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TSA to require air, rail operators to report cybersecurity incidents
The Transportation Security Administration will begin requiring U.S. air and rail operators to report cybersecurity incidents under new directives, the Department of Homeland Security secretary…
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Commentary: The fabric of withhold release orders
The CBP must establish reasonable suspicion a good is made with forced labor in order to institute a WRO.
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Cracking the case of the containerized cocaine
New court documents shed light on a shipboard drug ring.
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Maritime industry bands together to weather supply chain storm
Leader of container and chassis provider organizations heartened to see cooperation during the coronavirus crisis “to minimize the impact for the greater good.”
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Seafarers on ‘front line of this global calamity’
International Maritime Organization secretary-general stresses that world trade during the coronavirus pandemic depends on the mariners who move goods.
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COVID-19 exposing funding shortfalls at US ports — security expert
Congress urged to double Coast Guard budget over next decade.
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Amazon buys tech firm INLT to help online merchants with cross-border trade
Amazon.com recently acquired cloud-based startup INLT, a move designed to simplify importing goods into the United States for Amazon’s online merchants, according to Reuters. INLT,…
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CBP should update internal policies for inspections, GAO says
DHS concurred with the four recommendations made by the congressional watchdog agency.
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Texas border ports-of-entry continue to confront spillover from international migration crisis
A week after several international border bridges between the United States and Mexico had to be closed because of the migration crisis, U.S. officials announced…
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Lawmakers oppose Puerto Rico’s Jones Act waiver request
LNG shipments to Puerto Rico caught in the middle of latest battle over the Jones Act maritime regulation.
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