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DHS's ambitious nuclear radiation detection plan has its critics
DHS envisions a protective radiation system which will ring the United States with radiation monitors at ports, along isolated sea coasts, traveling the oceans, roaming highways in police cars, and even located at checkpoints and toll booths on routes into major cities — all connected to a central national command center and staffed around the clock; critics have their questions
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Inmarsat launches FleetBroadband
U.K. satellite company launches first fully IP-based broadband service for ships; service supports simultaneous voice and broadband IP data connectivity at up to 432 kbps
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TWIC's enrollment continues apace
DHS announces that ten more ports will enroll their employees in TWIC; since mid-October, enrollment has been taking place in twelve ports
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Organizational security: Alion takes stock and offer remedies
Organizations which take their security seriously want to evaluate continuously their security situation and security policies; often they also must see that they are in compliance with government security mandates; serious organizations should take a look at Alion’s CounterMeasures
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New Australian visa requirements for foreign maritime crew
Australia tightens maritime security: All nonmilitary foreign ship crew members — some 130,000 of them every year — now require a visa to enter Australia; nonmilitary ships include commercial vessels such as cargo vessels, cruise ships, and fishing vessels, and public or government scientific vessels
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Former CBP head says U.S. cargo scan plan is a "simpleton's approach"
Former head of U.S. customs says U.S. government’s plans to implement scanning of all air and sea cargo destined for the U.S. is a “simpleton’s approach” to supply chain security
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Canada's increasingly worried about Arctic vulnerabilities
The Arctic has immense oil reserves and mineral wealth, but Canada has been slow to protect its northern sovereignty; this becomes even more important as receding Arctic ice makes Canada’s northern frontier more accessible to uninvited guests
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Naval integration key to EU sea security
European naval and maritime leaders call for greater cooperation among EU member-states’ navies, police forces, and coast guards to bolster Europe’s port and maritime security
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Parker Hannifin buys Scan Subsea, KV Automation
Parker, eager to strengthen its offshore presence on floating platforms in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, acquires Norwegian manufacturer of power and production umbilical cables for subsea installations
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Cubic launches Maritime Security Program
Program aims to assist federal regulators and the international port and shipping community to achieve compliance with new seaport security laws
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CodaOctopus delivers first of three Underwater Inspection Systems to U.S. Coast Guard
CodaOctopus delivers first of three Underwater Inspection Systems (UIS) to U.S. Coast Guard; advanced, versatile system features several advanced technologies which allow for real-time 3D underwater inspection with accurate positioning (up to 10cm) for georeferencing
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DHS says its biometric-at-sea trial is a success
Coast Guard completes 12-months trial of technology which captures fingerprints digitally from illegal migrants apprehended at sea; Coast Guard then uses satellite technology to compare the migrant information against US VISIT’s data
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2007 Maritime Security Expo: Security challenges, business opportunities
The U.S. maritime transportation system — ports, ships, warehouses, access roads — is vast and sprawling; securing this system offers many opportunities for security-related businesses for two reasons: It is essential to the welfare and national security of the United States, and many of its nodes are vulnerable to attack and disruption
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L.A.-Long Beach ports brace for TWIC registration
TWIC registration at ports will begin in mid-December; industry worries that about 20 percent of truckers, the majority of whom are Latino immigrants, may not pass the background checks
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U.S. destroyer in pursuit of hijacked tanker off the shore of Somalia
Somali pirates on Sunday hijacked a tanker carrying benzene; USS Arleigh Burke entered Somali territorial water in hot pursuit
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