Transportation Industry
Caribbean port security challenges remain.(PORTSECURITY)
Marine Log, August, 2007
The Caribbean Basin is critical important to the U.S. economy. Caribbean ports provide transshipment points for cargo containers and are major cruise ship destinations, serving nearly 7 milion North American cruise passengers in 2006. Additionally, Trinidad and Tobago, for example, supplies 70% of the imported Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and Venezuela and Mexico are major suppliers of petroleum.
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Security challenges still remain for Caribbean ports, according to a recently released U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) report. The report, which was required by the Security and Accountability for Every (SAFE) Port Act of 2006, identifies several concerns.
Among these concerns are (1) the level of corruption that exists in...
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