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2001 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 2000 FY 2001
  Percent of Total Percent of Total
  Amount
($000)
MSC Expense Comm'l Payments Amount
($000)
MSC Expense Comm'l Payments
Time & Voyage    Charters 503,704 26% 41% 834,433 41% 49%
Other 1 60 0% 0% 659 0% 0%
Gov't Owned    Contract Op 205,936 11% 17% 365,087 18% 22%
Bareboat Charters
   Contract Op
   Government Op
  0% 0% 739 0% 0%
Ship Management    Agreement 2 162,433 9% 14% 62,959 3% 4%
Other 3 337,376 18% 28% 421,345 21% 25%
Total Commercial    Payments $ 1,209,509 64% 100% $ 1,685,222 83% 100%
Total MSC Expense $ 1,893,310 100%   $ 2,029,699 100%  
(1)Miscellaneous costs for afloat prepositioning ships.
(2)Ready Reserve Force Ships (RRF).
(3)Includes 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 2000 FY 2001 Change
Controlled Sealift   $ 119,170,246   $ 100,989,782   ($ 18,180,464)
Petroleum 121,434,555 156,553,652 (35,119,097)
Special Mission Support 232,146,613 223,440,825 (8,705,788)
Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force 644,346,487 711,929,911 67,583,424
Prepositioned & Fast
   Sealift Forces
750,639,587 830,066,083 79,426,496
Overhead   $ 25,572,789   $ 6,718,559   $ (18,854,230)
Total Traffic Operations   $ 1,893,310,277   $ 2,029,698,812   $ 136,388,535

Summary . . . MSC Operations

  October - September
  FY 2000 FY 2001 Change
Expense Total ($000)   $ 1,893,310   $ 2,029,699   $ 136,389
Income Total ($000) 1,916,617 1,959,612 42,995
Net Profit or (Loss) ($000) 23,307 (70,087) (93,394)
Capital of the Fund as of
   30 September ($000)
(294,208) (92,150) 202,058
Measurement Tons of
   Cargo Lifted (000)
744 843 69
Long Tons of Petroleum
   Lifted (000)
5,173 5,352 179
Total Wages Paid ($000)
   MSC Civilian Employees
      DBOF
  310,127   344,667   34,540

Dry Cargo . . . Commodity
   Controlled Sealift

    October - September
    FY 2000
(M/Ts)
FY 2001
(M/Ts)
Change
(M/Ts)
General  
    Household Goods 233 66 (167)
    Other General 224,043 303,919 79,876
Total General 224,276 303,985 79,709
Other Commodities  
    Aircraft 38,578 75,974 37,396
Ammunition 90,525 54,018 (36,507)
Bulk 1,011 294 (717)
Cargo Carrying Trailers  
Privately-owned Vehicles 99 99 0
Refrigerated 6,746 4,286 (2,460)
Special 412,340 404,773 (7,567)
Total Other Commodities 549,299 539,444 (9,855)
Total MSC Cargo 773,575 843,429 69,854

Dry Cargo . . . Measurement Ton Miles

    October - September
    FY 2000
(000)
FY 2001
(000)
Change
(M/Ts)
Controlled Sealift  
    Gov’t. Owned/Bareboat Charter 241,012 980,207 739,195
    Time Charter 934,891 842,520 (92,371)
    Special Charter 1,413,342 1,307,670 (105,672)
    Ship Management Agreement 302,754 717,456 414,702
Total Controlled Sealift 2,891,999 3,847,853 955,854

Dry Cargo . . . Carrier

    October - September
    FY 2000
(M/Ts)
FY 2001
(M/Ts)
Change
(M/Ts)
Controlled Sealift  
    Gov’t. Owned/Bareboat Charter 33,805 171,233 137,428
    Time Charter 253,312 255,945 2,633
    Special Charter 433,503 309,785 (123,718)
    Ship Management Agreement 52,955 106,466 53,511
Total Controlled Sealift 773,575 843,429 69,854

Dry Cargo . . . Carrier
   Average Miles Per Measurement Ton

    October - September
    Miles Traveled Per M/T of Cargo
    FY 2000 FY 2001 Change
Controlled Sealift  
    MSC Nucleus Ships 7,129.5 5,724.4 (1,405.1)
    Time Charter 3,690.7 3.291.8 (398.9)
    Special Charter 3,260.3 4,221.2 960.9
    Ready Reserve Force - RRF 5,717.2 6,738.8 1,021.6
Total Controlled Sealift 3,738.5 4,562.1 823.6

Dry Cargo . . . Traffic Area

    October - September
    FY 2000
(M/Ts)
FY 2001
(M/Ts)
Change
(M/Ts)
Outbound U.S.  
    East Coast 78,617 70,181 (8,436)
    Gulf Coast 51,484 168,761 117,277
    West Coast 36,450 56,256 19,806
Total Outbound 166,551 295,198 128,647
Inbound U.S.  
    East Coast 65,785 66,098 313
Gulf Coast 108,690 90,401 (18,289)
West Coast 51,146 64,356 13,210
Total Inbound 225,621 220,855 (4,766)
Intra - Area 50,436 10,593 (39,843)
Inter - Area 296,799 282,009 (14,790)
U.S. Coastal/Intercoastal 34,168 34,774 606
Total MSC Cargo 773,575 843,429 69,854

Petroleum . . . Carrier

  October - September
  FY 2000
(L/Ts)
FY 2001
(L/Ts)
Change
(L/Ts)
Time Charter 3,592,374 3,933,787 341,413
Voyage Charter 1,414,138 1,235,452 (178,686)
Ready Reserve Force   29,963 29,963
Shipping Contract 166,268 152,416 (13,852)
Total Petroleum 5,172,780 5,351,618 178,838

Petroleum . . . Long Ton Miles

  October - September
  FY 2000
(L/T/Ms)
(000)
FY 2001
(L/T/Ms)
(000)
Change
(L/T/Ms)
(000)
Time Charter 4,518,970 5,025,905 506,935
Voyage Charter 3,550,357 2,094,619 (1,455,738)
Ready Reserve Force   53,343 53,343
Shipping Contract 9,944 3,048 (6,896)
Total Petroleum Miles 8,079,271 7,176,915 (902,356)

Petroleum . . . Traffic Area

    October - September
    FY 2000
(L/Ts)
FY 2001
(L/Ts)
Change
(L/Ts)
Area of Origin  
    U.S. Gulf Coast 637,031 722,334 85,303
    Arabian Gulf 521,552 520,006 (1,546)
    Caribbean/Lesser Antilles 413,648 395,076 (18,572)
    U.S. East Coast      
    California Coast 308,717 231,518 (77,199)
    U.S. Northwest Coast 1,088,891 791,460 (297,431)
    Far East 1,291,253 1,570,214 278,961
    United Kingdom      
    Europe 30,126   (30,126)
    Mediterranean 761,739 1,053,005 291,266
    Hawaii 105,610 62,980 (42,630)
    North Atlantic/Iceland      
    Alaska      
    Diego Garcia 14,213 5,025 (9,188)
    Other      
Total Origin 5,172,780 5,351,618 178,838
Area of Discharge  
    U.S. East Coast 578,566 860,081 281,515
    Hawaii 286,182 106,034 (180,148)
    Far East 1,259,372 1,597,100 337,728
    Mediterranean 573,164 770,257 197,093
    North Atlantic/Iceland 28,579 107,268 78,689
    U.S. Gulf Coast 119,968 105,139 (14,829)
    California Coast 1,020,584 642,687 (377,897)
    U.S. Northwest Coast 279,054 289,548 10,494
    Arabian Gulf 488,919 396,843 (92,076)
    Caribbean/Lesser Antilles 249,406 238,153 (11,253)
    United Kingdom 56,026 3,489 (52,537)
    Europe  
    Alaska 24,159 5,025 (19,134)
    Diego Garcia 134,703 118,793 (15,910)
    Other 74,098 111,201 37,103
Total Discharge 5,172,780 5,351,618 178,838

Petroleum . . . Average Miles

  October - September
Average Miles Travelled per L/T of Cargo
  FY 2000 FY 2001 Change
Time Charter 1,257.9 1,277.6 19.7
Voyage Charter 2,510.6 1,695.4 (815.2)
Ready Reserve Force   1,780.3 1,780.3
Shipping Contract 59.8 20.0 (39.8)
Total Petroleum Miles 1,561.9 1,341.1 (220.8)

Petroleum . . . Owner & Type Product

  FY 2001
  Barrels % of Total Long-Tons % of Total
Aviation Gasoline/ 91   0.0%   0.0%
Motor Gasoline / 72 4,000 0.1% 460 0.0%
Motor Gasoline / 80 331,882 0.9% 38,201 0.7%
Motor Gas Unleaded 96,389 0.2% 11,448 0.2%
Jet Fuel Oil #5 14,382,646 32.5% 1,564,095 29.2%
Thermo-Stable 15,455,928 35.0% 1,941,794 36.3%
Diesel Oil 13,559,662 30.6% 1,747,034 32.6%
Solvents   0.0%   0.0%
Distillate (Clean) 369,773 0.8% 48,586 0.9%
Total Petroleum Products 44,200,280   5,351,618  

Traffic . . . Budget vs. Actual

    FY 2001
    Budget Actual Difference
Dry Cargo (Measurement Tons)  
    Army 320,000 240,194 (79,806)
    Navy 110,000 86,082 (23,918)
    Marine Corps 20,000 11,768 (8,232)
    Air Force 60,000 42,984 (17,016)
    Other 600,000 462,401 (137,599)
Total Dry Cargo 1,110,000 843,429 (266,571)
Petroleum (Long Tons)  
    Navy     0
    Air Force     0
    National Science Foundation     0
    Defense Energy Supply Agency 5,324,462 5,351,618 27,156
Total Petroleum 5,324,462 5,351,618 27,156

1904 Cargo Preference Act
   Lift . . . Total vs. Foreign Flag

    October – September
    FY 2000 FY 2001
    Total Foreign
Flag
Percent Total Foreign
Flag
Percent
Cargo (000 M/Ts)  
    Outbound 167 15 9.0% 320 57 17.8%
    Inbound 229 21 9.2% 225 71 31.6%
    Coastwise/Intercoastal 34   0.0% 13   0.0%
    Inter/Intra Area 344 71 20.6% 285 71 24.9%
Total Cargo 774 107 13.8% 843 199 23.6%
DOD Petroleum (000 L/Ts)  
    Outbound 563   0.0% 409   0.0%
    Inbound 506   0.0% 373   0.0%
    Coastwise/Intercoastal 1,575   0.0% 1,587   0.0%
    Inter/Intra Area 2,529 166 6.6% 2,983 152 5.1%
Total Petroleum 5,173 166 3.2% 5,352 152 2.8%

Personnel . . . Ashore & Afloat

    October – September
    FY 2000 FY 2001 Percent Change
Ashore  
    Military (Active Duty) 214 223 4.20%
    Civilian 1,181 1,149 (2.71%)
Total Ashore 1,395 1,372 (1.65%)
Afloat  
    Military (Active Duty) 826 664 (19.61%)
    Civil Service 3,365 3,499 3.98%
Contract Mariners 1,921 1,897 (1.25%)
Total Afloat 6,112 6,060 (0.80%)
Total Personnel 7,507 7,432 (0.92%)

Naval Fleet Auxiliary . . . Operating Tempo

FY 2001
Type of Ship No. of Ships No. of Days at Sea
Combat Stores 6 930
Fleet Ammunition 4 648
Fleet Auxiliary Oiler 13 2,429
Fleet Ocean Tug 5 583
Fleet Hospital 2 12
Fast Combat Support 1 0*
Totals 31 4,602
* USNS Supply (T-AOE 6) was transferred to MSC late in FY 2001 and sent to Philadelphia for yard work prior to deploying in FY 2002.

Special Mission Ships . . . Operating Tempo

FY 2001
Type of Ship No. of Ships No. of Days at Sea
Acoustic Research 1 90
Cable Repairing/Laying 1 164
Navigation Test Support 1 156
Missile Range Instrumentation 2 376
Submarine Support 3 259
Oceanographic Survey 8 1,924
Ocean Surveillance 14 2,566
Totals 30 5,535

MSC Controlled Fleet ... September 30, 2001

  MSC Controlled Fleet . . . Sept. 30, 2001

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