Assistance program
Maritime Security Fleet Program or Ship Operations Cooperation Program
$2.8 Billion committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Maritime Administration, Transportation, Department of
- Assistance
- Direct Payments for Specified Use
- CFDA number
- 20.813
- What it does
- The MSP helps sustain a fleet of 60 active, commercially viable, militarily useful, privately-owned vessels operating under U.S. registry to meet national defense and other security requirements. Participating operators are required to make their ships and commercial transportation resources available upon request by the Secretary of Defense during times of war or national emergency.
- Who benefits
- Ownership and operation of vessels and facilities useful to the United States in time of war or national emergency.
- Who applies
- U.S. citizens and operators of U.S. flag vessels.
- Authorized by
- Omnibus Appropriations Bill of 2015; NDAA for Fiscal Year 2017, P.L. -112-239; 1122, Section 212(f)
- The Maritime Security Act of 2003; the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2013
- Program site
- http://www.marad.dot.gov ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
How the money flows
Committed dollars by how this program's money is paid out.
Direct payments
$2.8B
100%
Grants
$403.4K
<1%
Top recipients
By dollars committed.
How to read these numbers
- Committed through this program
Money committed under this assistance listing (its CFDA program), counted in the year each action happened.
- How it's paid
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- Awards, counted once
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- The colored bars
Every bar on this page splits by how the money moves:
Direct payments