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Maritime Security
12/12/2007 - Piracy and terrorism are joining forces and creating troubled waters for the maritime industry.
Legal Report: Maritime Security
12/05/2007 - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued an interim final rule that is intended to help maritime professionals protect the privacy of their vessel's security plans.
Legal Report: Maritime Security
12/04/2007 - A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO)--formerly the General Accounting Office--concludes that the Coast Guard's plan to review all vessel security plans has faced numerous challenges and should be updated. As of the beginning of June, the report notes, the Coast Guard had reviewed only half of the 6,400 vessel plans submitted by the July 1 deadline set out in federal law.
Beyond Print: Maritime Security
11/29/2007 - http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/conf/reports/cp_30.pdf
Beyond Print: Maritime Security
11/29/2007 - Salvage capacities after a maritime attack are in need of upgrading.
Legal Report: Maritime Security
11/28/2007 - A temporary final rule issued by the U.S. Coast Guard reclassifies certain chemicals as dangerous cargo. The rule also sets out two options for vessels to submit electronic notices of arrival--a provision required under federal law. The rule took effect on September 17 and is valid through March 20, 2006. Meanwhile, the Coast Guard is accepting comments for a final rule to be issued in the future. Comments must be received by November 16, 2004. For more details visit SM Online.
Intelligence: Maritime Security
11/28/2007 - Fed Ex likes to say that it runs the tightest ship in the shipping business. It's the Coast Guard's mandate to run the tightest ship in the ship business, however, and to that end it is developing an automatic identification system (AIS) to monitor ships traveling to and through U.S. waters. A GAO review shows various challenges, such as whether local port authorities are willing to pay for some of the cost of the infrastructure needed to make it work.
Intelligence: Maritime Security
11/08/2007 - As the investigative arm of Congress, the Government Accountability Office audits government efforts. As the public-policy research arm of Congress, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) provides objective analysis and data. Both have been exploring homeland security issues with recently updated CRS reports investigating nuclear attacks on seaports and water infrastructure. The reports can be reached via SM Online.
Daily Headline : Maritime Security
11/07/2007 - Today workers will enroll at the ports of Tacoma, Washington; Honolulu,Hawaii; and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Legal Report: Maritime Security
11/06/2007 - A bill (S. 378)introduced by Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE) that would create several new seaport security crimes has been approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee and has been accepted for consideration in the Senate.
Daily Headline : Maritime Security
10/18/2007 - Modern pirates make huge profits by plundering ships.
Legal Report: Maritime Security
09/28/2007 - The bill would have made it a crime to enter a secure area of a seaport under false pretenses, forcibly interfere with an authorized law enforcement action, provide false information during a boarding, or willfully disable a passenger vehicle.
Legal Report: Maritime Security
09/28/2007 - A port security bill (H.R. 4954) was signed into law by President Bush becoming P.L. 109-347. The law requires that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) develop and implement a strategic plan to enhance maritime security.
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