Inspections * USA - 100% cargo inspection regime becomes a reality
One hundred percent scanning of ocean containers and air cargo on passenger planes is coming to a foreign port or airport near you
New York,NY,USA -American Shipper -30 July 2007: -- Late last week the Senate and House passed by wide margins a uniform bill implementing the unfinished homeland security recommendations of the 9/11 Commission in 2005... Under the legislation, the Department of Homeland Security must implement a system within five years to scan all cargo at foreign ports for weapons of mass destruction. It could grant two-year extensions to ports that need more time to comply. All cargo booked on passenger planes would have to be scanned within three years. The White House has indicated President Bush will sign the bill...
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