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To: Elroy who wrote (276486)	2/24/2006 8:49:25 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) of 1572605

In Hong Kong, they inspect EVERY container leaving the port. A truck hauling containers has to drive through two inspection stations, one, a sort of an gamma ray inspection of the cargo within, and the other is a radiation detector. post-gazette.com "..would cost shippers an additional $6.50 per container... "In fact, until Tuesday, Washington had shown little enthusiasm for the project, arguing that its efforts to beef up maritime surveillance and screening were sufficient. In part, the lack of enthusiasm by the U.S. for the system reflects a difference in philosophy. The U.S. believes security can be maintained by checking only select containers that may be suspect, based on their shipping manifest and government intelligence. Moving to a system that scanned all incoming containers would represent a costly change in approach." Hong Kong is the second largest port in the world, behind Singapore.

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