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Maritime Security Program

The Maritime Security Program provides resources to maintain a US-flag merchant marine fleet crewed by US citizens to serve both the commercial and national security needs of the United States. The program provides direct payments to US-flag ship operators engaged in internation trade.

Rating

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PERFORMING
Effective

This is the highest rating a program can achieve. Programs rated Effective set ambitious goals, achieve results, are well-managed and improve efficiency.
  • The Maritime Security Program is an effective program that targets its resouces to vessels that are militarily useful in times of need. It replaced complicated reimbursement schemes in a predecessor program with a set per vessel subsidy capped by law.
  • The program needs to employ a better metric to track program execution. Commercial sealift capacity may not be sufficient in times of war or national emergency based on the current mix of vessels enrolled in the program.

Improvement Plan

About Improvement Plans

We are taking the following actions to improve the performance of the program:

  • Monitoring MSP agreements and, when appropriate, modifying those agreements, including substitution of vessels with DOD approval, to ensure that the MSP is meeting DOD's needs.

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