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| Dubai Ports World Part of U.S. Security? |
| 2006-12-09 |
| Rooters, through Newsmax.Dubai Ports World, the Arab-owned firm whose purchase of American port facilities caused a U.S. political uproar, will join a program aimed at stopping nuclear weapons being smuggled into the United States, sources familiar with the agreement said Thursday. The program would involve screening U.S.-bound cargo for radiation at more than half a dozen ports including in Britain, Honduras, Oman and South Korea, sources said. Dubai Ports World is among several international shipping and port operators chosen for the screening program mandated by the Safe Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006, legislation that resulted from the Dubai Ports controversy. Port operators, which are expected to participate in the program by providing customs officials with space and access to their facilities, include A.P. Moeller-Maersk, PSA International and Hutchison Whampoa. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Nike Inc. were expected to be among participating shippers, sources said. David Sanborn, Dubai Ports World's managing director for the Americas, has sharply criticized the U.S. port-security law as fundamentally inadequate. Sanborn, whom President Bush once nominated to head the U.S. Maritime Administration, told a security conference in October that the law did not go far enough to require radiation screening. Sanborn withdrew his name from consideration for the Maritime Administration post amid the uproar over Dubai Ports. |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #1 Good. Now don't accept unscreened cargo. |
| Posted by: Thinemp Whimble2412 2006-12-09 21:37 |