Sealift Incorporated

Sealift Incorporated
Company typePrivate
IndustryShipping
Founded1975
Headquarters
Oyster Bay, New York
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U.S.
Key people
John Raggio, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Ragnar Knutsen
Alan Alder
Fred Isaksen
Websitesealiftinc.org

Sealift Incorporated is an American shipping company based in Oyster Bay, New York. The privately held corporation was founded in 1975 by the four owners who remain the principal executives. Sealift Inc. is one of the largest ocean contractors for transporting U.S. food aid and participates in the Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement. Between the start of fiscal 2000 and the first quarter of 2008, Sealift Inc. was awarded US$402,151,046 in contracts.

Sealift's main fleet consists of eleven ships: container ships, general cargo ships, and a combination general/container ship. The fleet has ships from 12 to 39 years of age, including two steamships and three small ships under 10,000 tonnes deadweight (DWT).

Sealift Inc has collective bargaining agreements with the Seafarer's International Union and the American Maritime Officers union.

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