{"id":342596,"date":"2026-07-16T20:18:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T20:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/342596\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T20:18:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T20:18:36","slug":"tote-services-in-jacksonville-reels-in-sizable-navy-contract-for-vessel-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/342596\/","title":{"rendered":"Tote Services in Jacksonville reels in sizable Navy contract for vessel construction"},"content":{"rendered":"

A $2.2 billion contract is heading to one of Jacksonville\u2019s leading maritime companies.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Navy has agreed to the contract with Tote Services LLC<\/a> of Jacksonville. The deal provides the funding to Tote, which will be in charge of constructing what\u2019s called Medium Landing Ships (LSM<\/a>) for the Navy.<\/p>\n

The LSM program includes a multiship effort at several shipyards involving suppliers, designers, manufactures and other stakeholders. Tote will provide an overarching management structure coordinating government standards, shipyard construction and ending with delivery of the vessels.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a tremendous responsibility and a defining moment for American shipbuilding,\u201d said Jeff Dixon, President of Tote Services. Tote was awarded the contract through the Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE<\/a>) Maritime, the administrative office that oversees the work.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe look forward to collaborating with and supporting PAE Maritime as we work together on LSM. The U.S. is counting on this program to succeed, and our job is clear: steward the work responsibly, cultivate the best talent and expertise, move with urgency, and deliver for the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tote\u2019s role will be the Vessel Construction Manager on the project. The contract calls for new construction of eight LMS. The vessels will support a larger 35-ship fleet for the Navy and U.S. Marine Corp.<\/p>\n

While Tote will be the main contractor on the project, PAE Maritime will award and oversee subcontractors to work on the construction of the ships. Requests for proposals from qualified shipyards in the U.S. will begin shortly to hire the companies.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe shipyards building these vessels are central to the success of the LSM program, and we are ready to support them every step of the way,\u201d\u00a0said Chris Clark, Vice President of New Construction at Tote Services. \u201cOur commitment is to provide the clarity, consistency, and support our industry partners need to do what they do best: deliver high-quality ships for the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A $2.2 billion contract is heading to one of Jacksonville\u2019s leading maritime companies. The U.S. Navy has agreed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342597,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[140561,14894,116,118,117,140562,140563,12594,140564,140565,140566,140567,130053,10172,140568],"class_list":["post-342596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-chris-clark","tag-contract","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jeff-dixon","tag-lsm","tag-maritime","tag-medium-landing-ships","tag-pae","tag-portfolio-acquisition-executive","tag-tote-services-llc","tag-u-s-marine-corps","tag-u-s-navy","tag-vessel-construction-manager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}