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Security compliance good
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The US Coast Guard has found that foreign-flagged vessel compliance with new international security requirements was better than expected in the first six months of implementation.
New security requirements went into effect July 1 of last year, just 18 months after 143 countries signed an agreement establishing basic security standards for ships and ports around the world. Observers and industry members worried that strict US Coast Guard enforcement would have negative impact on global trade as it appeared much of the world’s merchant fleet was not in compliance with the new requirements.
However, in the first month of enforcement, the Coast Guard found only 2.5 per cent of vessels arriving in US ports were significantly non-compliant.
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