Maritime supply chain security : high-risk cargo and foreign port issues / Dolores G. Ortega, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ortega, Dolores G., editor.

Series:

Defense, security and strategy series.

Defense, Security and Strategies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shipping--Security measures.

Shipping.

Ports of entry--Security measures.

Ports of entry.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Rules and practice--Evaluation.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (94 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The U.S. economy is dependent on a secure global supply chain. In fiscal year 2013, approximately 12 million maritime cargo shipments arrived in the United States. Within the federal government, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is responsible for administering cargo security, to include identifying ""high-risk"" maritime cargo shipments with the potential to contain terrorist contraband. This book discusses how many maritime shipments CBP determined to be high risk and the extent to which CBP has accurate data on the disposition of such shipments; the extent to which CBP consistently a

Contents:

MARITIME SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY: HIGH-RISK CARGO AND FOREIGN PORT ISSUES; MARITIME SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY: HIGH-RISK CARGO AND FOREIGN PORT ISSUES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY: CBP NEEDS TO ENHANCE ITS GUIDANCE AND OVERSIGHT OF HIGH-RISK MARITIME CARGO SHIPMENTS; Chapter 2: SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY: DHS COULD IMPROVE CARGO SECURITY BY PERIODICALLY ASSESSING RISKS FROM FOREIGN PORTS; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 25, 2015).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-63482-778-3