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President Bush Signs SAFE Port Act

October 13, 2006
THE PRESIDENT: I'm pleased to have you here as I sign a bill that will help protect the American people and our ports. The SAFE Port Act will make this nation more prepared, more prosperous and more secure. Read More

SECURITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR EVERY PORT ACT OF 2006 - PUBLIC LAW 109-347—OCT. 13, 2006

THE KIMERY REPORT - 100 Percent Air, Ship Cargo Screening Unlikely to Get Past Congress, featuring Steve Kroecker, SeaAway

HSToday Magazine - April 2007
Debate Centers on Technology Availability, Costs of Total Screening
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Ship Shape? Article featuring Steve Kroecker, SeaAway

Homeland Security Europe Magazine March 2007 - While much media attention has been heaped on the increasingly stringent and multi-layered security checks in place at Europe's airports, the region's seaports have found themselves facing criticism for the comparative ease at which containers can enter and leave. But is this negative view of current marine security fair and, if so, what is the industry doing to reduce the potential risk of attack? HSE brought together two experts in the field, Steve Kroecker, Director of Project Engineering, SeaAway, and Tim Barker, Managing Director of Hansard Security Services, to go head-to-head on this issue.
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More than security by Stephan V. Kroecker

February 2007 Issue
Cargo Security International Magazine
Article by Stephan V. Kroecker, SeaAway
The introduction of all the new legislation, regulations and standards being mandated throughout the world for required components of ‘vessel, cargo and seaport security' will prompt regulatory bodies such as the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the World Customs Organization (WCO), along with most governments, and the industries involved, to take a more in-depth and comprehensive look at the establishment of an international standard and cost-effective solution to these critical issues. Read More

MarineLog Maritime & Port Security 2007 Conference & Expo

January 22 - 23, 2007 Arlington, VA
Port Security Presentations
Candyce Kelshall Presentation
Harlan Doliner Presentation

Stricken cargo ship run aground

BBC - January 21, 2007
Coastguards and anti-pollution teams are on alert after a ship carrying potentially dangerous chemicals was beached off the Devon coast. Read More

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Homeland Security 2.0

BusinessWeek Online
January 22, 2007
Five years after September 11, a new wave of smarter high-tech tools is coming to market... Security products are a big part of Dekkers' expansion plans. Last July the feds tapped Thermo and two competitors, Raytheon (RTN ) and Canberra Industries, for a $1.2 billion pilot project to install next-generation scanners, starting with New York and New Jersey's ports. Thermo says the contract will be worth $200 million over five years. A Democrat-controlled Congress may mean yet more orders. Republicans spent billions to protect airports but much less on ports. "Democrats have been yelling about this for years," says Brian W. Ruttenbur, a Morgan Keegan & Co. analyst in Nashville who covers companies active in homeland security. Read More

House Passes 9/11 Commission Bill with Cargo Scanning

PortSecurityNews.com
January 15, 2007
One of the key provisions in the bill is a requirement that shippers scan 100 percent of U.S.-bound cargo for radiation at overseas ports within five years, and that airlines scan 100 percent of cargo put on passenger planes within three years. Read More

House Passes Security Bill; Senate Stance Is Uncertain

January 10, 2007 The New York Times
"Our first and highest responsibility as members of this Congress is to protect the American people, defend our homeland and strengthen national security," said Representative Steny H. Hoyer, Democrat of Maryland and the House majority leader. Read More

U.S. House: Beef up security at seaports

Miami Herald - January 16, 2007
The two security incidents at the Port of Miami last week are reminders of the serious challenges of securing big, bustling seaports from acts of terror. Read More

Miscommunication Blamed for Miami Security Scare

Monday, January 08, 2007
The port's cargo area was shut down Sunday and a bomb squad moved the truck away from public areas to scan it for radioactive materials. Nothing unusual was found, officials said. Read More

Security Effort by Coast Guard Is Falling Short

New York Times - December 30, 2006
A Coast Guard plan to combat terrorism by creating the maritime equivalent of an air traffic control system in the coastal waters here, a test for a nationwide effort, has fallen far short of expectations. Read More

Hitches in Project Hawkeye Graphic

Editorial: Port-barrel spending

The Sacramento Bee
October 18, 2006
Voters alone shouldn't pay for port cleanup.Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had a chance this year to strike a more equitable bargain with the big shippers and truckers, but he failed to deliver. Sen. Alan Lowenthal, a Democrat from Long Beach, helped push Senate Bill 927 through the Legislature. The bill would have set a $30 fee on every container that passes through these two ports to pay for port security, air pollution programs and transportation improvements. Read More

Cargo Security: Floor Remarks by Senator Patty Murray Introducing the GreenLane Bill for Senate Consideration

September 7, 2006
Press Release

Port Security: New Emphasis on Recovery

August 2006
Marine Log Magazine
In 2002, we saw what closure of a few ports on the West Coast would do. It cost our economy about $1 billion a day. Read More

Screening Cargo Containers to Remove a Terrorist Threat

S&TR May 7, 2004
EACH year, some 48 million cargo containers move between the world's ports. More than 6 million of these enter the U.S., but only about 2 percent are opened and inspected when they arrive at U.S. seaports. The West Coast ports of Los Angeles-Long Beach, Oakland, and Seattle alone process 11,000 containers per day, or about 8 containers per minute. Click Here

CTF 150 rescues 27 from burning ship off Yemen - Hyundai Fortune

March 23, 2006
EagleSpeak
HNLMS De Zeven Provincien, a destroyer from the Netherlands and the command ship of Combined Task Force 150, came to the aid of a distressed vessel and rescued 27 people off the coast of Yemen earlier this week, while conducting maritime security operations (MSO) in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in the area, a statement issued by the US Naval Forces Central Command, said here yesterday. Read More

Hyundai Fortune fire update: What was in the box?

April 13, 2006
EagleSpeak
Marine investigators are combing through the blackened Hyundai Fortune to find the answer to a multi-million dollar question: What was in the box that caused a blaze so ferocious that it engulfed the stern of the vessel in minutes? Read More

Hyundai Fortune explosion damage pictures

London, March 29, 2006
Explosions that ripped apart the c.c. Hyundai Fortune last week were so powerful that the original theory of fireworks catching alight is being discounted in some circles. Read More

M/V Hyundai Fortune

March 21, 2006
Weeth & Associates, LLC
The M/V HYUNDAI FORTUNE is the latest container ship to suffer a cargo explosion and/or fire at sea. Initial reports of this incident that occurred on March 21, 2006 in the Gulf of Aden from Hyundai Merchant Marine allege the initial cause was fireworks. Read More

M/V Hanjin Pennsylvania: Explosions at Sea

November 2002
Weeth & Associates, LLC
Photo 1. The newly built M/V HANJIN PENNSYLVANIA (starboard) fully loaded with containers. Holds one-six are
from the bow to the accommodation, holds seven and eight are from the accommodation to the stern. Note how
high in the water the ship is in this picture. See Full Report
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