Tanker Security Program

What it does

This final rule implements the Tanker Security Program (TSP) and makes certain changes to the TSP interim final rule (IFR) published in the Federal Register on December 7, 2022, in response to public comments received on the IFR, feedback from stakeholders, and MARAD's own experience during initial program administration. The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to establish TSP, comprised of a fleet of active, commercially viable, militarily useful, privately owned product tank vessels of the United States. The TSP Fleet is intended to meet national defense and other security requirements and maintain a United States presence in international commercial shipping. TSP supports the United States maritime industries and workforce to promote national security and economic resilience.

The Maritime Administration's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 46 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

46 CFR 294

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Maritime Administration has published 6 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 3 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 2133-AB95 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

This final rule is effective July 23, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket MARAD-2022-0247 on Regulations.gov
• Title 46 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register