Seaward Services Inc., a maritime services provider under the Hornblower Group, has been awarded a five-year, six-month contract to supply mariner and logistical support for the U.S. Navy’s Training Support Vessel Squadron (TSVRON), the company announced on Thursday.
The contract, which has a total potential value of $77 million, was issued by the U.S. Navy's NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk Contracting Department following a public proposal process. The work will support four Training Support Vessels based in Norfolk, Va., which are used by Carrier Strike Group FOUR (CSG-4) to create academic, synthetic, and live training environments as part of the Fleet Response Training Plan.
TSVRON missions provide training for deploying carrier strike groups, Marine expeditionary units, and independent deployers. The vessels are crewed by a mix of civilian and contract mariners.
"The Training Support Vessels operated by TSVRON are critical naval training assets, and Seaward Services is proud to provide expert mariner and logistics support to ensure future and ongoing training scenarios meet both the important mission and incredibly high standards of the U.S. Navy," said Brendan Smith, president at Seaward Services. "The expertise and experience required of these types of partnerships are at the heart of Seaward's continued success as a naval and government partner of choice, and our local crew of expert mariners are prepared to support TSVRON across a variety of key training scenarios."
Support under the new contract is scheduled to begin in January 2026.
