PORT & MARITIME SECURITY: ARE WE READY FOR THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW?

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Homeland Security and Defense Business Council today released its eighth monograph in its 9/10/11 Project, focusing on how the public and private sectors have worked to protect the nation’s port and maritime security environment. The U.S. Maritime System includes more than 3,700 cargo and passenger terminals and over 1,000 harbor channels along thousands of miles of coastline. In addition, ports’ varying degrees of concentrated usage by commercial ships, cargo container ships and cruise ships provide another set of challenges. “Providing the strongest security