The Tanker Security Program (TSP) will ensure that a core fleet of U.S.-based product tankers can operate competitively in international trade and enhance U.S. supply chain resiliency for liquid fuel products. The TSP will provide the Department of Defense with assured access to 10 U.S.-registered product tank vessels that may be used to supply the armed forces with fuel during times of armed conflict or national emergency.  

The Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with minor adjustments in the FY22 NDAA, required that the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, establish a fleet of active, commercially viable, militarily useful, and privately-owned product tank vessels to meet national defense and other security requirements. Congress appropriated funding for the TSP in the Fiscal Year 2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act.  
 

TSP REFERENCE DOCUMENTS

• NAVIGATION AND VESSEL INSPECTION CIRCULAR NO. 01-13, CH-1
• CONSOL DOCUMENTS
• TANKER COMMUNICATIONS REQUIREMENTS
• FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
• FUEL TANKER STUDY – Unclassified Executive Summary

CURRENT TSP PARTICIPANTS

TANKER SECURITY PROGRAM INTERIM FINAL RULE 

PREVIOUS TANKER SOLICITATIONS