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kendalbill
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Username: Kendalbill

Post Number: 140
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Wednesday, March 8, 2006 - 8:11 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

We have just spent three weeks talking about the Dubai Ports deal, but I have not heard one word about the measures taken to secure the ports in the last five years.

Surely we have some people here that work in the industry-- have there been any visible, material changes to how we do business through ports? Has anything really been done? I keep hearing how porous the ports are-- shouldn't at least SOME of the energy devoted to opposing the deal be given to making the ports more secure whoever runs them?
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Ukealalio
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Username: Ukealalio

Post Number: 2545
Registered: 6-2003
Posted on Wednesday, March 8, 2006 - 5:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I personally work on this. Check out C-TPAT.
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kendalbill
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Username: Kendalbill

Post Number: 143
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Wednesday, March 8, 2006 - 8:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I looked it up and there seems to be a lot to it. Is it effective? How comprehensive is it?
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Lydia
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Username: Lydial

Post Number: 1705
Registered: 5-2001
Posted on Wednesday, March 8, 2006 - 9:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Kendalbill -

I'm reading a great book about piracy, the choas of the seas and how incredibly difficult it is to secure our ports.

"The Outlaw Sea" by WIlliam Langewiesche. There are so many factors that figure in to securing the ins and outs of container ships. The book is not alarmist, but the facts are pretty troubling.

Our ports are patrolled by the Coast Guard, which is now part of Homeland Security -- the CG basically makes ships fill out a lot of paperwork (which is good) but there are hundreds of ships with false paperwork (bad) that get through.


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