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US pushes back plan for 100% box screening
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Rajesh Joshi - Lloyd's List
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last modified
Dec 04, 2009 10:12 AM
The US Government has backed down on enforcing laws that require the scanning of all import containers from July 2012.
Change of plan: Box scanning in the US.
The laws were passed two years ago but the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) now plans to grant a blanket extension until 2014 to all the world’s ports, ostensibly to prevent giving a "competitive advantage" to some ports by...
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