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Buoy transmitters to extend Coast Guard’s port security system

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Dozens of buoys bobbing off U.S. coastlines, transmitting signals to Coast Guard officials, will be the newest addition to an anti-terrorism system that monitors large vessels heading in and out of American ports.

The Coast Guard plans to test the buoy transmitters early in 2005, probably off Florida’s Gulf coast, said Jeff High, a director of the Guard’s Maritime Domain Awareness Program in Washington, D.C.

They will connect to a communications network that this year began receiving signals from all large tankers, barges and cruise vessels heading in and out of major U.S. ports. To legally enter a U.S. port, each vessel must be equipped with a machine that automatically radios information — its cargo, crew list, recent ports of call — to the Coast Guard.

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[Cindy]

Thank you Jelly Jam.
That is interesting.

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Every little bit helps!

Thanks for the hot off the press article. :-)