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| | New Bush national security directive on maritime issues charts Administration course during his second term |
 | | The directive, entitled “Maritime Security Policy,” is designed to “integrate and leverage” existing federal policies and programs, such as the Container Security Initiative, the Proliferation Security Initiative and Operation Safe Commerce, “while ensuring inter-agency alignment and focus,” according to sources familiar with the document. | | | The nine-page unclassified National Security Presidential Directive 41/Homeland Security Presidential Directive 13 provides a strategy designed to coordinate federal, state and local governmental efforts with those of the private sector to protect ports and secure container cargos, while maintaining surveillance over U.S. territorial waters. | | | Analysis: Senate hearing on homeland security puts protecting seaports in focus |
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http://www.offnews.info/verArticulo.php?contenidoID=380
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| | Cargo Security Initiative Established at World's 20 Largest Seaports |
| | Commissioner Bonner said, "When the Container Security Initiative was proposed in early 2002, the goal was to establish CSI in 20 of the largest or "Mega" container seaports of the world. | | | The Container Security Initiative (CSI), a global counterterrorism effort begun by the United States, has become operational at Piraeus, Greece, which means the world's 20 largest container seaports are now partners in the program. | | | In order to jump start CSI in Greece, CBP is loaning Greece two large-scale, whole container x-ray machines, so that the security protection of CSI can be in place before the Olympics this summer and are there in time to contribute to the security of the Olympics. |
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http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2004&m=July&x=200407271531471ACnosnhoJ0.7696955&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html
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| | US Container Security Initiative |
| | We do not have comprehensive information on the Container Security Initiative, but we can refer you to the Fact Sheet of the US Department of State where the US Customs Service sets out the basic facts of the initiative. | | | I visited your site and read that the United States has a new initiative called the Container Security Initiative (CSI) whereby the US plans stricter security control for containers entering their ports. | | | As to what rules of the WTO the initiative may be in violation of, we refer you to the legal paper written by Jan Bohanes of the Tralac staff entitled The Technical Barriers To Trade (TBT) Agreement. |
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http://www.tralac.org/scripts/content.php?id=411
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| | Container |
| | Container Security Initiative The Container Security Initiative (CSI) was launched in United States. | | | Container composting Container composting - There are sound reasons for air circulation) that is in contact with the soi... | | | Container pattern In design patternss in which objects are created to hold other objects. |
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http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/topics/container.html
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| | National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States |
| | Canada was also an essential partner in both increasing security and facilitating the flow of traffic at the borders by working with the U.S. to pilot the Container Security Initiative (CSI) through the Joint In Transit Container Targeting Initiative pioneered at the ports of Vancouver, Halifax, and Montreal. | | | Many national security experts believe that a terrorist attack using a container as a weapon or as a means to smuggle a terrorist weapon, possibly a weapon of mass destruction, is likely. | | | Our State Department has been a strong supporter of CSI, and it is a part of the Presidents homeland security strategy. |
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http://www.9-11commission.gov/hearings/hearing7/witness_bonner.htm
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| | Greece Signs Container Security Agreement with U.S. |
| | Greece has become the18th country to sign a Container Security Initiative (CSI) agreement with the United States, giving its permission for U.S. customs officials to be deployed to the port of Piraeus to help screen U.S.-bound cargo shipments that could pose a terrorist threat. | | | "We support the Container Security Initiative which is designed to safeguard global maritime trade by enhancing cooperation at seaports worldwide to identify and examine high-risk containers and ensure their in-transit integrity" said Vassilios Manolopoulos, Director General of the Greek Directorate General of Customs and Excise. | | | Because CSI will detect and deter attempts by terrorists to exploit cargo containers, the Container Security Initiative is an insurance policy against terrorism. |
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http://www.iwar.org.uk/news-archive/2004/06-24-2.htm
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| | Ask the Expert/ FAQ |
| | The Container Security Initiative is the umbrella term for security initiatives begun after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. | | | The Container Security Initiative has been developing standards and reviewing technologies for security and inspection procedures, and members of C-TPAT are kept informed of those results. | | | Yard management (placing containers in the yard depending on their sailing dates) and stow plans (determining the location of the container when loaded onto the vessel) must become more real-time. |
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http://www.csiinstitute.com/AsktheExperts/faq1.htm
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| | CP Ships - |
| | Canadian ports such as Montreal, a major CP Ships gateway and where CP Ships operates one of Canada's largest container handling facilities, were the first non-US ports to welcome US Customs inspectors under the Container Security Initiative. | | | CP Ships also has a Security Awareness training program that is required for all members of staff as well as a Security Orientation Program for new employees. | | | CP Ships ensures high standards of operational security by reviewing and updating company security programs regularly and by working with customers, intermodal transportation partners, marine terminals and ship managers to foster security awareness. |
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http://www.cpships.com/OurBiz/Security/security.cfm
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| | DHS Department of Homeland Security U.S. Customs and Border Protection Announces Hellenic Republic Joins Container Security Initiative |
| | CSI, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection initiative, is operational at 19 of the world’s major seaports in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America. | | | Because CSI will detect and deter attempts by terrorists to exploit cargo containers, the Container Security Initiative is an insurance policy against terrorism. | | | Today’s signing marks the first signing of a declaration of principles since the U.S. and the European Community entered into a historic agreement to expand cooperation in the area of container security on April 22, 2004. |
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http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?content=3785
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| | U.S. Officials Working Toward Stronger Security at Sea |
| | The U.S. Customs Service announced February 22 a container security initiative that proposed to establish security criteria for identifying high-risk containers and screening them at the ports of origin. | | | U.S. Customs Commissioner Robert Bonner said in January that the United States was seeking cooperation on security from 10 "mega-ports" that account for nearly half of all containers coming into U.S. seaports. | | | The United States has already gotten ahead of other countries on container security by trying to place its customs inspectors in foreign seaports with the highest volumes of U.S.-bound container traffic. |
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http://japan.usembassy.gov/e/p/tp-se1180.html
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| | Article detail |
| | October 20, 2005, Washington, D.C.-- Today, United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Robert C. Bonner and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) President Alain Jolicoeur signed a Container Security Initiative (CSI) partnership arrangement to move forward on the commitment of both countries to securing North American trade. | | | The United States and Canada have established a Container Security Initiative (CSI) partnership arrangement to help improve the flow of legitimate trade and people across the U.S.-Canada border. | | | The United States and Canada continue to take significant steps forward in coordinated efforts to increase the overall effectiveness of the respective border security programs. Goals/accomplishments include: |
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http://nato.usmission.gov/Article.asp?ID=1B8B923D-86AC-4E08-8658-0F74CA0D91F4
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| | M2M Magazine :: M2M Minute |
| | When the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, www.dhs.gov, Washington, D.C., released the final rules for its Container Security Initiative in November, it opened a new door for M2M technology providers to help companies comply and take a crucial step in customs and border protection. | | | Ember, which released a new radio-frequency solution late last yearin November for applications such as building and industrial automation, signed on a new customer for its ocean-shipping security initiative, and partnered with Honeywell Intl. | | | Embers homeland-defense initiative is just one of many recent announcements from the company, which has been among the most prolific in the past few months not only in sensor networking, but in M2M overall. |
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http://www.m2mmag.com/web/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53
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| | Public Affairs Press Release |
| | The Megaports Initiative, in cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security's Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, is making technical resources available to complement Customs' Container Security Initiative at international ports. | | | The Megaports Initiative supports foreign countries in deploying radiation detection capability at key seaports to screen cargo containers for nuclear and other radioactive materials. | | | The specialized radiation detection technology was developed by Department of Energy laboratories as part of overall U.S. nuclear security efforts to improve the security of the international maritime trading system and guard against proliferation of weapons material. |
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http://usembassy.state.gov/posts/ce1/wwwhpr20040826.html
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| | Container Security Initiative - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Container Security Initiative (CSI) was launched in 2002 by the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), an agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. | | | Its purpose was to increase security for container cargo shipped to the United States. | | | Under the CSI program, the screening of containers that pose a risk for terrorism is accomplished by teams of CBP officials deployed to work in concert with their host nation counterparts. |
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| | The WavyLine Weblog |
| | In recent years as much as 30% of the container terminals of Japan are being operated by newly created terminal operators primarily comprising the local stevedores.) Furthermore, in 2001, the labor unions agreed to work on Sundays under the governmental initiative for reforming the Japanese ports as proclaimed by the Koizumi Administration. | | | Background: Following September 11, in order to improve the security of international maritime commerce, the U.S. government led a successful initiative at the International Maritime Organization to create a new international vessel and port security regime. | | | The container ships were called "Black Ships", recalling those employed under Commodore Perry of the US Navy which visited Japan in 1853 and which delivered the urge to Japan to open the country to western cultures, as the result of which Japan concluded the US-Japan Treaty of Friendship the following year. |
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| | Department of State Washington File: Text: China's Port of Shenzhen Joins U.S. Container Security Initiative |
| | "I am pleased to see that the Container Security Initiative has been expanded to include the port of Shenzhen. I anticipate continuing the strong cooperative relationship in combating terrorism that has developed between the United States and China," said Clark T. Randt, Jr., the U.S. Ambassador to the People's Republic of China. | | | "I am pleased to see that the Container Security Initiative has been expanded to include the port of Shenzhen," U.S. Ambassador to China Clark T. Randt Jr., said. | | | Before 9/11 CSI did not exist. It was proposed and launched by Commissioner Bonner in January 2002 as a means to protect the global trade lanes against potential terrorist exploitation. CSI has been accepted globally as a bold and revolutionary initiative to help secure maritime cargo shipments against the terrorist threat. |
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http://usinfo.org/wf/050624/epf504.htm
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| | HK supports US container security initiative |
| | The Commissioner of Customs and Excise, Mr Raymond Wong Hung-chiu, signed a Declaration of Principles (DoP) with the Commissioner of the US Customs Service, Mr Robert C. Bonner, in September to support the US Container Security Initiative (CSI) and demonstrate Hong Kongs commitment to safeguarding the global maritime trade system against terrorism. | | | Hong Kong Customs has taken into account a host of factors such as ocean container security, impact on trade as well as port efficiency and competitiveness in taking this step towards implementing a CSI pilot scheme in Hong Kong. | | | Mr Raymond Wong Hung-chiu said that Hong Kong has the world's busiest container port and it fully recognises the importance of enhancing the security of the world's maritime trading system through strengthened Customs cooperation at seaports. |
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http://www.hongkong.org/ehongkong14/hksupports.htm
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| | RFID, Supply Chain, Logistics, and More - Dubai joins Container Security Initiative - win-win anti-terror program - Portal of Supply Chain Management |
| | Another dual-use homeland security program yielding both security and economic benefits was strengthened this week when the Dubai Ports, Customs, and Free Zone Corporation joined the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Container Security Initiative (CSI). | | | PS: The Container Security Institute is a great source of information about the CSI program and its supply chain benefits (it's a public service/marketing service of Covansys, a supply-chain solutions provider. | | | It seeks to replace generic intermodal shipping containers, which have been identified as a major potential terrorist risk, with state-of-the-art ones that include bio-sensors and RFID or other tracking devices. |
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http://www.rfidscm.info/supply-chain/26433.html
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| | Customs Strengthens Container Security |
| | Among the top objectives of the agreement is to expand the Container Security Initiative (CSI) so that standards are established. | | | The Dept. of Homeland Security and the European Union (EU) on Thursday signed an agreement intended to pave the way for tougher, unilateral port security to eliminate the smuggling of “dirty” bombs via shipping containers across the EU. | | | Prior to the agreement, the CSI was limited in that no established standards were in place at European ports to identify what is classified as a risky container and when should it be opened for inspection, according to The Wall Street Journal Online. |
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http://driversmag.com/ar/fleet_customs_strengthens_container_2
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| | APL: Security - Container Security Initiative (CSI) |
| | Container Security Initiative (CSI) is a government to government initiative in which the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) signs bilateral agreements with its counterparts in different countries. | | | 13 - Jul: Homeland Security Announces Six-Point Agenda for Department of Homeland Security | | | 03 - Aug: CBP Reaches International Maritime Security Milestone |
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http://www.apl.com/security/html/csi.html
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| | MARITIME SECURITY & MARITIME COUNTER-TERRORISM |
| | They seem to think that since effective security measures have already been taken or are being taken in the form of strengthening naval patrolling of maritime choke points, the proliferation security initiative, the container security initiative etc, the question of maritime counter-terrorism is already being addressed adequately. | | | During the next five years, the ORF's International Terrorism Watch Project seeks to develop a core competence in the study of maritime counter-terrorism and counter-terrorism relating to energy security, if the required budgetary support is forthcoming. | | | This was followed by a National Workshop on the "Recent Intelligence Failures in the USA, the UK and Russia: Their Lessons for India" held at New Delhi in October, 2004, and another on "The North-East: The Problems and the Options" held at New Delhi in November,2004. |
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| | Container and Port Security Update (tdctrade.com) |
| | Meanwhile, the US Department of Homeland Security's Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that the Japanese Customs and Tariff Bureau will deploy personnel at the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport under the Container Security Initiative (CSI). | | | US ports are in need of financial assistance from the federal government to meet the security requirements contained in the Port and Maritime Security Act of 2002, according to Kurt Nagle, the president of the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA). | | | In other words, the CSI program is based on the premise that it would be too late to act when the ship arrives in at a US port, particularly if the port itself is the target of a nuclear device hidden in a cargo container. |
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http://www.tdctrade.com/alert/us0308d.htm
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| | Nonproliferation Policies and Initiatives |
| | State is also working closely with U.S. Customs/DHS officials to ensure that U.S. Government approaches to countries with megaports to join the Container Security Initiative are integrated with our broader nonproliferation policy and with export control outreach and assistance efforts we are carrying out in some of these countries. | | | Since the Summit, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, John Bolton, has continued to lead U.S. efforts to ensure the success of the initiative. | | | The Defense Department, for example, as a partner of the Moscow Center, contributed assistance for pathogen security projects when it was unable to negotiate an implementing agreement for such biological weapons nonproliferation research projects in Russia. |
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http://www.state.gov/t/np/rls/rm/18835.htm
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| | Seminar on US Container Security Initiative and its impact on Lankan trade |
| | A top level seminar on the US Container Security Initiative and its impact on Sri Lankan trade will be held on September 27 at 9.00 a.m. | | | Seminar on US Container Security Initiative and its impact on Lankan trade | | | It is organized by the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (ICS) Sri Lanka Branch in partnership with the Sri Lanka Shippers Council. |
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| | News & Info |
| | I applaud the government of Argentina for assuming a leadership role in the Container Security Initiative," said CBP Commissioner Robert C. Bonner. | | | "I applaud the government of Argentina for assuming a leadership role in the Container Security Initiative," he said. | | | Buenos Aires, Argentina, is located at the river Rio de la Plata and by open sea. |
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http://dtirp.dtra.mil/CBW/news/G/g_11may05_1.asp
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| | Gulf Coast E-news |
| | Another $90 million was appropriated for portal radiation detection equipment, and $35 million for the container security initiative. | | | Another $228 million was allocated for homeland security activities related to Operation Liberty Shield, $57.6 million for research and development, and $25 million for counter-terrorism training for USCG personnel. | | | McLauchlan said that by 2006 "and $200 million more investment, we should handle our first container vessel." |
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http://www.guidrynews.com/03GCEN/11403April24.html
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| | Italy Joins U.S. Container Security Initiative |
| | Under the Container Security Initiative, as the program is known, the Bush administration is seeking partnerships with other governments that would allow it to target and screen high-risk sea containers before they leave major foreign ports. | | | The initial objective is to implement CSI at the ports that send large volumes of cargo containers into the United States, in a way that will facilitate detection of potential security concerns at their earliest possible opportunity. | | | Italy has agreed to participate in a U.S. security plan aimed at preventing terrorists from smuggling their emissaries or weapons of mass destruction into the United States in sea-borne cargo containers, the U.S. Customs Service says. |
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http://japan.usembassy.gov/e/p/tp-eco20021112a2.html
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| | The Hindu Business Line : US Customs' Container Security Initiative — Jawaharlal Nehru port to be boxed in first |
| | Once the Declaration of Principles is signed, an office of the US Department of Homeland Security will be set up at the JN port which, complete with the two terminals and a third under construction, is the country's largest container handling port. | | | After all, the security measures being prescribed by the US agencies for the host countries are costly to implement as these involve not only installation of expensive equipment but also compliance with various procedures and systems involving extensive training and therefore investments. | | | The port security measures are flawed and the procedures have created vulnerabilities and loopholes for terrorists, according to reports published in Journal of Commerce in the US. |
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http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/06/20/stories/2005062000380600.htm
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