000)
Change
(M/Ts)
Controlled Sealift  
    Gov’t. Owned/Bareboat Charter 2,049,615 241,012 (1,808,603)
    Time Charter 929,440 934,891 5,451
    Special Charter 1,174,505 1,413,342 238,837
    Ship Management Agreement 1,109,677 302,754 (806,923)
Total Controlled Sealift 5,263,237 2,891,999 (2,371,238)

Dry Cargo . . . Carrier

    October - September
    FY 1999
(M/Ts)
FY 2000
(M/Ts)
Change
(M/Ts)
Controlled Sealift  
    Gov’t. Owned/Bareboat Charter 551,792 33,805 (517,987)
    Time Charter 297,574 253,312 (44,262)
    Special Charter 510,610 433,503 (77,107)
    Ship Management Agreement 328,429 52,955 (275,474)
Total Controlled Sealift 1,688,405 773,575 (914,830)

Dry Cargo . . . Carrier
   Average Miles Per Measurement Ton

    October - September
    Miles Traveled Per M/T of Cargo
    FY 1999 FY 2000 Change
Controlled Sealift  
    MSC Nucleus Ships 3,714.5 7,129.5 3,415.0
    Time Charter 3,123.4 3,690.7 567.3
    Special Charter 2,300.2 3,260.3 960.1
    Ready Reserve Force - RRF 3,378.7 5,717.2 2,338.5
Total Controlled Sealift 3,117.3 3,738.5 621.2

Dry Cargo . . . Traffic Area

    October - September
    FY 1999
(M/Ts)
FY 2000
(M/Ts)
Change
(M/Ts)
Outbound U.S.  
    East Coast 329,919 78,617 (251,302)
    Gulf Coast 157,775 51,484 (106,291)
    West Coast 85,931 36,450 (49,481)
    Great Lakes  
Total Outbound 573,626 166,551 (407,074)
Inbound U.S.  
    East Coast 250,485 65,785 (184,700)
Gulf Coast 118,673 108,690 (9,983)
West Coast 85,905 51,146 (34,759)
Great Lakes  
Total Inbound 455,063 225,621 (229,442)
Intra - Area 103,636 50,436 (53,200)
Inter - Area 333,358 296,799 (36,559)
U.S. Coastal/Intercoastal 222,722 34,168 (188,554)
Total MSC Cargo 1,688,405 773,575 (914,829)

Petroleum . . . Carrier

  October - September
  FY 1999
(L/Ts)
FY 2000
(L/Ts)
Change
(L/Ts)
Time Charter 4,138,109 3,592,374 (545,735)
Voyage Charter 1,870,852 1,414,138 (456,714)
Shipping Contract 200,516 166,268 (34,248)
Total Petroleum 6,209,477 5,172,780 (1,036,697)

Petroleum . . . Long Ton Miles

  October - September
  FY 1999
(L/T/Ms)
(000)
FY 2000
(L/T/Ms)
(000)
Change
(L/T/Ms)
(000)
Time Charter 6,150,199 4,518,970 (1,631,299)
Voyage Charter 5,023,064 3,550,357 (1,472,707)
Shipping Contract 8,678 9,944 1,266
Total Petroleum Miles 11,181,941 8,079,271 (3,102,670)

Petroleum . . . Traffic Area (1)

    October - September
    FY 1999
(L/Ts)
FY 2000
(L/Ts)
Change
(L/Ts)
Area of Origin  
    Alaska 4,864   (4,864)
    Arabian Gulf 223,473 521,552 298,079
    California Coast 274,380 308,717 34,337
    Caribbean/Lesser Antilles 348,785 413,648 64,863
    Diego Garcia   14,213 14,213
    Europe 304,449 30,126 (274,323)
    Far East     (693,674)
    Hawaii 75,106 105,610 30,504
    Mediterranean   761,739 (440,651)
    North Atlantic/Iceland 26,679   (26,679)
    United Kingdom 242,663   (242,663)
    U.S. East Coast 38,367   (38,367)
    U.S. Gulf Coast 982,621 637,031 (345,590)
    U.S. Northwest Coast 500,773 1,088,891 588,118
    Other      
Total Origin 6,209,477 5,172,780 (1,036,697)
Area of Discharge  
    Alaska 15,280 24,159 8,879
    Arabian Gulf 510,087 488,919 (21,168)
    California Coast 667,448 1,020,584 353,156
    Caribbean/Lesser Antilles 287,321 248,406 (37,915)
    Diego Garcia 126,299 134,703 8,404
    Europe  
    Far East 1,425,113 1,259,372 (165,741)
    Hawaii 144,537 286,182 141,645
    Mediterranean 1,133,420 573,164 (560,256)
    North Atlantic/Iceland 117,933 28,579 (89,345)
    United Kingdom 417,335 56,026 (361,309)
    U.S. East Coast 827,323 578,566 (248,757)
    U.S. Gulf Coast 69,840 119,968 50,168
    U.S. Northwest Coast 239,152 279,054 39,902
    Other 228,389 74,098 (154,291)
Total Discharge 6,209,477 5,172,780 (1,036,697)

Petroleum . . . Average Miles

  October - September
Average Miles Travelled per L/T of Cargo
  FY 1999 FY 2000 Change
Time Charter 1,486.2 1,257.9 (228.3)
Voyage Charter 2,684.9 2,510.6 (174.3)
Shipping Contract 43.3 59.8 16.5
Total Petroleum Miles 1,800.8 1,561.9 (238.9)

Petroleum . . . Owner & Type Product

  FY 2000
  Barrels % of Total Long-Tons % of Total
Aviation Gasoline/ 91 149,780 0.4% 21,650 0.4%
Motor Gasoline / 72 9,000 0.1% 1,033 0.0%
Motor Gasoline / 80 413,252 1.1% 47,870 0.9%
Motor Gas Unleaded 108,893 0.3% 12,642 0.2%
Jet Fuel Oil #5 8,939,501 22.1% 1,135,520 22.0%
Thermo-Stable 18,262,790 45.1% 2,292,973 44.3%
Diesel Oil 14,306,354 30.3% 1,615,981 31.2%
Solvents 2,000 0.0% 264 0.0%
Distillate (Clean) 340,693 0.8% 44,847 0.9%
Total Petroleum Products 40,532,263 100.0% 5,172,780 100.0%

Traffic . . . Budget vs. Actual

    October 1999 – September 2000
    Budget Actual Difference
Dry Cargo (Measurement Tons)  
    Army 225,000 285,586 60,586
    Navy 167,000 89,151 (77,849)
    Marine Corps 9,000 15,538 6,538
    Air Force 32,000 53,689 21,389
    Other 657,000 329,611 (327,389)
Total Dry Cargo 1,090,000 773,575 316,425
Petroleum (Long Tons)  
    Navy     0
    Air Force 25,000 24,966 (34)
    National Science Foundation     0
    Defense Energy Supply Agency 4,909,000 5,147,814 238,814
Total Petroleum 4,934,000 5,172,780 238,780

1904 Cargo Preference Act
   Lift . . . U.S. Flag

    October – September
    FY 1999 FY 2000
    Total Foreign
Flag
Percent Total Foreign
Flag
Percent
Cargo (000 M/Ts)  
    Outbound 580 13 2.2% 167 15 9.0%
    Inbound 461 19 4.1% 229 21 9.2%
    Coastwise/Intercoastal 223 0 0.0% 34 0 0.0%
    Inter/Intra Area 424 89 21.0% 344 71 20.6%
Total Cargo 1,688 121 7.2% 774 107 13.8%
DOD Petroleum (000 L/Ts)  
    Outbound 219 0 0.0% 563 0 0.0%
    Inbound 646 0 0.0% 506 0 0.0%
    Coastwise/Intercoastal 1,377 0 0.0% 1,575 0 0.0%
    Inter/Intra Area 3,967 201 5.1% 2,529 166 6.6%
Total Petroleum 6,209 201 3.2% 5,173 166 3.2%

Personnel . . . Ashore & Afloat

    October – September
    FY 1999 FY 2000 Percent Change
Ashore  
    Military (Active Duty) 237 214 (9.70%)
    Civilian 1,157 1,181 2.10%
Total Ashore 1,394 1,395 0.07%
Afloat  
    Military (Active Duty) 809 826 1.70%
    Civilian 3,157 3,365 6.60%
Contract Mariners 1,894 1,921 1.40%
Total Afloat 5,860 6,109 4.20%
Total Personnel 7,254 7,501 3.40%

Naval Fleet Auxiliary . . . Operating Tempo

FY 2000
Type of Ship No. of Ships No. of Days at Sea
Combat Stores Ships 6 785
Fleet Ammo Ship 5 665
Fleet Auxiliary Oilers 13 2,405
Fleet Ocean Tugs 5 549
Fleet Hospital Ships 2 32
Totals 31 4,436

Special Mission Ships . . . Operating Tempo

FY 2000
Type of Ship No. of Ships No. of Days at Sea
(Fiscal Year)
Acoustic Research 1 90
Cable Repairing/Laying 1 211
Missile Range Instrumentation 2 396
Navigation Test Support 1 174
Ocean Surveillance 13 2,812
Submarine Support 4 635
Oceanographic Survey 8 2,017
Totals 30 6,335

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