ADVISORY/Experts Available to Discuss Delayed Border Security Rules.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE) TOPIC: Preliminary rules to tighten border security have yet to be signed off on by the Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States and the Office of Management & Budget, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an article by eyefortransit.com. The rules would require border-crossing truck, rail and air carriers to supply cargo manifests before their freight reaches their destination, which would allow agents to check shipments for terrorist links. Experts believe the rules may be difficult for U.S. Customs and Border Protection U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a bureau of the United States Department of Homeland Security, is charged with regulating and facilitating international trade, collecting import duties, and enforcing U.S. trade laws. to implement because air carriers will need to purchase new software and equipment to comply, while truck carriers cannot transmit cargo manifests electronically. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: During his 18-year career, Capt. H. Salloum has gained intimate knowledge about the inner workings of global shipping. His diverse experience, from the boardroom to ground operations brings a deep understanding of the complex global logistics industry and related security issues. Axiolog provides logistics and security solutions for carriers, ports, and shippers. Prior to establishing Axiolog, Capt. Salloum was president of Grimaldi Group USA. GrimaldiGroup is the second largest RORO RORO Roll On, Roll Off (roll-on / roll-off) steamship steamship, watercraft propelled by a steam engine or a steam turbine. Early Steam-powered Ships Marquis Claude de Jouffroy d'Abbans is generally credited with the first experimentally successful application of steam power to navigation; in 1783 his company in the world. The Axiolog system does not require Customs to lay out a large amount of money for technology because the cost would be borne by the shippers as a service fee. 313-962-1220, capt.salloum@axiolog.com, PR Contact: Roy Richardson, 313-961-5558, richardson@ddwpr.com Ernest Nadel is a principal at LECG LECG Law and Economics Consulting Group LECG Laboratory of Ecological and Conservation Genetics , specializing in transportation, international trade, antitrust, and oil and gas issues. He has 25 years of experience in economic consulting, mainly to the surface (ocean and rail) transportation industry. He is a renowned expert on the economics and regulation of U.S. ocean liner transportation, covering such issues as cost of service, rate reasonableness and rate overcharges, cargo forecasting, antitrust, intra-carrier agreements, and service efficiencies. Dr. Nadel has testified on behalf of shippers, ocean carriers, rail carriers, ports, pilots, and carrier conferences in over a dozen cases before the Federal Maritime Commission The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) regulates the waterborne foreign and domestic offshore commerce of the United States; ensures that U.S. international trade is open to all nations on fair and equitable terms; and protects against unauthorized activity in the waterborne commerce of , the Maritime Subsidy Board, the Interstate Commerce Commission Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), former independent agency of the U.S. government, established in 1887; it was charged with regulating the economics and services of specified carriers engaged in transportation between states. , the Surface Transportation Board, and in arbitration proceedings. 510-450-6745 Professor B. Starr McMullen, of Oregon State University Oregon State University, at Corvallis; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1858 as Corvallis College, opened 1865. In 1868 it was designated Oregon's land-grant agricultural college and was taken over completely by the state in 1885. , Department of Economics, is an expert regarding transportation economics, including trucking and airline. 541-737-1480 ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/. |
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