Maritime and Ports

InfoZen wins large TSA contract
Maryland company wins contract to support TSA transportation worker program
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Industry: TWIC will cost thousands of jobs
The implementation of new ID cards has some worried that illegal immigrants and individuals with criminal convictions who now hold transportation positions may lose their job
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Shippers fight Sail Only if Scanned legislation
Congress is moving to enact a bill prohibiting the arrival in U.S. ports of ships not scanned for WMD; shippers say the bill will cripple business
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Hutchison pleads for greater U.S. trust
Security experts and legislators do not like the idea that Hutchison personnel, without U.S. custom agent supervision, would be entrusted with the responsibility of monitoring U.S.-bound cargo for radiation, but a Hutchison leader asks for greater trust
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China to levy port security fees to cover costs of container inspection
China has that the cost of inspecting cargo containers to comply with UN-mandated security requirements should be borne by the shipper whose cargo it is supposed to monitor
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New cottage industry: Helping shippers qualify for C-TPAT
Securing cargo containers is a massive — and lucrative — undertaking, and more and more companies want to participate, but you should see the paper work involved; there is thus a new industry emerging, one aiming to help large and small companies apply for DHS C-TPAT
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OSI shows new navigation solutions
By 2010 more than 30,000 commercial ships will be required to deploy Simplified Voyage Data Recorder (S-VDR); OSI is a leading developer of this and other navigational technologies for the civilian and military markets
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U.S. wants to place more U.S. customs agents in Chinese ports
There are U.S. customs inspectors in two Chinese ports, but with the volume of trade with China growing, the U.S. wants inspectors to be present at additional ports
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Former DHS IG calls on Congress to kill Hutchison Bahamas deal
The debate over assigning responsibility for scanning U.S.-bound containers for nuclear materials to a Hong Kong company with close ties to China is intensifying, with a former DHS IG calling on Congress to kill the deal
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House committee defeats Democrat-sponsored container security measure
Democratic minority in the House Homeland Security Committee wanted a strict timetable for implementing freight container security measure, but Republican majority defeats proposal
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Chertoff: Private shippers who implement container safety measures would benefit
Chertoff highlights benefits to shippers from adopting stricter container safety measures
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Another DP World casualty: Sanborn withdraws nomination to U.S. Maritime Administration
Not with a bang but a whimper: DP World’s high official, nominated by Bush in mid-January to oversee U.S. maritime agency, withdraws his nomination in the face of congressional opposition
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U.S. urges Asian ports to increase security
Japanese ports lead the way in adopting biometrics and other measures to enhance port security — but they stubbornly resist introducing nuclear radiation devices; U.S. increases pressure on them — and other Asian ports — to deploy the radiation monitoring devices
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Unease growing with Hutchison nuclear radiation detection deal
The Bush administration will start negotiating with the Bahamian government to allow U.S. custom agents to monitor nuclear radiation detection operations at Freeport conducted by Hong Kong company — or the deal may go the way of the DP World and Check Point-Sourcefire deals went
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Sense Holdings shows cruise vessels and maritime cargo security solution
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