Port Inspections

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State takes over former Crosbie property at Dublin Port for post-Brexit checks

The Irish Times 21 Feb 2019

Goods arriving at Dublin Port requiring physical checks after Brexit will be inspected in a warehouse formerly owned by businessman Harry Crosbie following an agreement signed by the State ... The port is spending €10 million on new booths and other infrastructure at a primary inspection area near the ferry terminals....

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Lost Brexit opportunities for Irish businessmen

The Irish Times 21 Feb 2019

The potential logjam of traffic passing through the country’s ports after new customs and health inspections come into place on UK imports means that the State has, as an emergency measure to prepare for a no-deal Brexit, to take control of more land for parking and checking....

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Eastern Kentucky Business Secures Major Supply Contract with the Department of Homeland Security

Odessa American 21 Feb 2019

ports, a project expected to create up to 30 full-time jobs at its facility in nearby Wurtland ... The On-Dock Rail System was developed and tested for deployment to improve radiation detection capabilities at port locations ... Inspection of incoming containers is labor intensive and can cause significant delays at high-traffic ports....

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DoJ won’t clear drug smuggling suspect

The Daily Tribune 21 Feb 2019

An ocular inspection of the abandoned magnetic lifters will be conducted on 4 and 7 March at the Port of Manila and at a warehouse in General Mariano Alvarez in Cavite, respectively, to aid them in resolving the complaint ... Shabu concealed the magnetic lifters slipped pass through the BOC and were later discovered at the Port of Manila and in Cavite....

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Brazilian chicken ban call 'opportunistic'

Independent online (SA) 21 Feb 2019

An additional cause for concern is that, due to a lack of resources, our health inspections are not as strict as they could be - not every container that arrives in our ports can be tested - nor are the regulations relating to the thawing and repacking of imported bulk consignments,” he said....

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Prevent ‘wagyu’ genes from being smuggled overseas

The Japan News 21 Feb 2019

According to the farm ministry and the investigation sources, the man, who is in his 60s, is suspected of attempting in July 2018 to export to China fertilized eggs and sperm from Japanese cattle breeds, via a ferry from a port in Osaka to Shanghai, without quarantine inspection....

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Revealed: How a UK company is using a Caribbean tax haven to cash in on ...

The Independent 20 Feb 2019

Under European state-controlled port inspection regimes, all three flags are blacklisted due to their poor enforcement of international conventions ... Charges are also levied for providing the documentation a vessel needs to leave port ... EU rules have banned ships from being exported from European ports to south Asia since 2006....

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White House Plan to Sell Saudis Nuclear Technology May Be Illegal

truthout 20 Feb 2019

law. Critics say the deal could endanger national security while enriching close allies of President Trump ... His reporting was cited in the House report ... law ... That is because the Saudis have been bombing the port cities, and food and medicine isn’t being allowed in. It’s being inspected, and that’s leading to hyperinflation in Yemen ... ....

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China extends import restrictions on Australian coal

Splash24/7 18 Feb 2019

Last year, China imposed similar coal import restrictions at several ports on its southeast coastline ... “The China customs authorities in the ten ports affected are certainly exercising more vigorously their powers of inspection to check cargoes – these are powers they already hold....

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Turkey detains over 3,600 in nationwide operation

Xinhua 17 Feb 2019

... of public buildings, boulevards and streets, piers and ports, bus stations and terminal entrances were among the key spots inspected by security teams during the operation....

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Courier Express 17 Feb 2019

Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE); $1.325 billion for building 55 miles of physical barriers along the southwest border; $564 million for electronic drug inspections of vehicles and cargo at ports of entry from Mexico, $415 million in humanitarian aid including medical ......

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Killeen Daily Herald 17 Feb 2019

(TNS). Tribune News Service. News Budget for Saturday, February 16, 2019. ^<. Updated at 6 p.m. EST (2300 UTC) ... ^< ... citizen, spent more than two hours in an interrogation room in secondary inspection at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, where Customs and Border Protection officials questioned him about the caravan that arrived in Tijuana in November....

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France fears border lorry queues as it braces for no-deal Brexit

Irish Independent 16 Feb 2019

Following the launch of a 50-million-euro ($56-million) no-deal Brexit plan in January, the French government has established large inspection zones at ports and recruited extra personnel, including 80 food safety inspectors, Agriculture Minister Didier Guillaume said....