Maritime Security Report: January 1997

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Maritime Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Freight security
  • Container utilization
  • Cocaine
  • Drug smuggling
  • Organized crime
  • Port operations
  • Public private partnerships
  • Intergovernmental partnerships
  • Standards
  • Guidelines
  More +
• Series:
  {115964}
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  Antigua ; Barbados ; Dominica ; Grenada and Cariacou ; St. Kitts and Nevis ; St. Lucia ; St. Vincent and Grenadines
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Maritime Administration
• Abstract:
  This report consists of three parts. The first part deals with the growing cocaine traffic through the eastern Caribbean using legitimate commercial maritime freight containers, implication for nations in the area and the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM), and strategies to deal with the problem. The second part deals with increased cooperative efforts between governments and the maritime freight transportation system's vulnerabilities to exploitation by organized crime. Finally the report announce publication of "Port Security: A National Planning Guide". This guide is intended to provide governments and the commercial maritime industry with a common basis to establish port security standards and the outcomes that can be expected from meeting those standards.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/34087/dot_34087_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 155.66 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Maritime Administration ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cadf6d39bfeadfcf5b5d90e48aafbd5384b2956da262cbec5b04f2628ef23855b95514bde96ca079051b209170f54b7f0f56eae7fab8e4974759c9b79fa5ac96