Contract: Austal, $7M

Austal Hull 130 Chartering, LLC, Mobile, Ala., is being awarded a $6,968,500 modification under a previously awarded firm, fixed-price contract to exercise a six-month option period for the worldwide charter of one U.S.-flagged passenger/cargo ferry. The vessel will support the Marine Corps, Third Marine Expeditionary Force, and will operate out of Okinawa, Japan. Work will be performed at sea worldwide, and is expected to be completed by August 2013. Military Sealift Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 01/14/13)