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Agrees to Joins
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a press release announcing that Dubai Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has joined the Container Security Initiative (CSI), making it the first Middle Eastern port that has agreed to participate in CSI.
CBP Commissioner Bonner and Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Executive Chairman of the Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation, have signed a declaration of principles to acknowledge the agreement that will enable all cargo destined for the U.S. through the port of Dubai to be targeted and pre-screened.
According to CBP, it will deploy a small team of officers to the port of Dubai, the 6th largest port operator in the world, whose mission will be to target sea containers destined for ... ( More )
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