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Shipping Fact Sheet: Securing U.S. Ports 
 This February 2006 overview of U.S. ports includes details about the groups responsible for the ports (U.S. Customs and Board Protection, Coast Guard, terminal operator, and port authority), security measures (such as screening and inspection and the Container Security Initiative), the United Arab Emirates (UAE)/Dubai Ports World acquisition, and related topics. From the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/press_release_0865.shtm Topics: Industries, National Security, Transportation Last updated Nov 9, 2006 Tacoma Public Library Northwest Room: Ships and Shipping
Contains "more than 13,000 individual index records (as of July 2004) on ships built on the Pacific Coast and ships with a connection to the Pacific Northwest. The database includes the names (and former names) of vessels, their builders, careers and dispositions. Some records include extensive notes." Does not include images. Searchable. From the Tacoma (Washington state) Public Library. http://search.tpl.lib.wa.us/ships/ Topics: Industries, Regions of the World, Transportation Last updated Dec 29, 2005 World Oil Transit Chokepoints
Profiles of regions where oil "tankers encounter several geographic 'chokepoints,' or narrow channels," and which are "critically important to world oil trade because so much oil passes through them, yet they are narrow and theoretically could be blocked -- at least temporarily." Discusses areas such as the Strait of Hormuz, Strait of Malacca, Bab el-Mandab, Panama Canal, Suez Canal and the Sumed Pipeline, and Bosporus and the Turkish Straits. From the U.S. Department of Energy. http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/World_Oil_Transit_Chokepoints/Background.html Topics: Oil & Gas Last updated Nov 8, 2005 |
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