[TigersEye]

Senate doesn't bother to question P&O security chief about port security matters

"I've been wracking my brain to try to figure what bad thing might happen if someone seven levels up the chain buys the company, and I just can't think of anything," he (Robert Scavone) said.

I believe that a foreign country or a group can infiltrate workers on the ships or docks with equal ease (or difficulty) no matter who holds the lease. They do not do security, the Coast Guard, longshoremen and Ports and Customs (all American) do all of the security. Period. Even in Dubai, at present, Americans do security on every container bound for the U.S.

[FBD]

Port Terminal Operators have a large security role.

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Port and Maritime Security Act of 2001:
"Requires each port authority and marine terminal operator, or other entity connected with maritime commerce, for which a port security vulnerability assessment has been done to establish, subject to approval of the Captain-of-the-Port, a maritime transportation security program."

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