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Beth Anne Samson

Samson introduces the paper with a little description of Maritime Hazardous Cargo Security and includes the evidences of the provisions to improve port safety for Especially Hazardous Cargo (EHC). The concept of homeland security has been severely discussed in the paper with its relevance to The Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA). The writer identified that the provisions are designed to develop international safety and security standards for the loading, unloading, crewing, handling and transportation of EHC to minimize the risk and threats posed by a terrorist attack on these vessels while protection public health, the environment and the economy. However, the writer has not discussed any past events to support the argument.

The writer has included details of provisions initiated by U.S. maritime security system and the processes they adopt to insure secure transportation. The empowerment of the coastal guards has been discussed in the paper and how they plan a secure transportation. According to the wrier the act gave Customs Borders & Patrol the authority to mandate cargo manifest information for inbound or outbound shipments by electronic transmission prior to arrival or departure of the cargo to include sharing of information with appropriate federal agencies. However, possibilities of improvements are overlooked in the paper. The paper is good overall, however, there are some issues which needs to the amended. Some of the most common error in the paper is lack of significant detail in relation to practical evidences. The writer has demonstrated one dimension of the story and there is a significant lack of facts and figures. For example, the writer has not discussed the role of U.S. Maritime System and Intelligence agencies, but did not identified external factors involved in the progress of these agencies.

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Frittelle, J. (2005, May 27). Port and maritime security: Background and issues for congress. Retrieved from http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/RL31733.pdf

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Safford, Jeffrey J. Wilsonian Maritime Diplomacy, 1913-1921 . New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1978.

Senate Report. (2007-2008). Coast guard authorization act of 2007: Title VIII Maritime hazardous cargo security. Retrieved from http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/?&dbname=cp110&sid=cp110Gm7r7&refer=&r_n=sr261.110&item=&sel=TOC_77509&



Scott Menhorn

Menhorn includes some details of The Maritime Hazardous Cargo Security Act to introduce his topic. Most of the details provided by the writer are definitions and processes, which indicates that the writer was unable to express his own understanding to the topic. The implications of the Act along with the exercise of ...