Port Inspections

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How the DEA let one of Haiti’s biggest drug busts slip through its fingers

Post-Bulletin 20 Aug 2018

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The Panamanian-flagged cargo ship pulled into a privately owned Haitian port in broad daylight with a secret buried under a mountain of imported sugar ... No one in authority at the port — neither Haiti’s anti-drug police nor the DEA — has been held accountable for the missing drugs on the sugar boat ... the DEA’s failure to properly train anti-drug officers on vessel inspections in Port-au-Prince and other key ports....

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How the DEA let one of Haiti's biggest drug busts slip through its fingers

Finger Lakes Times 20 Aug 2018

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti —The Panamanian-flagged cargo ship pulled into a privately owned Haitian port in broad daylight with a secret buried under a mountain of imported sugar ... No one in authority at the port —neither Haiti's anti-drug police nor the DEA —has been held accountable for the missing drugs on the sugar boat ... the DEA's failure to properly train anti-drug officers on vessel inspections in Port-au-Prince and other key ports....

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In horrifying detail, women accuse U.S. customs officers of invasive body searches

Albuquerque Journal 20 Aug 2018

ports of entry are authorized, without the need for warrants, to require some disrobing for genital and rectal inspections, and monitored bowel movements to check for drugs, according to a CBP handbook ... alleges CBP strip-searched her last September as she and her adult sisters returned from a family visit to Mexico through the San Ysidro pedestrian port ... ports of entry merit greater scrutiny....

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LGU intervention on port security pushed

Sun Star 18 Aug 2018

Margate said they have difficulty in checking ports manned by private owners because some of it is not accounted. “LGUs should have jurisdiction to also inspect ports in their respective areas ... Margate said PDEA is conducting random inspections in seaports to also determine what needs to be improved on the security measures ... can help in port security....

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North Korea coal shipment tests Seoul-Washington sanctions alliance

Korea Times 17 Aug 2018

The lawmaker as well as data from Marine Traffic state the Jin Long has entered South Korean ports on 18 or 19 occasions since August last year. Resolution 2397 adopted by the UNSC last December states "member states shall seize, inspect and freeze any vessel in their ports" if there are grounds to believe the vessel was involved in activities or the transport of items prohibited by resolutions....

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CRU: China's Nantong Port to Close Sulphur Imports

Market Watch 17 Aug 2018

Nantong port on the Yangtze river will ban the imports of all solid sulphur ... Bulk crushed lump sulphur imports have been restricted to all Yangtze river ports since Q2 2018 with the product now only accepted in jumbo bags ... The focus on the environmental performance of Nantong Port on the Yangtze River began in 2016 during inspections carried out by the Ministry of Ecology & Environment (MEE)....

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NIMASA Boss Seeks Maritime Data Bank to Spur Economic Growth

This Day 17 Aug 2018

Speaking on the survey and inspection of vessels calling at Nigerian ports, he said the fast intervention vessels the agency leased last year had led to an increase in Port, Flag and Coastal State control inspections, which he noted had increased by over 10.3, 33.3 and 27 per cent respectively in 2018, compared with same period in the previous year....

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Nigerian Owned Vessels on Cabotage Register Up 33%

This Day 17 Aug 2018

Port State inspections, he added, rose by 10.53 per cent to 525 in 2017 up from 475 in 2016, adding that flag state inspections were also experiencing an upswing from 77 in 2016 up to 98 in 2017 representing an increase of 27 per cent and it’s sure to increase by the end of 2018 ... Under our Survey, Inspection & Certification Transformation Programme, ......

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Handgun, ammunition recovered from Port of Wilmington container headed for Honduras

The Bradford Era 17 Aug 2018

Federal authorities Friday announced they seized a handgun, three magazines, and 247 rounds of ammunition during a Port of Wilmington inspection last month ... laws,” said Casey Durst, Director of the Baltimore Field Office for U.S. Customs and Border Protection ... According to officials, the U.S ... More from this section ... +5 ... .......

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Shin Bet Head: Abbas Must Be Included in Ceasefire Agreement

Hamodia 17 Aug 2018

Rushing to close a deal with Hamas for quiet in the southern border area was likely to backfire, Argaman said ... The ceasefire will last at least one year, and will entail opening a sea route that will allow Gazans to directly import goods from a port in Cyprus, where goods will be inspected and sent directly to a refurbished port in Gaza, instead of to Ashdod, from where they are transported to the Kerem Shalom Crossing and into Gaza ... ....

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Silver Procurement Report: Silver Market Forecast, Insights into Category Growth Enablers and Supplier Evaluation Criteria Now Available from SpendEdge

Market Watch 17 Aug 2018

SpendEdge , a global procurement market intelligence firm, has announced the release of their Global Silver Category - Procurement Market Intelligence Report ... View the full release here ... “To ensure that the product matches the quantity and quality mentioned in the invoice, the buyers must involve an independent third-party to inspect the quality and quantity at all shipping ports,” says SpendEdge procurement expert Angad Singh ... SOURCE....

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Silver Procurement Report: Silver Market Forecast, Insights into Category Growth Enablers and Supplier Evaluation Criteria ...

Odessa American 17 Aug 2018

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 17, 2018--, a global procurement market intelligence firm, has announced the release of their Global Silver Category - Procurement Market Intelligence Report ... “To ensure that the product matches the quantity and quality mentioned in the invoice, the buyers must involve an independent third-party to inspect the quality and quantity at all shipping ports,” says SpendEdge procurement expert Angad Singh ... US ... UK....

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Weslaco woman gets 18 months in prison for biting CBP officer

The Mcallen Monitor 16 Aug 2018

The 32-year-old woman’s anger issues, which she acknowledged during the hearing, was what she believes led to her biting down on the CBP officer’s forearm during an inspection at a port of entry on Jan ... port, when an additional CBP officer, referred to as “J.G.” in the complaint, came over to assist a fellow officer handling the women’s inspection....

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