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Marine terminals AAPA: Port Industry Information 
 Documents about ports and the port industry in the U.S., Canada, Caribbean, and Latin America. Features an overview and data on U.S. ports, statistics (such as container traffic), port images, a glossary of maritime terms, and material about port industry issues, activities and functions, and trade. From the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA), "a trade association which represents more than 150 public port authorities in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Latin America." http://www.aapa-ports.org/Industry/?navItemNumber=494 Topics: Industries, Transportation Last updated Oct 3, 2006 Background Q&A: The UAE Purchase of American Port Facilities
Questions and answers about issues surrounding a purchase that would give a company from Dubai (in the United Arab Emirates) "control over facilities in six U.S. ports: New York, Miami, Newark-Port Elizabeth, Philadelphia, New Orleans, and Baltimore." Discusses security concerns (weapons of mass destruction and vulnerability of liquefied natural gas), the company (DP World), significance of operation of U.S. ports by foreign companies, and related topics. From the Council on Foreign Relations. http://www.cfr.org/publication/9918/uae_purchase_of_american_port_facilities.html Topics: Industries, National Security, Transportation Last updated Mar 1, 2006 Container Security Initiative
Facts sheets about the Container Security Initiative (CSI), a program intended to help increase security for containerized cargo shipped to the United States from around the world. Discusses elements of this anti-terrorism program, the ports where the CSI is in operation, and related material. Opens directly into a PDF file. From U.S. Customs and Border Protection. http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/newsroom/fact_sheets/printer_fact_sheets/csi_factsheet.ctt/csi_factsheet.pdf Topics: Industries, National Security, Transportation Last updated Apr 15, 2008 |
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