The Militarily Useful Clean Product Tanker: Sealift Component of the DoD Petroleum Distribution System.

Abstract

The Department of Defense petroleum distribution system utilizes Military Sealift Command controlled clean product tankers as its primary element of sealift transport. Relying upon the commercial tanker fleet for the majority of its fleet requirements, MSC is presently facing the decline of that industry due to strong economic and political factors. The reaction and behavior of both DOD and MSC this changing resource scenario has generated considerable attention and debate. This thesis attempts to depict the overall structure of the DOD petroleum distribution system, MSC's product tanker role in that system, and potential alternative behaviors with regard to the apparent inevitable decline of the product tanker industry. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA140080

Entities

People

  • Scott Alan Roberts

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Agreements
  • Commerce
  • Department Of Defense
  • Emergencies
  • Fish
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Maritime Industry
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Nato
  • Petroleum
  • Petroleum Industry
  • Tanker Aircraft
  • United States
  • United States Government

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  • Marine Ecotoxicology
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.