Tanker Security Program (MARAD)
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2025-04-30 — SHIPS for America Act of 2025: cross-connection with ships-for-america-act: SHIPS Act’s merchant-marine and sealift provisions overlap with MARAD’s Tanker Security Program as complementary tools for U.S.-flag commercial fleet capacity supporting DoD sealift. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-07-23 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to support the national defense and economic security of the United States by incentivizing the construction of United States shipyards.: cross-connection with shipyard-construction-tax-incentives: Both address U.S. maritime industrial base capacity — HR9921 via tax incentives for shipyard construction, the Tanker Security Program via MARAD operating support for a U.S.-flag tanker fleet. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-06-23 — Tanker Security Program: MARAD issued a final rule implementing the Tanker Security Program, adopting the December 2022 interim final rule with incremental changes in response to public comments; establishes a fleet of privately owned, commercially viable, militarily useful U.S. product tank vessels for national defense and sealift support. (novelty: 2)