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00HOCHIMINHCITY1121	SCIENCE, DETERMINATION, AND CHARITY IMPROVE LIVES IN VIETNAM'S MEKONG DELTA IN BIG AND SMALL WAYS [...] SUMMARY. IN POOR POCKETS OF THE MEKONG DELTA, AWAY FROM THE LIMELIGHT, THERE ARE PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS, VIETNAMESE AND FOREIGN, WHO ARE DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THEIR OWN AND OTHER'S LIVES. CONGEN STAFF VISITED VIETNAM'S MAIN RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, PRIVATE ELECTRICITY AND WATER SUPPLIERS, [...]	2000-07-11 04:04:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO PGOV SOCI ENRG EWWT EAID KIPR ETRD VM KDTB

00THEHAGUE1676	SECRETARY SLATER DISCUSSES TRANSPORTATION ISSUES [...] Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater visited the Netherlands May 31 and June 1 to discuss transportation issues with Dutch government and private sector officials. Although front-burner issues such as hushkits were mentioned, most of the conversations were broader, touching on the future [...]	2000-06-06 13:39:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EIND ELTN EWWT FR NL SENV EUN FAA IMO
00THEHAGUE1776	DEMARCHE ON NO ANCHORING PROPOSAL [...] IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL, WE CONTACTED MARTEN KOOPMANS, SENIOR STAFFER IN THE DUTCH TRANSPORT MINISTRY'S TRANSPORT SAFETY DEPARTMENT, WHO WILL HEAD THE DUTCH DELEGATION TO THE IMO SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING ON SAFETY OF NAVIGATION (NAV). KOOPMANS TOLD US THAT THE U.S. PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN DRAWN UP IN C [...]	2000-06-15 09:52:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN EWWT KSCA PHSA SENV NL
02ABUJA1630	DOT TEAM VISIT - PROGRAM IS ON COURSE [...] Summary. A DOT team led by Senior Policy Advisor Kevin Sample visited Nigeria April 13-26 to complete security and environmental assessments at the Lagos Port Complex and to discuss privatization of port services in Nigeria. The DOT officials met the Senate Committee on Marine Transport, of [...]	2002-05-31 08:37:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID SENV EWWT NI
02AMMAN6989	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN ON PROPOSED [...] (U) On December 1, PolCouns and PolOff delivered message in ref A regarding the Suppression of Unlawful Acts (SUA) convention and its protocol to Samer Naber, Legal Adviser to the Foreign Ministry. PolCouns also passed the full text of proposed USG changes to the SUA per ref B. 2. (SBU) [...]	2002-12-01 14:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA AORC ASEC UK PTER EWWT PHSA JO
02AMMAN7255	JORDAN: PEACE AIRPORT AND OTHER TRANSPORT ISSUES [...] (SBU) According to Jordan's Transportation Minister, the Jordanian government remains ready to work with Israel on a plan to allow domestic flights bound for Eilat to land in Aqaba (REFTEL). The Ministry has also prepared contingency plans for a possible conflict in Iraq. Regarding Royal J [...]	2002-12-15 11:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PREL ELTN EWWT PREF BEXP JO IS
02ROME3641	NE ITALY'S TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE: [...] SUMMARY: THE NORTHEASTERN ITALIAN TRANSPORTATION CENTERS IN VENICE AND TRIESTE HAVE RELIED PRIMARILY ON INCREASED INTERMODALITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH. THE PORT OF TRIESTE, IN PARTICULAR, HAS STRONG LINKS TO THE ITALIAN RAILWAYS AND IS AGGRESSIVELY SEEKING INTERNATI [...]	2002-07-24 05:40:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KCIP EAIR ELTN EWWT IT
02ROME4727	SHIPOWNERS RAISE CSI AT AMVER AWARDS CEREMONY [...] SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR SEMBLER RECOGNIZED THE INTERDICTION AND SAFETY EFFORTS OF ITALIAN SHIPPERS AT THE ANNUAL AMVER AWARDS CEREMONY ON SEPTEMBER 19. THE EVENT WAS WELL-COVERED IN THE ITALIAN PRESS. SOME PARTICIPANTS TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEIR CONCERNS REGARDING THE CONTAINER SECURIT [...]	2002-09-30 07:32:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EWWT IT MARITIME
02TEGUCIGALPA3318	HONDURAN ACTION ON SEVEN COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para. 10. 2. (SBU) Summary: PolOff met December 6 with Honduran MFA Director General for Treaties Ivonne Bonilla to demarche Bonilla on the 1988 maritime counterterrorism (CT) convention and protocol and to get a status report on the GOH's slow acti [...]	2002-12-09 22:47:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KTIA AORC PARM EAIR EWWT KCRM HO
03ABUDHABI1348	UAEG NOTIFIED OF NOTAM/NOTMAR [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-20 08:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR MOPS MARR EWWT PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI4495	UAE: PSI STATEMENT OF INTERDICTION PRINCIPLES [...] (C) Per Refs A and B, Polchief delivered the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement of Principles on September 7 and followed up with MFA interlocutors September 28 and 30. Polchief also made contact with other embassies that had received similar demarche instructions from their ca [...]	2003-10-06 12:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS EAIR EWWT TC
03ABUDHABI723	UAEG and Iraq ferry operator submit [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-09 13:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL PGOV EWWT MOPS IZ TC
03ABUDHABI727	UAEG and Iraq ferry operator submit [...] (U) Classified by Charge Thomas E. Williams for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) UK DCM contacted Charge 2/8 to inquire into USG representations to the UAE on the issue of the Iraq ferries. The UK diplomat noted that the UAEG was claiming in New York to have the support of the U.S. Embass [...]	2003-02-11 04:36:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL PGOV EWWT MOPS IZ TC
03ABUJA1638	A VIEW TO A SPILL: SHELL IN THE SPOTLIGHT [...] (SBU) During an early August visit to Port Harcourt, CRO met with the Center for Social and Corporate Responsibility (CSCR),a Port Harcourt-based NGO operating on a grant from Catholic Relief Services, to discuss CSCR's investigation into the major October 2002 oil spill at a Shell trunk line [...]	2003-09-19 17:23:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET SENV EWWT PHUM PGOV NI
03ABUJA2159	NIGERIA: ILO CONSOLIDATED MARITIME LABOR [...] December 16, POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Transport Deputy Director of Maritime Services, A. Abdulmalik. Abdulmalik said he would study the proposed changes to the Consolidated Maritime Labor Convention draft language and would contact the Embassy if he had any questions [...]	2003-12-17 05:10:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EWWT PREL ILO
03ADANA109	MERSIN BUSINESS ELITE GLAD FOR REGIME [...] (SBU) Summary: Mersin, one of the largest ports in the Eastern Mediterranean, suffered years of downturn after the first Gulf War. Mersin's business leaders are optimistic they will benefit from new opportunities in the new Iraq. They do worry, however, the U.S. might seek to "punish" Tur [...]	2003-04-16 13:44:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EWWT PHUM PGOV TU SY JO IZ ADANA
03AMMAN1550	JORDAN'S TRANSPORT SECTOR DURING AND AFTER AN IRAQ [...] (c) The GOJ paints a gloomy picture of predicted heavy losses to the transport sector during hostilities in Iraq, totaling over $44 million monthly as a result of higher insurance charges and decreased business volumes. Following war, though, the consensus opinion is that the sector will en [...]	2003-03-13 16:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ELTN EWWT MOPS ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN1744	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 8 (3/23 1600 LOCAL) [...] (C) The GOJ this afternoon publicly announced (confirmed by the Foreign Minister to the Ambassador) the expulsion of five Iraqi diplomats "for security reasons and for performing actions that contradict the nature of their work as diplomats". The Minister said they would be asked to leave th [...]	2003-03-23 12:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC CVIS EAIR ECON EWWT IZ JO
03AMMAN6255	PSI BACKGROUND AND TALKING POINTS DELIVERED TO [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff September 29 delivered ref a points on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) to Ali al-Ayed, Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office Director. PolCouns had previously delivered ref b text of the Statement of Interdiction Principles (SOP) to Ayed on September 7. [...]	2003-09-30 12:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS EAIR EWWT JO
03AMMAN6934	RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION - [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-27 16:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT KTIA PHSA JO IMO
03ANKARA1255	TURKEY FORBIDS ENTRY OF GREEK CYPRIOT SHIPS INTO [...] (C) MFA Director for Bilateral Political Affairs Ahmet Banguoglu called DCM February 25 regarding Greek Cypriot-flagged ships delivering U.S. military equipment and/or supplies to a Turkish port. Banguoglu said he had been instructed to inform the embassy that, without exception, Greek Cyprio [...]	2003-02-26 09:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EWWT TU
03ANKARA1792	NOTMAR AND NOTAM DELIVERED TO GOT [...] Economic Officer delivered Reftel NOTMAR to MFA Chief of Maritime Affairs Cagatay Erciyes, and reftel NOTAM to MFA Chief of Aviation Affairs Bekir Uysal on March 20. Uysal asked if the U.S. could provide coordinates to more specifically define "Eastern Mediterranean Sea." Both Uysal and Erci [...]	2003-03-20 12:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MOPS MARR XF EWWT PHSA EAIR
03ANKARA2044	TURKEY APPROVES RESEARCH VESSEL "KNORR" REQUEST TO [...] This cable is in reference to State file 200Z-097, R/V Knorr, April 15 - May 16, 2003. 2. The Foreign Ministry has granted permission for the research vessel 'Knorr' to conduct scientific research in the Western Black Sea from April 15 - May 15. The approval came in the form of the foll [...]	2003-03-28 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT SENV TU
03ANKARA3399	TURKEY RESPONDES TO RUSSIAN IMO PAPER ON TURKISH [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA Chief of Maritime Affairs Erciyes told econoff May 22 that the paper Russia had submitted to the IMO, which claims that Turkey has implemented new, costly restrictions on passage through the Turkish Straits, was factually incorrect. Erciyes maintained that the guidelines i [...]	2003-05-23 13:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EWWT TU
03ANKARA4392	TURKEY AND THE CONTAINER SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] Customs Rome informed the Embassy (ref emails and telcons) that the port of Izmir has been selected for inclusion in the second phase of the Container Security Initiative. We further understand that Customs Assistant Commissioner Shruhan and Customs Attache Stiriti met with GOT counterparts a [...]	2003-07-14 07:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD AMGT TU
03ANKARA4414	TURKEY AND THE CONTAINER SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] Customs Rome informed the Embassy (ref emails and telcons) that the port of Izmir has been selected for inclusion in the second phase of the Container Security Initiative. We further understand that Customs Assistant Commissioner Shruhan and Customs Attache Stiriti met with GOT counterparts a [...]	2003-07-14 11:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD AMGT TU
03ANKARA6306	Turkish MFA Proposes Mutual Support for [...] This message contains an action request in para 3. 2. Econoff delivered reftel demarche seeking Turkish support for the U.S. candidacy to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council in Category "A" to Orkun Ersoy, of MFA's Maritime and Aviation Department, on October 7. Ersoy r [...]	2003-10-08 06:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT KTIA PHSA TU
03ANKARA6375	Turkish MFA Proposes Mutual Support for [...] This message contains an action request in para 4. 2. MFA followed up our October 7 demarche on elections to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council with a diplomatic note proposing mutual support for Turkish and U.S. candidacies. The text of the October 7 note is reproduce [...]	2003-10-10 08:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT KTIA PHSA TU
03ANKARA6393	Ambassador's Introductory Meeting with [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Meeting with Transport Minister Binali Yildirim on October 1, the Ambassador emphasized U.S. interest in maintaining high safety and security standards in civil aviation. (Aldo, this is just a laundry list of what they disc [...]	2003-10-10 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EWWT ELTN ETRD KPRV BEXP TU IZ
03ANKARA6442	Ambassador's Introductory Meeting with [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Meeting with Transport Minister Binali Yildirim on October 1, the Ambassador emphasized U.S. interest in maintaining high safety and security standards in civil aviation. Yildirim agreed that aviation safety and security are [...]	2003-10-15 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EWWT ELTN ETRD KPRV BEXP TU IZ
03ANKARA982	NEW CUSTOMS ADVANCED ELECTRONIC CARGO MANIFEST [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-07 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EWWT TU
03BRASILIA3405	GOB TAKES STEPS TO REDEFINE REGULATORS, STATUS [...] (U) SUMMARY: A GoB draft bill aims to better demarcate the powers and responsibilities of Brazil,s nine federal regulatory agencies. The most material change would shift authority for awarding and monitoring concessions from the agencies to the corresponding GoB Ministries. The bill,s main [...]	2003-10-22 14:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV EWWT ECPS ECON BR
03GUATEMALA1609	COUNTER-NARCOTICS MARITIME AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] (U) Ambassador Hamilton and Foreign Minister Gutierrez signed the bilateral counter-narcotics maritime agreement (reftels) in a ceremony at the MFA on June 19. Signature of this landmark agreement has been an important element in our dialogue with the GOG on counter-narcotics certification. T [...]	2003-06-20 18:45:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KTIA SNAR PBTS KCRM PHSA EWWT EAIR GT
03GUATEMALA2277	DECREE ENACTING COUNTERNARCOTICS MARITIME [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-04 18:16:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL KTIA MOPS PHSA GT EWWT
03HALIFAX10	CANADIAN PORT SECURITY MEASURES ANNOUNCED IN HALIFAX [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Atlantic Canada and Halifax port officials are satisfied that the Canadian government's port security initiative, announced at a Halifax news conference by four federal cabinet ministers on January 22, is a step in the [...]	2003-01-23 15:13:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PGOV ETRD EWWT CA
03HALIFAX108	ALIEN SMUGGLING AT HALIFAX PORT [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The port of Halifax is facing a growing problem of stowaways, primarily of Romanian nationality, who arrive here hidden in shipping containers on board commercial freight vessels originating at southern European ports. Certain s [...]	2003-04-03 20:43:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG CVIS PBTS EWWT CA
03HALIFAX349	HALIFAX PORT AUTHORITY SEES SECURITY AS JOB ONE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Halifax Port Authority officials stressed to Ambassador Cellucci during his recent visit that security has been and will continue to be a top priority at the port, whether for containers or for cruise ships and their -- mainly American -- passengers. HPA is interested in part [...]	2003-10-17 18:52:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ASEC PTER SNAR CASC CA
03HALIFAX51	U.S. CUSTOMS AT HALIFAX PORT [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED Q ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) officials in Halifax are pleased with the cooperation they have enjoyed over the past year with the U.S. Customs inspectors assigned to work at the Halifax port. Since U.S. Customs began ass [...]	2003-02-27 21:02:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL ETRD EWWT CA
03HOCHIMINHCITY713	Vietnam: Pirates in the Gulf of Thailand [...] (SBU) During a courtesy call on the Kien Giang provincial People's Committee, Ambassador Burghardt asked Chairman Bui Ngoc Suong and Vice Chairman Van Ha Phong for their views on reports of increasing maritime piracy in the Gulf of Thailand and the impact on Vietnamese fishermen. Noting that [...]	2003-08-07 09:30:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PHSA EFIS EWWT PTER PREL PGOV VM
03KUWAIT454	NEW CUSTOMS ADVANCED ELECTRONIC CARGO MANIFEST [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-04 14:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD KU
03KUWAIT65	MIF: KUWAIT ACCEPTS DIVERTED VESSELS LADY RAWIA [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-11 12:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC EWWT MOPS IZ KU
03LAGOS2480	THE LAGOS PORT COMPLEX: FAR FROM SECURE [...] (U) Summary: Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and Customs officials report marked gaps in security at the Lagos port complex. Access to the port is only nominally controlled, and electronic surveillance and tracking systems are non-existent. Goods are statutorily subject to Nigeria's 100 perce [...]	2003-12-08 17:02:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EWWT ASEC NI
03OTTAWA587	CANADA WILL SUPPORT ARF ANTI-PIRACY STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-03 21:31:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC ASEC PTER EWWT PHSA KTIA CA ARF
03ROME2193	ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY: TRANSPORT MINISTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ELIMINATING NATIONAL BARRIERS AND CUTTING THROUGH BUREAUCRATIC RED TAPE TO ALLOW THE FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS AND PEOPLE WITHIN THE EU IS A TOP PRIORITY FOR ITALY'S TRANSPORTATION MINISTRY DURING THE UPCOMING EU PRESIDENCY. THE TRANSPORTATION MINISTER'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TOLD US [...]	2003-05-16 14:01:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN EAIR EWWT IT EUN ITELTN
03ROME2837	OPEN SKIES AND CSI: GOI LOOKS TOWARDS THE JUNE 25 [...] (SBU) ACCORDING TO TRANSPORT MINISTRY DIRECTOR FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ALDO SANSONE, GOI OFFICIALS ARE RELIEVED THAT THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION WAS GRANTED A MANDATE TO NEGOTIATE A U.S./EU OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT. HE BELIEVES THAT THE EC NO LONGER HAS THE RIGHT TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST MEMB [...]	2003-06-23 11:08:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EWWT ECON IT EUN FAA AVIATION
03SANAA1348	YEMEN: PROPOSED FERRY SERVICE FROM YEMEN TO IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request -- see paragraph 4 2. (U) On June 8, Saeed Salh Al-Ghalebi, Al-Ghalebi Shipping Company Ltd, met with Embassy's Commercial Assistant to inquire about the procedures required to establish a ferry service from Yemen to Iraq. 3. (U) Ghalebi estimated that [...]	2003-06-11 13:57:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT PREF IZ YM
03SANAA1737	SECOND REQUEST: PROPOSED FERRY SERVICE FROM YEMEN [...] (U) This is an action request -- see paragraph 3. 2. (U) On June 11 post requested guidance on the establishment of a ferry service from Yemen to Iraq. Mr. Saeed Salh Al-Ghalebi, of Al-Ghalebi Shipping Company Ltd, informed the Embassy that a Turkish-owned ship in Dubai was ready to pi [...]	2003-07-19 14:29:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PREF IZ YM
03SANAA2487	DEMARCHE OF YEMENI MFA OFFICIAL ON PSI BACKGROUND [...] (c) On October 12, Pol/Econ Chief met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of the Americas Office Abdulsalem Qassim al-Awadhi to re-deliver and discuss the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement of Interdiction Principles (refs a and b) and to review the questions and answers [...]	2003-10-13 11:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS EAIR EWWT KNNP DEMARCHE
03SANAA592	PMAT: MIDDLE EAST NOTICE TO MARINERS (NOTMAR) AND [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-25 10:56:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MOPS MARR EWWT PHSA EAIR YM MARITIME SECURITY
03SANTODOMINGO5118	EARTHQUAKE SHAKES DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - NO AMCITS [...] At 12:45 a.m. on September 22, an earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale struck the Dominican Republic approximately nine miles south of the resort town of Puerto Plata and 12 miles north of the interior city of Santiago. No AmCit deaths or injuries have been reported by the US Consular [...]	2003-09-22 21:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC DR EAIR EWWT SENV SOCI
03SANTODOMINGO5275	STILL WAITING FOR GODR SUBSTANTIVE REACTION TO PSI [...] (C) Per ref A, we again contacted GODR Deputy Director for the Americas, Roger Espaillat, to inquire if the GODR has any substantive comment on the Statement of Interdiction Principles adopted by the Proliferation Security Initiative participants. Espaillat replied that the GODR generally s [...]	2003-09-30 15:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS EAIR EWWT DR
03SANTODOMINGO5330	EARTHQUAKE AFTERSHOCKS AND DAMAGE ASSESSMENT [...] Aftershocks from the earthquake that hit the Dominican Republic on September 22 (reftel) continue to be felt in the northern region of the country. More than 200 aftershocks have been reported, measuring up to 5.1 on the Richter Scale. The original quake and the aftershocks have produced dam [...]	2003-10-01 15:54:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI EAIR EWWT CASC DR
03TEGUCIGALPA1559	EMBASSY HIGHLIGHTS INADEQUATE PORT SECURITY AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 14, 2003, Honduras Desk Officer and PolOff met with Puerto Cortes Superintendent Antonio Cruz to discuss the problematic security situation at the port. Puerto Cortes is both the largest port in Honduras and on the Caribbean coast of Central America. Port officials ackno [...]	2003-07-02 16:39:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR ETRD PGOV PREL ELAB EAGR EWWT HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2656	HONDURAS RATIFIES THREE COUNTERTERRORISM [...] Summary: The GOH has ratified three outstanding counterterrorism (CT) conventions (two ICAO and one IAEA). The GOH is now a party to 10 international CT conventions. Post is pressing hard for the GOH to ratify the two IMO and two OAS CT conventions still outstanding. Persistent efforts by Emb [...]	2003-11-12 17:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL KTIA AORC PARM EAIR EWWT KCRM HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2814	HONDURAS: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] The 2003 Annual Terrorism Report for Honduras follows. Points are keyed to reftel paragraph headings: A. Significant Actions by GOH ----------------------------- In 2003, President Ricardo Maduro continued his policy of strong Honduran support for U.S. efforts against terrorism, was a me [...]	2003-12-02 14:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL KTIA AORC PARM EAIR EWWT KCRM HO
03THEHAGUE1824	MARITIME COUNTERNARCOTICS AGREEMENT [...] With respect to reftel, Embassy's Global Issues Specialist asked the Dutch Foreign Ministry's about the status of the MOU, and was referred to Mr. Th. Sneek, deputy director for international and legal matters in the Defense Ministry. According to Sneek, there is no such MOU being drafted. [...]	2003-07-17 12:48:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA SNAR PHSA EWWT EAIR JM NL
03THEHAGUE2905	IMO BUDGET DEMARCHE: DUTCH RESPONSE [...] (U) EconOff delivered ref demarche concerning the proposed IMO 2004-05 budget increase to Ms. Marja Tiemens of the Ministry of Transport on November 17. Ms. Tiemens said the Netherlands feels the 13.6% increase is "high, but not excessive." The Dutch have doubts that the current budget w [...]	2003-11-18 16:22:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EWWT NL IMO
03THEHAGUE2960	IMO COUNCIL CANDIDACY: DUTCH REQUEST RECIPROCAL [...] In response to ref demarche, the GONL sent post a diplomatic note offering Dutch support for U.S. IMO Council candidacy in return for USG support for Dutch candidacy under Category B of IMO Council elections. 2. The following is the text of the diplomatic note: The Ministry of For [...]	2003-11-26 11:35:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON NL EWWT IMO
03THEHAGUE3131	INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION CONSOLIDATED [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-18 09:59:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EWWT PREL ILO
03ZAGREB1903	TENSIONS MOUNT OVER CROATIAN INTENT TO DECLARE EEZ [...] (C) Relations between Croatia and Slovenia have taken another downward plunge over Croatia's announced intention to declare an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the Adriatic Sea. The Slovenian ambassador to Croatia has apparently been recalled. The Croatian MFA presented the Croatian point of [...]	2003-09-02 16:03:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHSA EWWT EFIS SENV HR
03ZAGREB1925	INTENT TO DECLARE EEZ ADDS NEW WRINKLES TO OLD [...] (C) On September 3, the Slovenian Charge called upon the DCM to deliver a fairly low-key pitch that the U.S. and EU help "create the atmosphere" for a resolution over the conflict over the Croatian intention to announce an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the Adriatic. In a presentation that [...]	2003-09-05 08:29:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHSA EWWT EFIS SENV SI HR EUN
03ZAGREB2227	TROUBLED WATERS OVER CROATIA'S ECOLOGICAL AND [...] (C) Croatia continues to have trouble with its neighbors and the EU over its economic zone waters. On October 3, the Croatia parliament approved the government's proposal to proclaim an ecological and fishing zone in the Adriatic. By scaling back its earlier plan to declare an exclusive eco [...]	2003-10-16 07:37:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHSA EWWT EFIS SENV HR
04ADANA153	MERSIN PORT FACING NEED FOR CHANGE [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-06 09:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD MARR MCAP EAGR EPET EWWT TU ADANA
04AMMAN2409	CLOGGED AQABA PORT CONTRACTED TO PRIVATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOJ has awarded a two-year contract for management of Aqaba,s congested container port to international port operator A.P. Moller over the objections of some members of parliament and the port workers, union. The award is good news for Jordanian industries dependent on for [...]	2004-03-30 11:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EWWT ELTN ETRD IZ JO
04ANKARA1061	TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY FLOATS IDEA FOR VOLUNTARY [...] (C) MFA Director General for Energy Haki Akil told us the Foreign Ministry is launching a new initiative to reduce the transport of petroleum and refined products through the Turkish Straits. MFA is testing the interest of oil companies in an agreement on voluntary principles that would comm [...]	2004-02-24 16:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EWWT PREL SENV TU
04ANKARA1542	TURKISH MFA REQUESTS USG REACTION TO IDEA OF [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: MFA Director General for Energy Hakki Akil asked March 12 for an initial USG reaction to the Ministry's initiative (reftel) to obtain agreement on voluntary principles committing oil companies to reduce the flow of oil throug [...]	2004-03-16 09:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EWWT PREL SENV TU
04ANKARA2075	PRESENTING DEPARTMENT REACTION TO MFA VOLUNTARY [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-09 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT PREL SENV TU
04ANKARA2214	TURKISH LAWS REGARDING CARGO HANDLING [...] The Turkish Customs Undersecretariat provided information in response to questions on cargo handling posed in reftel. The following is an informal Embassy translation of Customs' written response. 2. Begin Embassy Translation of Customs U/S Note: Shipping/Cargo Manifests: Carg [...]	2004-04-19 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PARM PREL EWWT KNNP TU
04ANKARA2304	MARITIME SECURITY COLLECTIVE: YES FROM TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-22 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAIR ETRD PTER TU
04ANKARA2388	Some Turkish Ports May Miss ISPS Deadline [...] In an April 13 meeting with Econoff, Okay Kilic and Nihat Asan, Department Heads at the Turkish Maritime Undersecretariat, said that Turkish ships should be in compliance with the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS) by July 1, b [...]	2004-04-28 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PTER ETRD TU
04ANKARA2758	Secretary Mineta's May 23 to 25 Visit to [...] (SBU) Your visit to Turkey comes several weeks before the President's June visit to Ankara and Istanbul for bilateral meetings and the NATO Summit, at a time of improving political relations and close cooperation on our key international priorities. Your meetings with Transport Minister Yildi [...]	2004-05-17 10:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PTER EAIR PREL OVIP TU
04ANKARA3437	GOT SUPPORTS IMO NONPROLIFERATION [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-17 05:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ASEC PTER EWWT PREL TU
04ANKARA4574	GOT Objects to Inclusion in Port Security [...] (U) This message contains an action request in para 8. 2. (U) Prior to receiving ref C email putting ref A demarche on hold, Econoff delivered demarche to MFA and the Turkish Maritime Administration advising that countries, including Turkey, which have reported less than full compliance w [...]	2004-08-13 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PTER ETRD PREL TU
04ANKARA4811	GOT Confirms Completion of Most ISPS Port [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 4. 2. (U) Econoff delivered revised demarche (ref A) to the Turkish Maritime Administration advising that countries, including Turkey, which have reported less than full compliance with the International Convention for the Safety of Life at [...]	2004-08-25 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PTER ETRD PREL TU
04ANKARA4892	BOSPHORUS VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES AND THRACE BYPASS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting Econ Counselor delivered ref a and b demarches to GOT MFA Energy Deputy Director Hakki Akil. Akil expressed strong disappointment at USG objections to "Voluntary Principles on straits oil tankers and bypass pipelines." He denied press reports that the GOT was supporting [...]	2004-08-28 06:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT PREL ELTN EINV SENV TU
04ANKARA5051	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS BOSPHORUS DEMARCHES TO ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador delivered ref a-d demarches on Bosphorus bypass issues on August 31 to Minister of Energy Hilmi Guler. Ambassador stressed that the USG did not support a specific route or project, but called for timely, transparent decisions from the GOT on permits, specifically fo [...]	2004-09-08 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT PREL ELTN EINV ENRG SENV TU UK
04ANKARA5144	Update on Turkish Implementation of ISPS Port [...] In a September 8 conversation with Econoff, Okay Kilic, Head of the Maritime Security Department of the Maritime Administration (MA),clarified that Turkey has not/not yet complied with all requirements of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea's (SOLAS) International Ship [...]	2004-09-13 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PTER ETRD PREL TU
04ANKARA5306	SECRETARY ABRAHAM'S SEPTEMBER 21 VISIT TO ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Your visit to Turkey comes a few months after the President,s June visit to Ankara and Istanbul for bilateral meetings and the NATO Summit, at a time when bilateral and political relations are generally on track. Your meeting with Energy Minister Hilmi Guler will provide an excellent op [...]	2004-09-17 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT EMIN ETRD EINV OVIP TU
04ANKARA5558	Turkish Maritime Security: Visit of Coast [...] In introductory calls on September 16, LCDR Michael Bee, DHS/Coast Guard's International Port Security Liaison, described the U.S. International Port Security Program to Gurcan Balik, of the MFA Maritime Department, Okay Kilic, Head of the Maritime Security Department of the Turkish Maritime [...]	2004-09-28 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PTER ETRD TU
04ANKARA5691	DELIVERY OF CSI DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-04 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PTER ETRD PREL ETTC KTIA PBTS TU
04ANKARA5698	SECRETARY ABRAHAM,S SEPTEMBER 21 BILATERAL MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham and Turkey Energy Minister Hilmi Guler covered a range of energy issues in a meeting in Istanbul on September 21. Areas identified for continued and deepened cooperation were Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline completion in mid 2005; promotion [...]	2004-10-04 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT EMIN ETRD EINV OVIP TU
04ANKARA5719	TURKEY AS THE HUB IN THE EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) The centerpiece of Turkey's growing role as hub in the East-West Corridor, the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, is broadly on track and nearing completion. Government of Turkey (GOT) Officials and BTC company officials assert that BTC is on track at 80 percent complete for m [...]	2004-10-05 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT TU GA
04ANKARA6043	TURKISH OIL COMPANY WANTS TO DO BUSINESS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to its CEO, the state-owned Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) has developed a "strategic plan" for reengaging in oil and gas development in Northern Iraq that it will present in Baghdad, Washington, and London. Understanding that Iraq's oil and gas resources are con [...]	2004-10-25 12:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EWWT TU IZ
04ANKARA6085	Turks Interested in Pursuing CSI [...] Basat Ozturk, Head of the MFA Maritime Department, told Econoff on October 26 that GOT agencies had agreed to respond "positively" to the proposed inclusion of Turkey in the Container Security Initiative (CSI),and asked that Embassy relay this official response to Washington agencies. Oztur [...]	2004-10-27 10:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PTER ETRD PREL ETTC KTIA PBTS TU
04ANKARA6484	TURKISH STRAITS VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES - NEWEST [...] On November 8, Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General for Energy, Hakki Akil passed to Ambassador Steven Mann the newest version of the Turkish MFA's proposed "Voluntary Principles on the Passage of Oil Tankers through the Turkish Straits" (see Ref A). (This version is da [...]	2004-11-19 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ETRD EWWT TU
04ANKARA6649	GOT Concerns on Some Aspects of CSI [...] (SBU) At briefings on the Container Security Initiative by visiting Immigration, Customs and Enforcement Attache, Turkish officials reaffirmed their interest in the program, but expressed sensitivities about stationing U.S. personnel in Turkish customs areas and said a bilateral agreement woul [...]	2004-12-01 07:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PTER ETRD PREL ETTC KTIA TU
04ANKARA6678	TURKEY STEAM ENERGY CONFERENCE IN ISTANBUL - [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A well-attended energy conference in Turkey provided expressions of commitment on the part of the government to move forward on energy liberalization, but failure to articulate next policy, legislative, and regulatory steps. The private sector is eager to move ahead and take a [...]	2004-12-02 09:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV EWWT TU
04ANKARA6764	KAPTANOGLU SHIPPING COMPANY [...] (SBU) Per ref email, Embassy understands that the Coast Guard is calling an inter-agency meeting for Monday, December 8 to consider imposing a moratorium preventing Kaptanoglu Shipping Group (KSG) vessels from entering U.S. waters/ports, as well as other measures, due to the company's record o [...]	2004-12-03 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT CVIS ETRD PREL TU
04ANKARA6789	RESPONSE FROM KAPTANOGLU SHIPPING COMPANY [...] (U) In two faxes sent December 3, Tansel Karademir, Operations Manager of H. Ismail Kaptanoglu Ship Management and Trading company, responded to Embassy's demarche to MFA warning of Coast Guard security concerns and possible action against the shipping company. Karademir wrote that the company [...]	2004-12-06 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT CVIS ETRD PREL TU
04ANKARA6965	DELIBERY OF KAPTANOGLU COMMANDANT ORDER [...] This message was coordinated with Amconsul Istanbul. 2. Embassy delivered ref A Commandant Order barring Kaptanoglu vessels from entering U.S. territorial seas to the Turkish MFA via diplomatic note 1790 on December 14. We also conveyed ref A talking points to both MFA and the Maritime U [...]	2004-12-15 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT CVIS ETRD PREL TU
04BRASILIA1537	BRAZIL DEMARCHE ON IMO COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-22 19:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ASEC PTER EWWT PREL
04BRASILIA1592	BILATERAL MARITIME AGREEMENT: ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE [...] ECONOFF MET WITH INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ADVISOR WANDERLY MANSO DE ALMEIDA AT THE ANTAQ (BRAZIL'S MARITIME REGULATOR) ON JUNE 16, 2004 TO DISCUSS THE LANGUAGE CHANGES SUBMITTED BY MARAD AND L TO THE BILATERAL MARITIME AGREEMENT PORTUGUESE TEXT (REF A). THE GOB COUNTERPROPOSED THE FOLLOWING CH [...]	2004-06-25 15:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KTIA BR
04BRASILIA2605	GOB Focuses on Key Projects to Help Close [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. With exports rapidly increasing, Brazil's transportation infrastructure is bursting at the seams. The country's inefficient (and insufficient) ports, its deficient roads, and its decrepit rail network serve as bottlenecks to the timely dispatch of commercial [...]	2004-10-19 15:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EWWT ETRD BR
04BRUSSELS2295	BELGIUM COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CBP/ICE ROBERT [...] Country clearance is granted for visit of Customs and Border Protection Chief Inspector Robert Ontiveros of El Paso, TX, to replace a Container Security Initiative (CSI) team member already stationed at the port, pursuant to the U.S. Customs and Belgian Customs Agreement on Implementing CSI. [...]	2004-05-28 15:13:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA ECON ETRD EWWT BE USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4332	DHS U/S HUTCHINSON'S OCT 1 MEETING WITH EXTERNAL [...] (SBU) DHS Undersecretary for Border and Transportation Security Asa Hutchinson met External Relations Director General Eneko Landaburu October 1 in Brussels. Hutchinson told Landaburu that the EU and U.S. need to stand shoulder to shoulder even when we do not agree to show we are working tog [...]	2004-10-07 15:37:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAIR EWWT PHSA PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4334	DHS U/S HUTCHINSON'S OCT 1 MEETING WITH TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) DHS Undersecretary for Border and Transportation Security Asa Hutchinson met with Director General for Transport and Energy Francois Lamoureux October 1. Lamoureux briefed Hutchinson on the growing Commission program of airport inspection. Hutchinson committed to Lamoureux that DHS wo [...]	2004-10-08 08:47:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAIR EWWT PHSA PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04CARACAS1505	VENEZUELAN READINESS FOR ISPS IMPLEMENTATION [...] REFTELS REQUEST THAT POST INFORM THE GOV REGARDING USG ENFORCEMENT OF THE NEW INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL SHIP AND PORT FACILITY SECURITY CODE (ISPS). 2. ON APRIL 29, THIS INFORMATION WAS FORMALLY CONVEYED TO THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DIRECTORATE GENERAL O [...]	2004-05-05 15:42:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ENRG ETRD ECON PHSA PREL VE
04DJIBOUTI1115	DEMARCHE ON COMPLIANCE WITH IMO ISPS CODE DELIVERED [...] (U) Poloff delivered demarche per reftel 18 August to Head of the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Omar Djama. Djama said he was familiar with the ISPS code and recommended Poloff pass the demarche to Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs, and the Director of the Por [...]	2004-08-19 11:41:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ECON ETRD PREL PTER DJ
04DJIBOUTI1443	PROGRESS CONTINUES AT DORALEH PORT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and Pol/Econoff visited the construction site of the new port facility at Doraleh on November 8 to track progress and obtain an update from the port's project manager K.K. Menon of Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC). Ambassador's last visit had taken place in July. [...]	2004-11-10 12:00:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS EPET ECON EINV EWWT DJ ET TC

04DJIBOUTI340	INVESTMENT IN DJIBOUTI DOMINATED BY ARAB WORLD [...] (U) SUMMARY: President's Advisor on Investment, Fahmi Ahmed Al-Hag, says Djiboutians favor Arab development funds over western funds because of the simplicity of their financing procedures. Al-Hag detailed the current investments to Djibouti from the Arab world. He twice commented that both [...]	2004-03-09 14:12:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV PREL EAID ENRG EWWT SENV SOCI ABLD SA KU DJ TC
04DUBLIN1828	APPLICATION FORWARDED FOR R/V JOIDES RESOLUTION [...] On December 21, Post forwarded to Eamon Hickey, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Counsellor for European Union Affairs, reftel's clearance request and separate supporting materials for the R/V Joides Resolution. The vessel plans to conduct marine scientific research in Irish waters from A [...]	2004-12-21 16:44:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT
04HALIFAX134	NEW FUNDING PROGRAM FOR CANADIAN MARINE FACILITY SECURITY [...] In a May 7 press conference at Pier 21 in Halifax, Canada attended by Consul, Canadian Transport Minister Tony Valeri announced a three-year, $115 million federal program to assist Canadian ports and ports facilities upgrade their security. This program will enable Canada to not only comply wi [...]	2004-05-07 16:22:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ATRN PINS MARR ASEC KCIP CA
04HALIFAX256	HALIFAX PORT SECURITY CONTNUES TO TIGHTEN [...] (U) While Ottawa has yet to follow through on its May 7 pledge of federal funding for Canadian Marine Facility Security, the Port of Halifax has ambitiously pressed forward with a series of new security measures using its own funding. These measures place the Port in the forefront of Canadia [...]	2004-11-15 20:32:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ASEC ETRD PINS PTER CA
04HALIFAX258	HALIFAX PORT SECURITY CONTNUES TO TIGHTEN [...] (U) While Ottawa has yet to follow through on its May 7 pledge of federal funding for Canadian Marine Facility Security, the Port of Halifax has ambitiously pressed forward with a series of new security measures using its own funding. These measures place the Port in the forefront of Canadia [...]	2004-11-16 18:09:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ASEC ETRD PINS PTER CA
04ISTANBUL1346	ISTANBUL'S JULY VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES MEETING: [...] (SBU) Summary: Industry participants in the July 23 Istanbul voluntary principles meeting tell us that while they are "interested in and supportive in principle" of the initiative, it is unworkable unless Russian oil companies also participate. They also stressed that while consideration of [...]	2004-08-27 03:13:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT PREL EINV SENV TU
04ISTANBUL1484	A MARINER'S VIEW OF THE TURKISH STRAITS [...] (U) In meetings with Consulate and Embassy officers last week, British Petroleum maritime consultant Vice Admiral Sir Christopher Morgan provided a mariner's view of the issues the Turkish straits pose for transiting oil tankers. Morgan, who accompanied a BP Suezmax tanker through the straits [...]	2004-09-29 10:43:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ENRG ECON SENV TU
04ISTANBUL1821	MEETING WITH KAPTANOGLU SHIPPING COMPANY [...] (SBU) P/E Chief and Consular Section Chief met on December 7 with H. Ismail Kaptanoglu Ship Management and Trading Company Managing Director Sadan Kaptanoglu and other company executives to review Coast Guard security concerns and possible action against the company. While reiterating that th [...]	2004-12-08 04:26:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT CVIS ETRD PREL KFRD TU
04ISTANBUL262	BOSPHORUS DELAYS EASE BUT ISSUES REMAIN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Shipping delays on the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits have eased in recent days but the war of words surrounding the issue continues. Russia's oil pipeline monopoly Transneft strongly criticized Turkish [...]	2004-02-20 11:26:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON PREL SENV EWWT TU
04ISTANBUL891	TURKEY RAISES NORTHERN CYPRUS AVIATION LINKS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta and his visiting delegation reviewed the bilateral transportation relationship with Turkish Minister of Transportation Binali Yildirim in a full day of meetings in Istanbul on Monday, May 24. Yildirim took the opportunity to press for t [...]	2004-06-08 09:53:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EAIR ELTN ECON PREL TU CY
04KINSHASA1251	PORT OF MATADI MISSES IMO DEADLINE [...] SUMMARY. During the first quarter of 2004, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) mandated that all ports worldwide improve their facilities and security measures to come in line with new International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) code standards. The Port of Matadi, DRC has no [...]	2004-07-07 12:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EWWT CG
04KINSHASA1316	IMO GRANTS MATADI SIX MONTH GRACE PERIOD [...] (SBU) Reftel reported that the Port of Matadi had not met the July 1 deadline set by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for port security improvements. The National Transportation and Port Authority (ONATRA) reports that the IMO has granted a six month grace period to the Port of M [...]	2004-07-15 14:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EWWT CG
04KINSHASA1474	CIVIL SERVANTS REMAIN AT WORK DESPITE CONTINUING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (U) Summary. Despite the failure of negotiations between the GDRC and various unions earlier this year, most civil servants have returned to work. Isolated strikes have since occured in several public enterprises and service [...]	2004-08-04 14:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ECPS ELAB EWWT PGOV CG
04KINSHASA1562	ECONOMIC REPORT - AUG 13 THROUGH AUG 20 [...] Food prices have decreased due to the reopening of the Mai-Ndombe bridge. Exchange rates remain stable, but the FC is trading at a slightly higher value on the Kinshasa parallel market than official rates. The DRC's National Assembly created a commission to investigate Gecamines' mining and [...]	2004-08-19 12:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECIN ECON EFIN ELTN EMIN EPET EWWT PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1590	AFRICAN CANAL A PIPE(LINE) DREAM [...] (C) Summary. The DRC Ministry of Energy reported that a regional delegation with strong backing from Nigerian President Obasanjo visited Kinshasa to discuss a proposed canal linking the Congo River with Lake Chad. Involved parties include Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, th [...]	2004-08-24 06:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EINV ETRD EWWT PREL SENV CG
04KINSHASA1631	ECONOMIC REPORT - AUG 20 THROUGH AUG 27 [...] (U) Summary. Both exchange rates and prices remain stable. Gravity Diamonds of Australia is planning a joint venture with BHP Billiton for diamond exploration in the Kasais. CHEMAF has resumed production at a Mine de l'Etoile concession abandoned by Gecamines. The DRC became a member of th [...]	2004-08-27 16:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ELTN EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD EWWT PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1709	ECONOMIC REPORT - SEPT 4 THROUGH SEPT 10 [...] Summary. Prices and exchange rates remain relatively stable, with exchange rates showing signs of an impending slight increase. Public transportation prices have doubled in Lubumbashi due to higher gas prices and taxes. Zimtrade will hold a trade fair in Lubumbashi. RVF (river transportati [...]	2004-09-10 12:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECIN EIND ELAB ELTN ENRG ETRD EWWT CG
04KINSHASA1875	CUSTOMS BUREAU LEADS NEW LABOR UNREST [...] (U) Summary. Office des Douanes et Accises (Ofida - Customs Agency) re-initiated a nationwide strike on Monday, Oct 4. This strike is the third in 2004 by Ofida, whose employees are demanding increased salaries before returning to work. Ofida is attempting to bring other agencies under the con [...]	2004-10-08 15:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON ETRD EWWT PGOV CG
04KINSHASA1981	CUSTOMS BUREAU STRIKE RESOLVED - FOR NOW [...] OFIDA (Customs) employees returned to work on October 11 after the government met some of their demands. The GDRC has promised to double the bonuses paid to the workers at the end of the month and to consider a salary increase in the 2005 budget. 2. Comment. It remains to be seen if the [...]	2004-10-25 09:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON ETRD EWWT PGOV CG
04KUWAIT3873	CONFUSION OVER PORT FEES FOR COALITION SHIPS [...] (S) Summary and Comment. The Kuwait Ports Authority (KPA) has intermittently charged US and coalition shipping agents various vessel and cargo-handling fees, in apparent contravention of the US-Kuwait Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA). Despite repeated MFA assurances that these vessels wer [...]	2004-11-10 11:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	MOPS EWWT PREL KU IZ
04KUWAIT4218	HIGHLIGHTS OF MARITIME LIAISON OFFICE (MARLO) [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Representatives of major commercial shipping companies, regional customs and port authorities, and various US government personnel joined the US Navy Maritime Liaison Office (MARLO) for its semiannual regional conference in Dubai on November 30 - December 1, 2004. [...]	2004-12-07 13:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KU MOPS MAS
04KUWAIT928	(C) KUWAIT PETROLEUM COMPANY: UNCOMPROMISING ON [...] (SBU) Summary. On 9 March Embassy and US Military officials from OMC-K and the 143rd Transportation Unit met with Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) Deputy Chairman Nader Sultan to discuss the current status of the Iraq humanitarian fuel contract and the US military's future land needs at the po [...]	2004-03-22 11:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD EINV EWWT PREL MARR KU IZ SA QA IR
04LAGOS1106	NIGERIAN DOMESTIC SHIPPING LAW TAKES EFFECT [...] SUMMARY. Nigeria's sweeping Cabotage Act took effect on May 1, requiring all vessels used for domestic trade to be Nigerian built, owned and manned. Nigeria has little capacity to meet any of the three requirements, and one-year waivers are allowed under the law. The GON has done little to i [...]	2004-05-25 13:12:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EPET EINV ECON PGOV NI
04LAGOS1131	GANG WARFARE IN PORT HARCOURT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Gang-style fighting near the city Port Harcourt in Rivers State over the last several days has resulted in numerous deaths. Two rival gangs associated with politically-connected "godfathers" are fighting over control of villages approximately 10-20 kilometers west of Port Harcourt [...]	2004-05-28 05:40:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC EPET EWWT PINR PINS EINV ETRD NI CACS
04LAGOS1639	NIGERIA ECONOMIC TIDBITS, AUGUST 11 [...] (U) This update includes: -- Maritime Stakeholders Support Cabotage Law -- WAGP Environmental Impact Assessment and Resettlement Plan Released -- Nigerian Economic Summit Group Leaders Support Economic Reform -- Local Professor/Journalist Confirms Obasanjo's Economic Dream Team Lacks Poten [...]	2004-08-11 13:09:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT SENV EINV EFIN ECON NI
04LJUBLJANA438	SLOVENIA: SAVA RIVER BASIN INITIATIVE [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel request for information on the status of Slovenia's commitment to the establishment of a Permanent Sava River Basin Commission, the implementation of its mandate, and official representation. On 05 May, MFA State Undersecretary and Stability Pact National Co [...]	2004-05-11 13:02:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID ECIN EWWT PREL SI
04LJUBLJANA511	SLOVENIA: SECRETARY MINETA'S BILATERAL MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 25 May, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta and his visiting delegation called on his Slovenian counterpart, Marko Pavliha, to discuss the bilateral transportation agenda prior to the start of the European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) meeting held i [...]	2004-06-02 11:24:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EAIR ELTN ECON PREL PINR SI
04LJUBLJANA92	SLOVENIA: IMO BALLAST WATER TREATY [...] (SBU) ON 04 FEBRUARY, ECON SPECIALIST FOLLOWED UP REF A INQUIRY WITH BRANKO MAHNE, STATE UNDERSECRETARY AT THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, DETERMINING THE GOS POSITION ON REF B POINTS AND DRAFT PROPOSAL FOR A BALLAST WATER DISCHARGE STANDARD IN REGULATION D-2 OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE [...]	2004-02-06 13:06:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PHSA SENV SI IMO
04MADRID1851	SPAIN: APPROVAL FOR TRAINING SHIP EMPIRE STATE [...] Embassy delivered March 2 a nota verbal to Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) regarding the State University of New York (Suny) Maritime College crew of approximately 600 cadets and 75 crew officers aboard the Federal Training Ship Empire State that will stop in Barcelona from May 28 [...]	2004-05-20 15:25:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT MARR SP
04MADRID2056	SPAIN: T.S. EMPIRE STATE JUNE 6 BUNKERING IN [...] Embassy communicated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) regarding the change in date to June 6 for bunkering of the State University of New York (Suny) Maritime College Training Ship Empire State in Ceuta. 2. Embassy received a response June 2 from the MFA. An informal translatio [...]	2004-06-02 15:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT MARR SP
04MADRID2605	SPAIN: MARINE SECURITY PROGRAMS [...] SUMMARY: Per reftel request, we interviewed Spanish officials regarding marine security programs. No single GOS agency is responsible for marine security. Each regional port authority is responsible to assure that ports in its jurisdiction comply with International Ship and Port Facilities [...]	2004-07-09 08:02:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EWWT ACOA ASEC ETRD ECON ETTC ENRG PARM PTER PHSA SP
04MADRID3105	EU SANCTION FORCES SPAIN'S SHIPBUILDER INTO [...] SUMMARY. The Spanish press reported late July that the European Commission has ruled that Spain,s Izar Naval Constructions, a quasi-public company, violated the terms of EU aid for the shipbuilding industry and must return EUR 1.1 billion (USD 1.35 billion). This payment return threatens the [...]	2004-08-13 14:44:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ELAB EWWT SP
04MADRID4060	ALLEGED MISDEEDS OF U.S. FLAGGED RESEARCH VESSEL [...] (C) The R/V Powell has been on U.S. Embassy Madrid's radar screen since September, when it first contacted us for assistance in processing a request to make a port call in a Spanish harbor. Since our first contact with it, this vessel has demonstrated a consistent pattern of ignoring and at [...]	2004-10-19 14:31:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL MARR KRVC TPHY SP EWWT
04MANAMA1047	BAHRAIN CONFIRMS IMPLEMENTATION OF MARITIME [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-05 08:18:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ACOA ASEC EAIR ETRD ECON ETTC ENRG KSTC PARM PTER PHSA PREL BA
04MAPUTO1321	STATUS OF MOZAMBIQUE PORT ISPS COMPLIANCE [...] On September 29, econ/poloff delivered reftel letter and Port Security Advisory (PSA) to Ministry of Transportation and Communication Chief of Staff Antonio Cuna. Mr. Cuna responded by saying that the Port of Maputo and the Port of Beira were in compliance with the International Maritime Organ [...]	2004-09-30 13:49:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EWWT KTIA PBTS PHSA PINS PREL PTER MZ ASEC
04MONTREAL696	OAS ASSISTANCE FOR HEMISPHERE PORTS IN MEETING [...] Per reftel A request, post's Principal Officer contacted Port of Montreal (POM) Security Director Felixpier Bergeron to inquire about the POM's progress in completing a plan of action to comply with the new international regulations and standards set by the International Maritime Organization [...]	2004-05-12 16:59:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EWWT KCRM PREL PTER MARAD OAS
04NASSAU1282	U.S.- BAHAMAS COMPREHENSIVE MARITIME AGREEMENT [...] On June 29, 2004 The Bahamas and the United States put into force the Comprehensive Maritime Agreement at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bahamian signatory, Minister of Foreign Affairs Frederick Mitchell and U.S. signatory, Charge d'Affaires, Robert M. Witajewski, gave brief remarks and met [...]	2004-06-29 21:25:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA PHSA PBTS PHUM KCRM SMIG EWWT EAIR SNAR BF
04OTTAWA2893	NEW CANADIAN TRANSPORT MINISTER INTERESTED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met Minister of Transport Jean Lapierre on October 26 and learned his views on upgrading the bilateral aviation agreement and accelerating infrastructure improvements at land border crossings. The Minister indicated he will push for both, and that port security [...]	2004-10-28 19:34:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECIN EWWT ELTN ASEC PREL CA
04OTTAWA3305	MEETING OF U.S./CANADA AIR QUALITY COMMITTEE [...] Summary: The U.S./Canada Air Quality Committee met December 2 in Ottawa to review air quality issues affecting the two countries. The meeting included discussions of acid rain, ozone, scientific cooperation and research, consultations and notifications, particulate matter, marine vessel emis [...]	2004-12-09 15:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG EWWT CA
04PANAMA1046	EMBOFFS DISCUSS COUNTER-TERRORISM COOPERATION, [...] (C) On April 22, PolOffs met with Russian Embassy Counselor (DCM) Oleg Ostrovskiy and First Secretary Evgeny Lebedev for our first tete-a-tete. Both GOR diplomats are Americas specialists and have already served in Panama for a year or more. Noting the good relationship between our countries [...]	2004-05-03 22:36:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EWWT PINR PM POL CHIEF
04PANAMA1116	PANAMA: IMPLICATIONS OF THE TORRIJOS VICTORY FOR [...] (C) Martin Torrijos, a 40-year-old politician with little national policy experience, scored a crushing electoral victory on May 2, while his Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) is positioned to control Panama's unicameral legislature. After it takes office on September 1, the new governmen [...]	2004-05-07 20:27:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ETRD EFIN EWWT PM CM CO TW POL CHIEF
04PANAMA325	PANAMA'S PROGRESS ON MARITIME SECURITY -- GOOD [...] (SBU) The September 11 attacks called significant attention to the potential for terrorist exploitation of Panama,s leading maritime position. Panama has the world,s largest flag state registry with approximately 6300 vessels over 500 gross metric tons and approximately 300,000 seafarers. Ad [...]	2004-02-11 20:21:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT KNNP PTER ETTC PREL PM POL CHIEF
04PANAMA452	CODEL WELLER UNDERSCORES GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (U) Summary: Codel Weller,s February 19-22 visit to Panama underscored our strong friendship and high level of bilateral cooperation with GoP interlocutors, who included President Moscoso, FM Arias, National Security Advisor Jarvis, and VM for Foreign Trade Adames. Congressman Weller expres [...]	2004-02-26 20:31:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EWWT SNAR PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
04PANAMA586	PANAMA OFFERS BETTER HIGH-VALUE TRANSIT GUARANTEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Panama's unilateral alternative to the USG's bilateral MOU proposal may be a better force protection guarantee for US military high-value transits (HVTs). After Embassy receives actual GOP language, probably in one to two months, we will analyze it and report our conclusions and [...]	2004-03-10 21:36:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PINS EWWT MOPS PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA633	SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR ARCOS' VISIT TO PANAMA [...] (U) I warmly welcome your March 23-25 visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to reiterate USG appreciation for the ongoing maritime security cooperation between our two countries, and to press for continuing focus on this as well as aviation security (and increasingly cruise ship securi [...]	2004-03-18 16:01:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KNNP PTER ETTC PREL PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
04PANAMA748	DHS AMBASSADOR ARCOS PRESSES MARITIME SECURITY [...] Summary: During a March 23-24 visit to Panama, Ambassador Cresencio Arcos, Director for International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security pressed the USG agenda on maritime security. At a meeting with Panama's Minister of Government and Justice (MOGJ),Arnulfo Escalona, the [...]	2004-04-01 15:28:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PTER ETRD PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
04PANAMA85	SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR OTTO REICH'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Embassy Panama welcomes Special Envoy for Western Hemisphere Initiatives Ambassador Otto Reich on his January 17 - 24 visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to reiterate the Ambassador's good governance message to GOP officials, including Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso, priva [...]	2004-01-15 20:19:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EWWT SNAR OVIP PM NAS
04PANAMA954	PSI: ANSWERS TO KEY QUESTIONS ON CARGO HANDLING [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-26 15:19:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KNNP EWWT EAIR PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PRETORIA4199	DURBAN PORT - IMPROVEMENTS, CONCESSION, SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Infrastructure and process improvements as well as new equipment are increasing efficiency at Durban Port according to Mervyn Chetty, Executive Manager of Corporate Strategy and Continuous Improvement at South African Port Operations (SAPO). New cranes are expected to double c [...]	2004-09-17 04:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EWWT EAID ECON PINR PTER SF
04QUEBEC107	QUEBEC PORT AUTHORITY COMPLIES WITH ISPS CODE [...] Summary: The Port of Quebec announced significant investments to heighten security at its six harbor facilities hence fulfilling the International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Shipping and Port Security Code (ISPS). With financial assistance from the federal government to help [...]	2004-07-15 18:11:00	Consulate Quebec	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT KCIP PHSA PTER PREL KCRM MARAD IMO
04ROME2845	UPDATE ON USG/WFP CARGO PREFERENCE EXEMPTION FOR [...] Summary. WFP, USAID and USDA are close to reaching an agreement on a mechanism to implement separate tracking of US cargo preference premium payments to conform to WFP auditor recommendations and ensure that WFP does not apply its indirect support cost (ISC) rate against the cargo preference [...]	2004-07-22 11:08:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC EWWT WFP ACABQ MARITIME
04ROME667	IMO BALLAST WATER TREATY: ITALIAN VIEWS [...] ITALY'S TRANSPORT MINISTRY DIRECTOR FOR MARITIME AFFAIRS, COSIMO CALIENDO, AND HIS DEPUTY, DR. GIORDANO, WHO REPRESENTED ITALY AT THE FEBRUARY 9 MEETING, TOLD SCIENCE COUNSELOR FEBRUARY 17 THAT ITALY HAD BEEN SATISFIED WITH THE RESULTS OF THE MEETING ON THE BALLAST WATER TREATY. THEY FELT THA [...]	2004-02-23 17:15:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PHSA SENV IT IMO
04ROME688	PSI: ITALY STUDYING SUA AMENDMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-24 17:49:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IT MARITIME
04SANAA2757	AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO ADEN AND TAIZ [...] Summary. Ambassador visited the port city of Aden and the city of Taiz October 11-13. Aden and Taiz, the two former capitals of North and South Yemen respectively, are the two largest and most commercially vibrant of Yemeni cities outside the capital Sanaa. NGOs, social activism, commercial [...]	2004-10-30 13:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT SOCI PGOV PHUM KMPI YM
04SANAA2862	TOP 3 YEMEN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: WATER, WATER, [...] Summary/comment. Several critical environmental issues face Yemen: overgrazing, soil erosion, desertification, sandstorms and summer dust storms. The most crucial issue, however, is the lack of potable water which affects the majority of Yemen's workers and future export sectors. By most es [...]	2004-11-09 14:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR SENV EWWT YM ENVIRONMENT
04SANAA960	MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAMS [...] Per reftel, Embassy Sanaa would like to be included in the Maritime Security Collective. 2. Point of contact for Embassy Sanaa is Pol/Econ Chief, Mary Brett Rogers, who can be contacted at the following phone numbers: Embassy: (967) (1) 303-155 extension 2236, cell phone (967) 7321-8475 [...]	2004-04-27 10:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EWWT ACOA ASEC EAIR ETRD ECON ETTC MARITIME SECURITY
04SANTODOMINGO2607	ROCK ASH SHIPMENTS FROM PUERTO RICO TO DOMINICAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A controversy over rock ash shipments from a Puerto Rico power plant owned by U.S.-based energy company AES has become a topic of local comment. The Dominican Environment Secretariat confirms that the local firm that imported the product for construction in the north obtained [...]	2004-04-29 16:54:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP SENV DR ETRD EWWT EIND
04SANTODOMINGO594	DOMINICAN ILLEGALS: USDOJ AND USCG ACTION REQUEST [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: This interagency message presents the unified views of cognizant agencies at Embassy Santo Domingo on the current surge of illegal migrant travel from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico. Present efforts by Dominican and American officials are inadequate to cou [...]	2004-01-30 10:48:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR SMIG KJUS EWWT DR
04TAIPEI3095	TAOYUAN FTZ - UNREALISTIC CLAIMS OF PENDING DIRECT [...] (C) The Taoyuan Free Trade Zone near Taipei,s Chiang Kai-shek airport is a key component of Taiwan,s Global Logistics Development Plan (reftel). The Far Glory Group will build the FTZ under a build-operate-transfer (BOT) contract. Far Glory plans to invest NT$ 21.3 billion (USD 636 million) [...]	2004-10-06 03:54:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EWWT ECON PREL TW CH
04TAIPEI3268	TAIWAN INVESTIGATES GEORGIAN FLAGGED HIGH SEAS [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-20 06:24:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS KTIA AORC EWWT GG PHSA PREL SENV
04TAIPEI3323	CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC ROUNDUP - THIRD QUARTER [...] During the third quarter of 2004, the PRC legalized tourism to Kinmen and Matsu for all Fujian residents. Taiwan legalized 81 product categories for import from the PRC. However, most are agricultural goods that will still be restricted for lack of cross-Strait sanitary and inspection agreem [...]	2004-10-22 09:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL ETRD EINV EWWT CH TW
04TAIPEI3406	CROSS-STRAIT SHIPPING - INEXPENSIVE, NOT [...] (U) Businesses on both sides of the Taiwan Strait look forward to the possibility of direct marine cargo links between the Mainland and Taiwan. However, they have also been very resourceful at taking advantage of small openings and the flexibility of Taiwan, PRC and other authorities to ship [...]	2004-10-29 07:49:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ECON ETRD PREL CH TW
04TEGUCIGALPA1280	HONDURAS - KEY QUESTIONS ON CARGO HANDLING [...] (C) Per reftel, answers to the key questions on cargo handling are provided below. Where appropriate, Post has provided clarification and context. 2. (U) Answers are listed in Q and A format: I. Shipping/Cargo Manifests Q. Are cargo manifests (or similar documentation) required in c [...]	2004-06-03 22:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP EWWT EAIR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1526	Honduran Economic Highlights: April-June 2004 [...] On April 14, Paris Club creditors and the GOH agreed to a restructuring of Honduras' public external debt, leading to the cancellation of approximately $147 million of Honduran debt, and the rescheduling of $214 million more (see reftel). Under the agreement reached between Paris Club partic [...]	2004-07-09 18:35:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD EWWT KJUS PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1577	Honduras Poised to Become Leader in Port Security [...] SUMMARY: Following a June visit to the ports of Honduras, a United States Coast Guard delegation confirmed that Honduras was taking the appropriate measures to ready its ports for certification on July 1, and to successfully comply with International Maritime Organization (IMO) requirements an [...]	2004-07-16 18:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EINV ETRD PBTS SNAR PTER BEXP ECON PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2267	HONDURAS: UNDP PROCUREMENT DEBATE CONTINUES TO [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 27, the Honduran National Association of Industries (ANDI) issued a two-page open letter denouncing the United Nations Development Program,s (UNDP) handling of the ongoing bid process for container inspection systems at Puerto Cortes. Post has already received comp [...]	2004-10-12 20:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECPS EINV PGOV EWWT KJUS KMCA HO UNDP
04THEHAGUE963	USDOT Secretary Mineta's Visit to the Netherlands [...] Summary: In a meeting with Dutch Transport Minister Karla Peijs, Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta explained the U.S. negotiating position in the current civair talks with the European Commission and asked for Dutch support with other member states to conclude an agreement. He and [...]	2004-04-16 14:19:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR OVIP EWWT NL
04WELLINGTON1035	R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE [...] Embassy forwarded documents received December 14, 2004 and requested clearance for the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer for the period January 1 - December 31, 2005, from the Americas Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) of the government of New Zealand. We will advise when MFA [...]	2004-12-14 21:53:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
04WELLINGTON722	R/V KILO MOANA MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE, FILE NO. [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-25 04:05:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
04WELLINGTON751	R/V ROGER REVELLE MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-03 02:23:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
04WELLINGTON877	R/V ROGER REVELLE MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-19 00:44:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
04WELLINGTON983	R/V KILO MOANA MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE, FILE NO. [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-24 02:59:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
04WELLINGTON987	NOAA KA'IMIMOANA MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-25 21:41:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
04ZAGREB847	PERMANENT SAVA COMMISSION HAS CROATIAN SUPPORT BUT [...] (U) THE FOLLOWING RESPONDS TO REFTEL QUESTIONS ON THE STATUS OF THE SAVA RIVER BASIN INITIATIVE AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMANENT COMMISSION IN ZAGREB. SUMMARY ------- 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMANENT SAVA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION WITH A SECRETARIAT IN ZAGREB HAS BROAD SUPPORT AT THE [...]	2004-05-13 09:32:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID ECIN EWWT PREL HR
05ADDISABABA4178	EUCOM J5 AND AU DISCUSS MARITIME SECURITY IN AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union (AU) takes maritime security seriously, AU Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy Bernard Zoba told EUCOM J5 Maj Gen Scott Gration and Polad Amb. Mary Yates December 16. The AU is adopting a step-by-step approach to ensure member states receive the requir [...]	2005-12-22 08:05:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHSA EWWT PTER AU XA
05ALGIERS1571	NEW TRAFFIC PLAN IN ALGIERS CAUSES DISCONTENT, [...] The Ministry of Transportation began enforcing a new traffic plan June 1 in Algiers to reduce daytime traffic congestion throughout the capital. The new measure restricts the movement of trucks of more than 2.5 tons inside the capital to nighttime hours only. Truck drivers, dock workers, and [...]	2005-07-27 16:10:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB EWWT PGOV AG
05ALGIERS2055	SKIKDA REFINERY FIRE EXPECTED TO HAVE NO EFFECT ON [...] (U) This cable has been sent sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Algeria's second largest crude oil refinery at Skikda experienced a fire October 4 that burned through the night and into today. Early morning reports to us from local industry officials said the [...]	2005-10-05 14:10:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ETRD EWWT PTER PINR ASEC AG
05ALGIERS2091	VULNERABILITY OF KEY FOREIGN OIL SUPPLIERS [...] (S) Post provides the following answers to the Department's questions on the vulnerability of key foreign oil supplies in Algeria: (S) -- Have host governments completed vulnerability assessments of the facilities (Arzew Terminal and Skikda)? Following the 2004 explosion at Skikda (see par [...]	2005-10-12 09:31:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	KHLS EPET ETRD EWWT PTER PINR ASEC
05ALMATY4095	IMO CANDIDACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED; KAZAKHSTAN LIKELY [...] On November 16, Econoff delivered Reftel demarche and talking points on the United States' candidacy for Category A membership in the International Maritime organization (IMO) to Baurzhan Sarsenbekov of the International Relations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. Sarsenbeko [...]	2005-11-17 06:06:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHSA KTIA PREL PGOV EWWT KZ IMO
05AMMAN7288	JORDAN - SUPPORT FOR SUA AMENDMENTS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-12 13:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT JO
05AMMAN7953	OBTAINING JORDANIAN SUPPORT FOR AMENDING SUA [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-05 12:26:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV JO
05AMMAN8994	JORDAN: IMO ELECTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche November 17 to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, chief of the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department. Shamayleh said that he was unsure if Jordan would have representation at the 24th International Maritime Organization (IMO) assembly, and that he woul [...]	2005-11-20 03:13:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHSA AORC EWWT KTIA US JO IMO
05AMMAN982	AQABA PORT ISPS SECURITY PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Aqaba port authorities are working hard to comply with the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) International Ship and Port Facility Security Plan (ISPS),which took effect last July 1 (Ref C). A strong management team from the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority [...]	2005-02-07 04:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ETRD ETTC PARM KSTC PREL JO
05ANKARA1333	Turkey Wants to Participate in CSI [...] This message contains an action request in para 6. 2. On March 10, Basat Ozturk, MFA Head of the Maritime Affairs Department, conveyed the GOT's official, positive response on including the port of Izmir in the Container Security Initiative (CSI). He said that the Turkish Customs Undersecr [...]	2005-03-11 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PTER ETRD PREL ETTC TU
05ANKARA1482	SUSTAINING TURKISH COOPERATION IN MARITIME [...] (U) Reftel requested Embassy input on building international support for an improved global maritime security framework, an objective of the December 2004 Presidential Directive on Maritime Security Policy. The Embassy and USG agencies work closely with the GOT on maritime security programs, i [...]	2005-03-15 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ECON ETRD PREL PTER PARM TU
05ANKARA1805	CONVENTION FOR SUA: DEMARCHE TO MFA REQUESTING [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-30 05:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV TU
05ANKARA1993	TURKISH STRAITS - TANKERS AND BYPASSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey is publicly and privately set on Samsun-Ceyhan as the winning prospective Bosphorus bypass, but next steps are elusive and ambiguous. All parties trumpet the success story of BTC -- as nominally the first Bosphorus bypass, expecting first tanker load at Ceyhan late autu [...]	2005-04-07 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EWWT SENV TU
05ANKARA3079	TURKISH CUSTOMS ON WCO DEMARCHE, CSI, HABUR [...] (U) Econ Counselor and Econoff delivered reftel demarche urging Turkish support for the World Customs Organization (WCO) Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade to Acting Customs Undersecretary Riza Tuna Turagay on May 27. We also raised the Container Security Initiative [...]	2005-06-01 13:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PTER ETRD EAIR TU IZ
05ANKARA6308	TURKS PRESENT CSI DRAFT AGREEMENT [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On October 12, GOT MFA Maritime Director Basat Ozturk presented emboffs with a GOT draft of an agreement that would implement the Container Security Initiative (CSI). Ozturk focused on the import [...]	2005-10-18 13:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PTER ETRD PREL ETTC KTIA PBTS TU
05ANKARA6733	QUID PRO QUO: TURKEY ALSO SEEKS SUPPORT FOR [...] This message contains an action request in para 4. 2. GOT MFA contacted us on November 14 to request USG support for their Category C candidate in the upcoming IMO elections. Per ref A, Econoff informed the GOT of the US's Category A candidate and requested GOT support. MFA attache in the [...]	2005-11-15 13:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT AORC PHSA KTIA IMO TR
05ANKARA7078	TURKEY-RUSSIA-ITALY: BLUE STREAM FANFARE AND ADO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite Turkey's hopes to spin the official opening of the Blue Stream natural gas pipeline (under the Black Sea from Russia; constructed by Italian firm ENI) into tangible support for other energy corridor/hub dreams, the leaders departed Turkey without further concrete commit [...]	2005-12-02 08:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EWWT SENV TU IT RU
05ANKARA993	TURKEY MFA UPDATE ON TRANSPORTATION ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: In February 11 and 15 meetings with Econ Counselor and Econoff, MFA transport officials: indicated that the GOT would respond favorably to the Container Security Initiative (CSI); raised problems in managing Turkish-Iraqi airspace; warned that Bosphorus tunnel construction coul [...]	2005-02-24 09:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EAIR IZ TU
05ASUNCION1223	PARAGUAY SUPPORTS SUA NONPROLIFERATION AMENDMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-27 21:36:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PA
05ATHENS2134	CSI: ONE YEAR LATER [...] (SBU) Summary: One year after the signing of the Container Security Initiative (CSI),the program continues to operate in the Port of Piraeus. Unfortunately, staffing and efficiency problems are marring the effectiveness of the program. The GoG has requested a one-year extension for the use [...]	2005-08-12 08:54:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EWWT GR KTIA PTER
05ATHENS2441	GREEK TOURISM IMPROVES AFTER 2004 OLYMPICS, [...] (U) Summary. Tourism in Greece is up in 2005, one year after the country played host to the Olympics. Tourist arrivals are projected to reach 14 million by the end of the year, marking a 10 percent increase over 2004, but receipts from tourism are projected to increase only 5 percent over las [...]	2005-09-16 10:18:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAIR EWWT EFIN GR TOURISM
05ATHENS587	AMBASSADOR'S FEBRUARY 28 CALL ON DFM STYLIANIDIS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: DFM Evripidis Stylianidis, at a February 28 meeting with Ambassador, pitched the proposed Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline as a cheap and safe way to ship Russian oil to Western Europe and beyond. Ambassador raised the stalled Greece-Albania child repatriation agreement as an i [...]	2005-03-01 16:05:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET ENRG EWWT PHUM GR TU BU RS AMB
05ATHENS592	HELLENIC COAST GUARD REQUESTS TRAINING WITH U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (U) Summary: During a February 23rd meeting with Ambassador, Greek Minister of Merchant Marine Kefaloyiannis presented a list of training requests for the Hellenic Coast Guard (HCG). Ambassador informed Kefaloyiannis that Post woul [...]	2005-03-02 09:25:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT GR
05ATHENS593	AMBASSADORS FEBRUARY 23RD MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador Ries met with Minister of Merchant Marine Kefaloyiannis on February 23rd, to discuss the International Port Safety Program, legal incidents involving Greek owned merchant vessels in U.S. waters, and the Greek privatization of port services. Kefaloyiannis also endorsed [...]	2005-03-02 09:26:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EWWT GR AMB
05ATHENS603	GOVERNMENT OF GREECE REQUESTS DONATION OF EC2 TYPE [...] (U) I am writing to ask your help. 2. (U) I recently met with the Greek Minister of Merchant Marine Emmanuel Kefaloyiannis, who has been of great assistance to us in the war on terrorism. Under his leadership, the Hellenic Coast Guard (HCG) did a superb job in protecting our athletes and [...]	2005-03-02 14:57:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT GR PREL
05ATHENS799	INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION AND OUTREACH [...] This is in response to reftel invitation of post's input on Greece's adoption of maritime security measures in accordance to the President's Maritime Security Policy. 2. Greece, as host of the 2004 Summer Olympics, has expedited implementation of many security plans including maritime sec [...]	2005-03-22 10:35:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ECON ETRD KSTC PARM PHSA PREL PTER ASEC EU GR IASA

05BAGHDAD4506	ACTIONS TO ASSURE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE INTEGRITY [...] (C/REL MCNI/IRAQ) SUMMARY: Failures of Iraq's critical energy infrastructure have reached unprecedented levels which are seriously hindering the Iraqi Transitional Government's (ITG) ability to raise desperately needed revenues and to deliver basic services such as electricity, fuel, and wate [...]	2005-11-03 03:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON ENRG EPET ETRD EWWT KCOR KCRM KHLS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PTER NATO
05BANGKOK2048	Thailand: Coordination and Outreach on Maritime [...] (U) In response to reftel, various agencies at Post have portfolio responsibility and/or interest in maritime security. The Economic section has portfolio responsibility for maritime security from an economic policy standpoint. The Political section has responsibility for engaging and coordi [...]	2005-03-22 00:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ECON ETRD EWWT KSTC TH
05BANGKOK5673	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION MEETING: [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed that Thailand will send a delegation to the September 7-8 International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting in Jakarta on Malacca Strait security among littoral states. The Thai delegation will be led by Mr. Pornchai Danvivathana, Director of t [...]	2005-09-02 10:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA KCRM PBTS PTER EWWT TH
05BRASILIA1936	BRAZIL - INFO FOR SECRETARY MINETA ON UPCOMING WHTI [...] Per reftel request, we are sending the following information regarding the upcoming Western Hemisphere Transportation Initiative (WHTI) ministerial-level conference that will be held in Guaruja, Brazil, August 25- 26. (Contrary to the information in the cable, the conference will not be held [...]	2005-07-20 11:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAIR ELTN EWWT
05BRASILIA2133	BRAZIL - OPIC PROPOSED LOAN TO PORT SECURITY INTL [...] Post has no objection to OPIC's proposed loan to Port Security International, LLC (PSI) in support of the installation and operation by that firm of scanning equipment at three ports in Brazil (Itajai, Sao Francisco do Sul, and Paranagua). The Foreign Commercial Service Office in Brasilia doe [...]	2005-08-11 16:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN EWWT OPIC
05BRASILIA2452	BRAZILIANS AGREE TO PARAMETERS FOR SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary. Recently Post and the Brazilian Foreign Ministry have agreed upon parameters for reciprocal visits to maritime ports and airports to assess security procedures. This accord allows the Transportation Security Administration and the U.S. Coast Guard to continue with their schedule [...]	2005-09-15 16:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EAIR KREC
05BRASILIA2564	BRAZIL - AVIATION AND MARITIME OFFICERS [...] Per Reftel request, we are providing the following information on the officers who are responsible for aviation and maritime issues, including transportation security, for Mission Brazil. 2. Name of Post: Brasilia Name of Reporting Officer: Jared Banks Transfer Date: November 200 [...]	2005-09-27 13:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EWWT
05BRASILIA2672	BRAZIL AND USG SIGN MARITIME TRANSPORT AGREEMENT [...] Summary. On September 30, after several years of negotiation, Brazil and the USG signed a Maritime Transport Agreement in Washington, DC. The agreement still must be ratified by the Brazilian Congress, which we do not anticipate will happen in the near-term. The signing was, nevertheless, o [...]	2005-10-06 18:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD PHSA PREL ASEC
05BRASILIA447	BRAZIL MAKES REFORMING REGULATORY AGENCIES A PRIORITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Brazilian Congress is considering a new law governing the functioning of Brazil's nine regulatory agencies. The legislation aims to bring greater social accountability, operational transparency, and financial oversight to their operations. The law includes, however, controver [...]	2005-02-18 19:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV EWWT ECON BR
05BRASILIA825	BRAZIL - COORDINATION AND OUTREACH ON MARITIME [...] Maritime security issues are handled primarily by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Attache in Brasilia, Julio Velez. Maritime security issues are coordinated with the Economic Section, the Foreign Commercial Service (FCS),and the Defense Atta [...]	2005-03-29 11:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ECON ETRD KSTC PARM PHSA PREL PTER ASEC BR
05BRATISLAVA27	SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS SUA AMENDMENTS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche January 12 to Henrik Markus, Deputy Director of the Department for Disarmement, OSCE, and Council of Europe at the MFA, and Marek Smid, Deputy Director of the International Law Department at the MFA. Markus said the dual-use provision was in-line with the [...]	2005-01-13 15:24:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT
05BUENOSAIRES184	GAINING ARGENTINE SUPPORT FOR U.S. [...] (U) Polcouns met on January 26 with Ambassador Carlos Sersale, director of the Argentine MFA's Office of International Security, Nuclear and Space Affairs, to deliver talking points in reftel. Also attending the meeting was Ariel Gonzalez of the MFA Legal Advisor's Office who will be represe [...]	2005-01-26 20:57:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PHSA PREL AR
05CAIRO2801	EGYPT: SUA CONVENTION AND NONPROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel demarche April 11 with Adel Ibrahim, Director of the Office of Arms Control and Disarmament at the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ibrahim was generally familiar with U.S. goals pertaining to nonproliferation aspects of the SUA convention (Convention for t [...]	2005-04-11 16:25:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KNNP MNUC MX PARM PGOV PHSA PREL EG
05CAIRO3729	MARITIME PORT SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Egyptian officials responded positively to presentations by U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) International Port Security Liaison Officer John Bowers in Cairo and Alexandria March 6 to 8, as he described the USCG plans to monitor foreign compliance with International Maritime Organization [...]	2005-05-16 12:27:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PBTS PINR PHSA PTER OTRA EG
05CAIRO3889	EGYPT MONTHLY ECONOMIC REPORT: MARCH AND APRIL 2005 [...] (U) In this edition: Banking and Finance: Parliament considers amendments to the Banking Law and the first foreign medical insurer enters Egypt's market. Telecom and IT: The Government of Egypt (GOE) announces plans for a public offering of shares in Telecom Egypt, while the Minister o [...]	2005-05-22 16:38:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT SENV EG
05CAIRO5344	EGYPT MONTHLY ECONOMIC REPORT: MAY-JUNE 2005 [...] In this edition: More Egyptian companies make it into international emerging market stock indices and the GOE signs an S&T agreement with the EU. The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology announces a third mobile phone license will be issued and minister Tarek Kamel visits th [...]	2005-07-13 13:11:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG
05CAIRO8036	CARGO SHIP COLLIDES WITH FERRY NEAR SUEZ; 2 [...] (U) Two passengers were killed and another 40 injured when a Cypriot cargo vessel struck an Egyptian passenger ship, the Pride of Al Salam 95, near Port Tawfik at the southern entrance of the Suez Canal. The Pride of Al Salam 95 was carrying over 1,300 Egyptian Muslim pilgrims returning from [...]	2005-10-18 14:36:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT MARR EG
05CAIRO8937	PROGRESS WITH CUSTOMS AND TRADE REFORM IN EGYPT [...] This report outlines the major reforms undertaken by the GOE in the customs and trade areas since the appointment of the new Cabinet in July 2004, highlighting USAID's support for the process. It updates and expands on Cairo 00367 dated January 15, 2004 on customs reform. 2. Under the le [...]	2005-11-29 14:10:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	EG EWWT ECON EAID ETRD
05CAIRO9385	ECONOMIC MONTHLY REPORT: October-November 2005 [...] (U) In this edition: The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) narrows the overnight interest rate band, and issues new checking regulations. Planners from the World Economic Forum (WEF) meet with GOE officials to discuss the WEF meeting on the Middle East, to be held in Sharm el Sheikh in May 2006. [...]	2005-12-20 14:55:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG
05COLOMBO1619	AUSTRALIANS INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE LTTE ATTEMPT TO [...] (S/NF) We have been advised by the Australian High Commission here in Colombo that it has alerted authorities in Canberra to what appears to be an effort by a front company of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to purchase a small cargo ship in Australia. Without sharing full detai [...]	2005-09-13 10:32:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINR CVIS EWWT CE AS LTTE
05COLOMBO278	GSL REQUEST FOR NII/CSI EQUIPMENT LOAN [...] Post has received a request from GSL Presidential Advisor Mano Tittawella and Finance Secretary PB Jayasundera to expedite the loan of CSI-related non-intrusive inspection equipment, in an effort to expedite scanning of inbound cargo for humanitarian efforts. (Note: Sri Lanka has a three-ye [...]	2005-02-03 07:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EWWT ACOA ASEC ETRD ECON ETTC KSTC PTER CE
05DARESSALAAM2151	TANZANIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IMO COUNCIL [...] (U) On November 16, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Liberata Mulamula, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Division of Multilateral Cooperation and International Organizations. Mulamula said the Government of Tanzania (GOT) would send a strong recommendation to its de [...]	2005-11-22 02:07:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	ARC IMO EWWT PHSA KTIA US TZ
05DHAKA5636	BANGLADESH: DEMARCHE DELIVERED INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-20 04:38:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT KTIA PHSA BG IMO
05DJIBOUTI1139	DEMARCHE DELIVERED INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] Charge d'Affaires David W. Ball called on Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali Hassan to inform the Government of Djibouti of and seek support for the re-election of the United States to the International Maritime Organization Council (IMO) in Category "A." [...]	2005-11-17 07:32:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA KTIA IMO
05DJIBOUTI259	REPORT OF ATTACK ON U.S. SAILBOATS NEAR YEMEN [...] (U) ConOff was approached March 10 by an officer from CJTF-HOA, informing her that CJTF-HOA had received a report that two private American sailboats had come under fire while sailing the Gulf of Aden on March 8. The source of the report, a third American sailboat, had contacted the military [...]	2005-03-10 12:12:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PHSA KCRM PBTS YM DJ
05DJIBOUTI290	CLARIFICATION ON ATTACK ON U.S. SAILBOATS NEAR YEMEN [...] (U) Action requested paragraph 7. 2. (U) ConOff followed up on the report of an attack on two American sailboats in the Gulf of Aden on March 8 (see ref) offering victims' assistance. Between 15 March and 21 March, she received multiple emails from each of the sailboats involved. They indi [...]	2005-03-22 12:17:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EWWT PHSA KCRM PBTS YM CASC CMGT DJ
05DJIBOUTI699	THROUGH-BILL-OF-LADING A CONCERN FOR DJIBOUTIAN [...] (U) Summary: The number of freight forwarding businesses in Djibouti has greatly increased since Ethiopia's shift from the Port of Assab in Eritrea. The existing companies complain that many of the new freight forwarding companies are causing unfair competition by skirting many of the expensive [...]	2005-07-21 06:56:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EWWT ELTN DJ
05DUBLIN1204	IRELAND SUPPORTS SUA AMENDMENTS AS DRAFTED [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-29 10:30:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PGOV KTIA EWWT PHSA
05DUBLIN1285	IRELAND: NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR MARITIME SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-18 16:46:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER KHLS ASEC EWWT ETRD EIND MARR
05DUBLIN1417	IRELAND EXPECTS U.S. RE-ELECTION TO IMO COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-18 17:28:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA KTIA EI IMO
05DUBLIN50	IRELAND SUPPORTS U.S.-PROPOSED SUA AMENDMENTS [...] (C) On January 14, Post delivered reftel talking points to Declan Smith, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for Legal Affairs and Director for Law of the Sea SIPDIS Issues. (Eoin Fannon of Ireland's Attorney General's office will participate in the EU's January 17 Law of t [...]	2005-01-14 18:34:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT
05DUBLIN944	NEW ANTI-TERROR SECURITY IN PLACE IN IRISH PORTS [...] Summary. On July 27, the GOI completed the installation of new anti-terror security measures at all Irish international sea ports, bringing Ireland into compliance with the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) code established in July 2004. These arrangements are aimed at preventing [...]	2005-07-29 11:14:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EWWT PHSA KHLS
05HALIFAX65	PORT SECURITY: PROPOSED CHANGES IN HALIFAX GENERATE [...] (SBU) Press reports that the Port of Halifax is planning significant reductions in the number of police assigned to security have generated significant local controversy, with politicians including the Mayor and a federal Senator denouncing the proposal. While it is correct that the port is [...]	2005-03-18 14:50:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ASEC PTER KCRM ETRD CA
05HALIFAX77	PORT OF HALIFAX GRAPPLES WITH COMPETITION [...] SUMMARY: Following Danish-owned Maersk Sealand's February decision to eliminate Halifax as a port of call on its last remaining shipping line, the continued viability of the Port of Halifax in relation to its U.S. competitors is again being called into question. While Halifax Port Authority [...]	2005-04-01 21:18:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD PGOV ASEC CA
05HALIFAX93	ATLANTIC CANADA: SUDDEN FERRY SERVICE CANCELLATION [...] The abrupt cancellation of one of the two seasonal ferry services between Maine to Nova Scotia will likely cut the number of American visitors to Atlantic Canada this summer. After announcing its 2005 sailing schedule and working for months with tour operators on packages and bookings Scotia [...]	2005-04-08 20:01:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD CASC ASEC CA
05HANOI3343	SUCCESSFUL MARITIME NEGOTIATIONS IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The United States and Vietnam initialed, ad referendum, a draft Agreement on Maritime Transport after three days of intensive negotiations on December 6-8, 2005. The agreement provides shipping companies of each party the right to form 51 percent joint ventures immediately and t [...]	2005-12-21 09:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD VM
05HANOI753	Vietnam: March 22-44 Consultations on Maritime [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) and the Ministry of Transportation (MOTr) met March 22-24 in Hanoi to discuss the potential for conclusion of a bilateral maritime services agreement in the near future. The Vietnamese side provided a draft agreement, which served as the [...]	2005-03-31 02:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EINV PREL VM
05HOCHIMINHCITY1118	CENTRAL VIETNAM'S CHU LAI OPEN ECONOMIC ZONE: STILL [...] (SBU): Quang Nam province in central Vietnam is preparing to develop as central Vietnam's industrial hub with a massive open economic zone (OEZ) in Chu Lai. The Chu Lai zone covers 30,000 hectares and includes a seaport, airport, tourism areas and an industrial zone. Quang Nam provincial lea [...]	2005-10-27 10:55:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ETRD EAIR EWWT VM
05ISTANBUL412	TURKISH LPG TANKER SINKS WITH LITTLE ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (U) This cable was coordinated with Embassy Ankara. 2. (U) A 138 ton Turkish tanker carrying seven tanks of LPG from Kartal on the Asian side of Istanbul to Zeytinburnu on the European side sank at approximately 22:00 March 12. Five tanks of LPG were retrieved intact with no leakage from th [...]	2005-03-15 06:06:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EWWT SENV TU
05KINGSTON1814	RE: WHA CIVAIR: REQUEST FOR INFO ON TRANSPORT [...] (U) Per reftel A, on July 20 Econoff contacted the office of Minister of Transport and Works Robert Pickersgill. His office confirmed that the Minister would be attending the Western Hemisphere Transportation Initiative (WHTI) meeting to be held in Brasilia, Brazil, August 25-26, 2005. His s [...]	2005-07-26 16:21:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAIR ELTN EWWT XM XL CA
05KINGSTON2587	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORT OF U.S. CANDIDACY TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) On November 17, Econoff delivered reftel talking points via fax to Angella Brown, Assistant Director of the International Organizations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). In a follow-up cal [...]	2005-11-22 17:23:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA KTIA JM IMO
05KINSHASA1039	DRC ATTEMPTS TO KEEP PORTS AFLOAT [...] (U) Summary: The GDRC is increasing its efforts to bring its maritime ports into compliance with international security standards in response to U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) sanctions that became effective May 23. The USCG now requires inspection of all ships that enter U.S. ports within five port [...]	2005-06-24 11:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ECON PREL PTER PINS CG
05KUWAIT4400	KUWAIT: VULNERABILITY OF KEY FOREIGN OIL SUPPLIERS [...] (S) Summary and Comment: The flow of oil from Kuwait remains vulnerable to disruption by terrorist attack, accident or natural disaster, with the off-shore loading platforms and facilities being the most vulnerable. The onshore Mina Al-Ahmadi facilities are considered a restricted zone and [...]	2005-10-12 13:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	EPET ETRD EWWT KHLS PTER ASEC KU OIL SECTOR
05KUWAIT4778	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDACY [...] (U) On November 16, Embassy delivered reftel points via diplomatic note to the MFA. Embassy will report on the results of the demarche as appropriate. ********************************************* Visit Embassy Kuwait's Classified Website: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/ You can [...]	2005-11-16 07:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA KTIA KU US
05KUWAIT564	OPIUM SMUGGLER SEIZED FROM IRANIAN FERRY: AN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: During a February 2, 2005 visit to observe the International Shipping and Port Facility Security posture at the ferry vessel passenger terminal, Shuwaikh Port in Kuwait City, Econoff and visiting US Coast Guard LCDR Brenden Kettner were unexpected witnesses to a drug seizure [...]	2005-02-08 13:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ELTN EWWT KU SNAR
05LAGOS1871	COOPERATION ON MARITIME SAFETY AND SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary. The National Maritime Authority (NMA) met with US Office of Naval Research Global team on December 6 to discuss mutual maritime safety and security cooperation and research. NMA Director General emphasized the need for USG assistance in training cadets, producing accurate coastal [...]	2005-12-12 07:53:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON EWWT NI
05LAGOS1933	TWO SHELL FLOWSTATIONS CLOSE AFTER SUSPICIOUS [...] (U) According to several credible sources, an unidentified group of armed men damaged a section of an oil pipeline in the Andoni local government area of Rivers State the evening of December 19. Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) shut down two flowstations, producing 170,000 barrels [...]	2005-12-21 14:00:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS EWWT NI
05LAGOS1941	SHELL CLOSES THIRD FLOWSTATION, ANOTHER EXPLOSION [...] (U) After surveying the pipeline fire at their Opobo terminal line in Rivers State, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) closed their Bonny terminal supply line in an attempt to quench the fire faster. (Note. Previously, SPDC had shut down two flowstations in hopes that their temporar [...]	2005-12-22 15:23:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS EWWT ELAB NI
05LAGOS1942	SHELL CLOSES THIRD FLOWSTATION, EXPLOSION IN EDO [...] (U) After surveying the pipeline fire at their Opobo terminal line in Rivers State, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) closed their Bonny terminal supply line in an attempt to quench the fire faster. (Note. Previously, SPDC had shut down two flowstations in hopes that their temporar [...]	2005-12-22 15:23:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS EWWT ELAB NI
05LAGOS1951	NIGERIAN PETROLEUM VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT [...] (S) Given the presence of armed militia and of oil bunkering enterprises, the GON has difficulty maintaining security of the oil producing Nigerian Delta region. Parts of the region are effectively under the control of the militia or bunkering groups than governmental authority. As the Dec [...]	2005-12-28 12:36:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	EPET PTER KHLS EWWT PINR ETRD NI
05LAGOS1956	ANOTHER PIPELINE EXPLOSION, SABOTAGE SUSPECTED BUT [...] (U) As repairs continue on the pipelines ruptured in last week's attack reported ref B, a section of pipeline carrying refined product from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) refinery in Warri, Delta State to locations elsewhere in Nigeria suffered multiple explosions on December [...]	2005-12-29 06:32:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS EWWT PINR NI
05LAGOS537	NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE, MARCH 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: The GON's privatization program may accelerate as a result of the power sector reform bill signed into law March 11, and the new Maersk operating concession of the Apapa (Lagos) port container terminal. The GON has also contracted the Italian firm, Grimaldi Group, to build a USD [...]	2005-04-08 13:19:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON ECPS EWWT EINV PINR NI
05LAGOS578	SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THE U.S. NONPROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) On April 12 AmEmbassy Abuja delivered text of reftel non-paper to the Nigerian Ministry of Transportation (MOT). AmConsul Lagos delivered the same non-paper to National Maritime Authority (NMA) Director General (DG),Engineer Festus U.C. Ugwu, and NMA Secretary and Legal Advisor, M.E. E [...]	2005-04-17 16:25:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KNNP MNUC MX PARM PGOV PHSA PREL
05LIMA3578	TRANSPORT MINISTER WILL NOT ATTEND WHTI MEETING [...] (U) Per reftel B, we have ascertained that Minister of Transportation and Communications Jose Ortiz will not/not attend the Western Hemisphere Transportation Initiative (WHTI) in Brazil, August 25-26. Vice Minister of Transportation Nestor Palacios will act as the GOP's lead delegate. 2. [...]	2005-08-18 15:41:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR AORC ELTN EWWT PE
05LIMA4023	DEMARCHE URGING SUPPORT FOR SUA NONPROLIFERATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-16 16:09:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PE
05LIMA4733	CONGRESS PASSES, TOLEDO PROMULGATES NEW LAW ON [...] President Alejandro Toledo, on 11/3, promulgated the Law on Peruvian Maritime Domain Boundary Lines (Ley de Lineas de Base del Dominio Maritimo del Peru),hours after the measure passed Congress unanimously (98-0). The new law was published in the official "Legal Norms" on 11/4 and enters in [...]	2005-11-04 22:36:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EWWT PE CI
05LIMA4889	PERU: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-17 18:50:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EWWT PHSA KTIA PE IMO
05LJUBLJANA39	SLOVENIA: LITTLE EU SUPPORT FOR U.S. AMENDMENTS TO [...] (C) As reported ref B, Pol-Miloff delivered ref A talking points on 12 January to MFA Security Policy Department staffer Bostjan Jerman, who serves as MFA's point person for non-proliferation issues. Jerman read through the points and issue paper with interest, remarked that UNSCR 1540 is see [...]	2005-01-21 02:30:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT SI
05LJUBLJANA689	SLOVENIA: SUA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) On September 28, PolMil Off delivered reftel demarche to MFA Security Policy Division staffer Maja Zuzek. Zuzek did not have any immediate comment and noted that Slovenia was not heavily involved in the SUA negotiations. ROBERTSON NNNN 2005LJUBLJ00689 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED [...]	2005-09-29 03:34:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PGOV EWWT PHSA SI
05LJUBLJANA795	SLOVENIA ON SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel talking points 15 November to Ales Zabukovec of the Maritime Office in the Slovene Ministry of Transportation. In an official reply on 18 November, Zabukovec said that Slovenia would "do what is in its power" to support the U.S. candidacy. ROBERTSON NNNN [...]	2005-11-18 08:25:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA AORC EWWT PHSA SI
05LJUBLJANA799	SLOVENIA TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY TO IMO [...] (U) The Slovene Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed 21 November to Econoff that Slovenia would support the U.S. candidacy for re-election to category "A" in the IMO Council. Slovenia will be represented at the IMO Assembly by Iztok Mirosic (head of the delegation and Slovene Ambassador [...]	2005-11-21 08:49:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA AORC EWWT PHSA SI
05LONDON4981	IMO SECGEN REPORTS ON HIS TRIP TO THE KOREAN PENINSULAR [...] (C) On June 10, Efthimios Mitropoulos, Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) briefed ESTOff on his trip the previous week to the Korean Peninsula. Even before his arrival, the North had indicated that his offer of the IMO's good offices to increase North-South maritime [...]	2005-06-15 10:55:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EWWT JA KR PREL UK IMO PSI
05MADRID113	SPAIN'S VIEWS ON U.S. NONPROLIFERATION AMENDMENTS [...] (C) Poloff discussed policy issue papers and reftel talking points concerning U.S. nonproliferation amendments to the Convention against the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA) with Marcos Rodriguez Cantero, MFA Deputy Director General for Disarmament [...]	2005-01-12 16:40:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT
05MADRID2721	SPAIN: RESPONSE TO AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-21 11:52:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT SP EUN
05MADRID4037	SPAIN ON U.S. INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-21 16:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EWWT PHSA KTIA SP IMO
05MADRID655	NSDD 38: Department of Homeland Security/U.S. [...] Summary. Embassy Madrid supports the establishment of a new CSI program in Spain. This program would enhance Mission's MPP goal of prevention and response to terrorism. In order to effectively meet the duties required of CSI Spain, Embassy requires personnel and operational control changes to [...]	2005-02-18 16:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AODE AMGT APER ECON EWWT ASEC PTER KMRS SP
05MANAGUA2090	NICARAGUAN AND WHTI MEETING [...] On July 15, Post contacted the Nicaraguan Ministry of Transportation, which could not confirm receipt of an invitation to the Western Hemisphere Transportation Initiative (WHTI) Meeting or the attendance of Minister Pedro Solorzano at this time. 2. The one pending bilateral transportation [...]	2005-07-20 18:37:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ELTN EWWT NA
05MANAMA427	BAHRAIN: INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION AND OUTREACH [...] (C) Per reftel, Embassy's Pol/Econ office, Regional Security Office (RSO),Office of Military Cooperation (OMC),and Naval Central Command (NAVCENT) consulted on the coordination of maritime security efforts. The RSO is in direct contact with the Bahrain Coast Guard (BCG) and OMC/NAVCENT lia [...]	2005-03-21 11:19:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ECON ETRD KSTC PTER ASEC BA
05MANAMA721	BAHRAIN: ENDORSING PSI AND STATEMENT OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-21 13:23:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PGOV EWWT BA
05MANILA1700	SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THE U.S. NONPROLIFERATION [...] (U) Post on April 8 provided maritime and nonproliferation officials in the Department of Foreign Affairs' (DFA) Bureau of United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) the non-paper (reftel) on the proposed amendments to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the [...]	2005-04-13 07:21:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KNNP MNUC PARM PHSA PREL RP
05MANILA5382	Manila Port Readies for Nuclear Detection [...] (SBU) Port operators and government officials implementing the USDOE Megaports Initiative are eager to see the program operational by mid-2006. Megaports is designed to place equipment at major international ports to scan all incoming containers for the detection of radioactive materials and [...]	2005-11-17 04:07:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PTER RP
05MAPUTO1522	MOZAMBIQUE: SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDACY TO [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-17 14:16:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA KTIA MZ
05MUSCAT1027	CSI TARGETS PORT SALALAH FOR EXPANSION [...] (U) On June 17, at the request of Omani Minister of Commerce and Industry Maqbool bin Ali Sultan, an assessment team for the Container Security Initiative (CSI) program arrived in Oman to meet with government contacts and officials from Salalah Port Services (SPS) to discuss Oman's potential p [...]	2005-06-29 12:52:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PARM PHSA PREL MU
05MUSCAT1501	OMAN PORT EXPANSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Two of Oman's principal ports, Sohar and Salalah, are aggressively moving forward on expansion of their respective operations. The Sohar Industrial Port Company is holding a November conference to introduce itself to the region, while Salalah Port Services is pitching expansio [...]	2005-10-05 13:39:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EIND EWWT EINV MU
05MUSCAT151	OIL SPILL CLOSES PORT SALALAH FOR 48 HOURS [...] (C) Three tons of oil spilled into the port of Salalah January 18 after a routine bunkering operation went awry. The immediate cause of the accident appears to be human error aboard the "Maersk Greenwich." Based on preliminary information regarding the actions taken by Port Salalah and the [...]	2005-01-26 13:17:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EWWT PHSA ETRD EPET MU ESTH
05MUSCAT1874	UNION-RELATED STRIKE SHUTS SALALAH PORT [...] (SBU) Port Salalah, Oman's leading container transshipment facility, was shut down December 11-12 following an impromptu employees walk-out spurred, apparently, by management's decision to fire the popular head of the workers' committee. Though strikes are not unprecedented in Oman, this walk-o [...]	2005-12-17 03:34:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EWWT PGOV ETRD ECON PREL MU
05MUSCAT232	OMAN NOT READY TO COMMIT TO PSI [...] (S) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed the Embassy by note verbale February 9 that while Oman seeks to comply with international laws, agreements and norms, "the government of the Sultanate welcomes the idea of the Proliferation Security Initiative without joining it or being committed t [...]	2005-02-09 13:32:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PARM PREL KNNP EWWT MU
05MUSCAT279	PSI: TECHNICAL-LEVEL COOPERATION ON TRACK [...] (S) A senior MFA official reiterated Oman's cooperation across the range of proliferation and border security activities, including a PSI-related air interdiction exercise later this month. He voiced the MFA's firm support for PSI, and his confidence that Oman's military and police were simil [...]	2005-02-16 12:30:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PARM PREL KNNP EWWT MASS MU
05MUSCAT330	PSI: FM CLARIFIES OMAN'S VIEWS [...] (S) In a February 27 telcon on various subjects, the Ambassador sought clarification from Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi on the Omani government's attitude toward the Proliferation Security Initiative following its communication of February 9 (reftels). 2. (S) The [...]	2005-02-27 12:33:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PARM PREL KNNP EWWT MASS MU
05MUSCAT506	SALALAH: PORT EXPANDS, FREE ZONE PENDING [...] (U) This cable contains business proprietary information - please protect. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) In a call on the Ambassador, former Salalah Port Services Co. CEO Jack Helton and his successor Tiemen Meester (please protect both) privately questioned the government's commitm [...]	2005-03-27 11:50:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ETRD ELAB EINV MU
05MUSCAT669	LABOR CONCERNS LOOM LARGE FOR PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (SBU) In a regional visit to Salalah April 15-17, PolOff met with officials at Salalah Port Services (SPS) and Dhofar Power Company (DPC) to discuss issues related to the labor chapter of the expected U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement, as well as customs, training, and recruitment and retention c [...]	2005-04-24 12:29:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ELAB EWWT KMPI EINV PREL ECON MU
05MUSCAT670	EXBS: PORT SALALAH RIPE TARGET FOR PROGRAMMING [...] (C) With over 30,000 containers on site at any given time and scant screening capabilities, Port Salalah could conceivably be a vulnerable spot in weapons of mass destruction (WMD) import/export or transshipment. Including the port in the Container Security Initiative and expanding our EXBS p [...]	2005-04-24 12:36:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT PARM ETRD PREL PTER ASEC MU
05MUSCAT815	SOHAR: BOOMTOWN OMAN [...] (C) Summary: The city of Sohar on Oman's Batinah Coast near the UAE border is poised for dramatic growth as billions of investment dollars pour into a massive industrial port project. Representing Oman's most visible diversification effort, Sohar will be transformed over the next five years as [...]	2005-05-18 10:50:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EWWT EIND ETRD EMIN MU
05MUSCAT900	SOHAR FIRE: BURNING INFRASTRUCTURE QUESTIONS [...] (SBU) A major fire destroyed roughly half of a polypropylene factory in the rapidly industrializing port city of Sohar on May 29. Authorities needed more than eight hours to contain the blaze, drawing on fire-fighting resources from over 240 km away. The incident has raised a crescendo of cr [...]	2005-06-05 03:50:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV EWWT MU
05MUSCAT932	U.S. COAST GUARD ENGAGES OMANI GOVERNMENT ON ISPS [...] (U) A representative of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) International Port Security Program initiated a dialogue with the government of Oman on efforts to comply with the International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) Code. The visit revealed important developments in Omani maritime security [...]	2005-06-11 06:57:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM ETTC EWWT KSTC ETRD MU
05NAIROBI1668	THE PORT OF MOMBASA: DETERIORATION, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Port of Mombasa is the largest port in the Horn of Africa, and is the economic lifeblood for the entire East Africa region. It is managed by a wholly- owned government parastatal, the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA). The Port is currently overwhelmed by a growing trade volume, [...]	2005-04-20 10:47:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ETTC EINV ELTN EWWT AMGT ABLD ASUP ATRN PREL PTER SNAR KSTC KE
05NAIROBI4817	International Maritime Organization Demarche re [...] U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche November 17 to Diana Kiambuthi, First Secretary, International Organizations and Conferences Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kiambuthi indicated that Kenya has been approached by other nations seeking support for their candidacies for the IMO council [...]	2005-11-18 06:57:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA KTIA KE
05NAIROBI5171	Transport Ministry Seeks Cooperation on Somalia [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya Transport Ministry Permanent Secretary Ikiara told the DCM December 7 that Kenya seeks SIPDIS an international response to piracy off the Somali coast, and may call a meeting of concerned nations to coordinate. Ikiara will chair an interagency meeting next week to deter [...]	2005-12-19 09:35:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAIR PTER PGOV MASS KE
05NEWDELHI4234	GOI WATER ISSUES FLOWING SLOWLY WITH PAKISTAN AND [...] (C) Summary: In recent meetings with SA Bureau's S&T Officer for Pakistan and Bangladesh Marcella Szymanski, the MEA emphasized GOI commitment to working with Bangladesh to create water sharing agreements to benefit both countries and to resolving its water issues with Pakistan consistent with [...]	2005-06-07 03:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EWWT SENV BG PK IN INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI860	INDIAN INTEREST, AND HESITATION, ABOUT MARITIME [...] (C) Summary: Despite skepticism from some strategic commentators, the Indian government continues to express interest in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and other maritime security programs, but will not join PSI unless the matter of the Core Group is resolved. In the latest sign [...]	2005-02-03 12:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHSA ETRD EWWT XD XO IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI9409	GOI INTERESTED IN US SPONSORED IMO DONOR CONFERENCE [...] (U) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to MEA D/S (Disarmament and International Security) Naveen Srivastava, who commented that the Ministry of Defense had indicated interest in such a conference. 2. (C) PolCouns followed up with Joint Secretary (DISA) Hamid Ali Rao on December 14, who also [...]	2005-12-14 13:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHSA PBTS EWWT PTER GM IN KS
05OTTAWA1384	CANADA: MISSION PERSPECTIVE ON SPP SECURITY GOALS [...] SUMMARY: Mission Canada appreciates the opportunity to comment on the interagency effort under way to identify a coherent and forward looking security road map for North America. We must continue to search for security weaknesses and identify areas where our three countries can strengthen ou [...]	2005-05-06 20:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	CA ECON ETRD MX PGOV PREL EWWT SMIG SNAR SOCI
05OTTAWA1869	CANADIAN REQUEST FOR TRANSIT RIGHTS THROUGH U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request: see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Embassy Ottawa received a diplomatic note dated June 20, 2005 from Foreign Affairs Canada. The note provides details of Canadian plans to deploy three joint RCMP/Canadian Coast Guard vessels on the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence [...]	2005-06-21 17:58:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM EWWT PBTS PHSA PREL CA
05OTTAWA2128	CANADIAN - U.S. DISCUSSION ON MARITIME TRANSIT [...] (SBU) Summary: A U.S. delegation headed by USCG Rear Admiral Sirois met July 11, 2005 with Canadian officials to discuss the US/Canada Great Lakes shiprider proposal and a recent Canadian request for Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) vessels with armed RCMP officers embarked to transit US waters dur [...]	2005-07-14 13:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA PREL CA
05OTTAWA2344	CANADA GIVES POSITIVE SOUNDINGS ON GREAT LAKES [...] (SBU) Summary: After meeting with a U.S. Shiprider team on July 28 and offering positive soundings on a way to move forward on the two-week proof of concept phase of the program, GOC lawyers and operators met August 2 and agreed to continue joint planning for a possible program in September-O [...]	2005-08-03 20:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PREL EWWT PBTS CA MOPS
05OTTAWA2410	CANADA'S NEW TRANSPORTATION SECURITY STRATEGY [...] Summary: Transport Minister Jean Lapierre announced an expanded Transportation Security Strategy that will assess how Canada's transportation industry and the threat environment are likely to evolve. When completed, the TSS will allow the GOC to better assess threats and will guide decision [...]	2005-08-09 20:43:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EWWT CA ETRN
05OTTAWA3445	SPP LEADS TO REVIVAL OF MORIBUND BORDER [...] (U) Officials of Transport Canada (TC) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) met November 15-16, 2005, in Ottawa to revitalize the Emergency Preparedness Committee on Civil Transportation (EPCCT),a group which held its last meeting in September 2002. This initial meeting after a long hi [...]	2005-11-21 16:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELTN EWWT EAIR ASEC CA
05OTTAWA3483	GOVERNMENT OF CANADA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY [...] (U) Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) notified post transportation officer on November 23 that Canada will support the U.S. candidacy for re-election to Category A of the IMO Council. 2. (U) FAC indicated that Canada would similarly appreciate U.S. support for Canada's candidacy. Note: Canad [...]	2005-11-23 17:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA KTIA CA IMO
05OTTAWA3571	CANADA: MEASURES AGAINST WMD PROLIFERATION FINANCE [...] (SBU) Post faxed ref (A) points to Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Nonproliferation, Deborah Paul, and UN, Human Rights and Economic Law officer Catrina Ventura on November 28. 2. (C) In a subsequent conversation, Ventura acknowledged the importance of fulfilling Canada's obligations u [...]	2005-12-02 17:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PTER PREL EWWT MNUC CA
05OTTAWA774	SCENESETTER: SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VISIT TO OTTAWA, MARCH 17, [...] (U) As you prepare for your first meeting in Ottawa with Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan, I want to extend my welcome and the Embassy's continuing support for the dialogue. At a time when Canadians are voicing concern about the growing role of "border risk" in the [...]	2005-03-14 20:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD ECIN EWWT ASEC CA

05OTTAWA970	CANADA ON SUPPORT FOR EXISTING DRAFT SHIP BOARDING [...] (U) Polmiloff discussed reftel B points with Catherine Boucher, in the UN, Criminal and Treaty Law Division (JLA) at Foreign Affairs Canada late on March 31. Boucher prefaced her comments by noting that Canada-U.S. consultations on this matter are on-going. In this regard, collaboration has b [...]	2005-04-01 20:29:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV CA
05PANAMA2004	GOP WINS BIG AGAINST CHINESE-OWNED PANAMA PORTS [...] (C) Summary: The GOP and Panama Ports Company (PPC) agreed on September 8 to reverse a highly questioned move by the former Moscoso administration in 2002 that freed PPC from its contractual obligations to pay $22.2 million annually plus a variable annual payment of 10% of its gross annual in [...]	2005-10-05 12:59:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ETRD ECON PREL PM CH ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
05PANAMA909	PANAMA: CHINA AND TAIWAN TEND THEIR GARDENS AS [...] (C) China had high hopes of replacing Taiwan as Panama's diplomatic partner, given the supposed pro"China tilt of President Torrijos's PRD government, in power since 9/1/2004. Also, Taiwanese diplomats worried that China could use the Mar del Sur public relations disaster (that grew out of the Ta [...]	2005-04-22 20:27:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV ETRD EWWT PM CH TW VE POL CHIEF
05PARIS15	FRENCH NOTIFICATION OF MARITIME INFRACTION BY U.S. [...] (U) The French Foreign Ministry has provided the Embassy with a report filed by the GOF's Maritime Affairs Administrator alleging an infraction of international maritime traffic rules by the U.S.-flagged merchant vessel "Ascencion" on August 15, 2004 off the coast of France in the English Cha [...]	2005-01-03 13:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT FR IMO
05PARIS1861	PARTIAL PRIVATIZATION OF HIGHWAY COMPANY SANEF [...] SUMMARY. The state-owned toll highway company SANEF, the third-largest in France, is going public, selling 950 billion euros in new shares on March 23. The GOF will keep a majority stake in the company as it did in number-one and two highway companies ASF and SAPRR. END SUMMARY. 2. Prio [...]	2005-03-21 12:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ELTN EWWT FR
05PARIS2062	GOV OF FRANCE QUESTIONS STATUS OF CSI PERSONNEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of France is considering asking the U.S. to change the current status of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Container Security Initiative personnel working at the port of Le Havre. CSI Le Havre personnel currently hold "administrative and technical" status. The [...]	2005-03-29 13:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AODE EWWT FR
05PARIS2601	FRANCE SUPPORTS DRAFT SHIP BOARDING AMENDMENT TO [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-15 17:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT FR
05PARIS285	SUA CONVENTION: FRANCE NOT FULLY ON BOARD WITH [...] (C) We delivered January 11 ref A points on proposed U.S. nonproliferation amendments to the Convention against the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA) January 11 to Veronique Vouland, MFA deputy director for disarmament and nuclear nonproliferation. Sh [...]	2005-01-14 14:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT FR
05PARIS2864	EU GOVTS STILL DISCUSSING CSI STATUS ISSUE, SAYS [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The French Foreign Ministry said April 21 that it had not made a decision on the question of status for U.S. Container Security Initiative (CSI) personnel at French ports, and that it continued to consult with its EU par [...]	2005-04-27 16:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AODE EWWT FR
05PARIS3546	USUNESCO: TAIWAN SEEKS PARTICIPATION IN [...] Summary and action request: the Taiwan representative's office in France has requested U.S. support for its efforts to participate in planning for a tsunami early warning system under the auspices of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC). Taiwan has written to IOC officials e [...]	2005-05-24 13:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY AORC EWWT PBTS EAID SENV TW KSCI UNESCO
05PARIS5098	VISIT OF FEDERAL TRAINING SHIP GOLDEN BEAR - 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-22 14:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT MARR NZ AS FR
05PARIS7151	DEMARCHE REQUESTING THE FRENCH TO PRESS RUSSIA TO [...] (SBU) On September 6, ESTH/NP officer delivered reftel demarche urging France to press for Russian support to amend the UN Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA),to French MFA desk officer for Nuclear Nonproliferation, Sebastian Jaunet [...]	2005-10-19 10:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT FR
05PARIS7844	FRANCE: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION - [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-18 10:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA AORC EWWT PHSA FR
05PARIS8063	FRANCE: R/V CORWITH CRAMER RESEARCH CLEARANCE [...] (U) Embassy received research clearance for the subject vessel (Reftel A) from the MFA under cover of diplomatic note number 1441/AME dated 24 November 2005. The note states that the French authorities have no objection to the research campaign of the Corwith Cramer in the French waters of [...]	2005-11-28 16:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KRVC EWWT FR
05PORTAUPRINCE1487	HAITIAN PRIVATE SECTOR PANICKED BY INCREASING [...] (C) Summary: Fritz Mevs, a member of one of Haiti's richest families and a well-connected member of the private sector elite, told Poloff on May 13 that business leaders are exasperated by the lack of security in the vital port and industrial zone areas of Port-au-Prince and are allegedly armi [...]	2005-05-27 19:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC ECON EWWT
05PRAGUE1621	CZECH REPUBLIC'S CONDITIONAL SUPPORT TO U.S. [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Multilateral Economic Relations. The MFA responded that it would support USG re- election to the IMO Council in Category "A." However, the MFA said that support would be conditional upon the USG's support [...]	2005-11-18 13:52:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA KTIA EZ IMO ECIP
05PRETORIA1111	OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION AND [...] Per reftel, Post welcomes the opportunity to help improve the global maritime security framework. The Port of Durban is the largest of South Africa's seven ports and the busiest in Africa. Its container terminal is the largest in the southern hemisphere. In addition, it is uniquely situate [...]	2005-03-15 14:57:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ETRD EWWT KSTC PARM PHSA PTER SF
05PRETORIA1704	SAG OFFICIALS RECEPTIVE TO U.S. INTERNATIONAL PORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. South African officials were receptive to U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Officer Brian Gilda's presentation of the International Port Security Program (IPSP). Officials openly discussed South Africa's efforts to comply with and implement the International Ship and Port Facility Secur [...]	2005-05-03 04:41:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PTER ECON SF IMO
05PRETORIA4582	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION - DEMARCHE IN [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-17 14:42:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA KTIA SF
05QUITO2244	ECUADOR OPEN TO SUA NON-PROLIFERATION AMENDMENTS [...] (SBU) MFA Director of Sovereignty Office Helena Yanes responded to RefTel points on September 30. Yanes said that Ecuador agrees in principle to the dangers related to high seas transport of dual-use items, but is not ready to commit regarding criminalization. That decision will likely be i [...]	2005-09-30 19:38:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT EC
05QUITO808	ECUADOR NONCOMMITTAL ON U.S. SUA CONVENTION [...] In response to Reftel, the Embassy April 12 transmitted non-paper and supporting talking points to the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry's Multilateral Affairs subsecretariat. In a follow-up telcon with Poloff April 14, MFA officer Doug Martinez noted Ecuador had yet to formulate a position on the [...]	2005-04-14 17:09:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP EWWT MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL EC
05RABAT1690	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] The Government of Morocco (GOM) raised fuel prices by five percent on August 7 in a move designed to lower the government's fuel subsidy burden. Premium grade gasoline now costs $1.15 per liter, diesel fuel $0.90, and industrial fuel $0.30. The GOM said the increase - the second in just thr [...]	2005-08-11 12:49:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAIR ELAB EAID EFIN EPET SENV EWWT MO
05RABAT2139	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Ahmed Lahlimi, High Commissioner for Planning announced during an October 4 press briefing on the 2004 census results that the poverty rate in Morocco in 2004 stood at 14.2%, 2.3% lower than in 1994. The census showed improvement in both urban (2.5% decrease) and rural areas (1% decrease). [...]	2005-10-13 16:41:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EWWT PTER KTEX EAGR EAIR ETRD MO SOCI
05RABAT563	MOROCCO: PORT SECURITY IN OUR TIME? [...] (U) Summary: Morocco is taking its port security obligations seriously, and efforts are underway at ports nationwide to bring security infrastructure up to the level required by the International Maritime Organization's ISPS port security code. Observation at several Atlantic ports confirm th [...]	2005-03-18 11:09:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD ECON PTER PREL PINS PINR MO
05ROME1660	ITALY TO COORDINATE AT EU LEVEL INTERNATIONAL [...] The Government of Italy has transmitted to the Embassy a diplomatic note dated May 5 in response to Embassy Rome's diplomatic note (ref A) requesting the GOI position on the IMO long-range information and tracking of ships proposal (ref B). Italy will coordinate its position with other EU Me [...]	2005-05-13 13:08:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KTIA PHSA IT IMO MARITIME
05ROME3600	SCENESETTER FOR TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY MINETA'S [...] (C) Summary. Italy has been a key U.S. ally and steadfast partner. Italy is the third largest contributor of troops to coalition forces in Iraq, the largest contributor to NATO Balkans operations, and commands international security assistance forces (ISAF) and a Provincial Reconstruction T [...]	2005-10-27 10:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ELTN EWWT IT OTRA OVIP AVIATION
05ROME3978	ITALY TRANSPORT MINISTER LAMENTS POOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In an introductory courtesy call with the Ambassador, Italian Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Pietro Lunardi criticized the poor state of Italy's infrastructure, and said the situation was holding back Italy's tourism industry. Lunardi was pleased with Transportation S [...]	2005-12-02 15:19:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN EWWT EAIR OTRA IT ITALIAN POLITICS
05SANAA1317	SHAKEDOWN AT THE ADEN PORT: SHIPS DETAINED BY [...] (C) Summary. Commercial maritime traffic to the Port of Aden, already far below the port's potential, may decrease further due to exaggerated insurance claims and an unusual practice of detaining ships in Yemen. Several worldwide insurance clubs have met in the last month to discuss these pr [...]	2005-05-17 12:56:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD EWWT YM COM
05SANAA1338	ADEN CONTAINER TERMINAL TENDER: ROYG ANGLES FOR [...] (C) Summary. The tendering process for the Aden Container Terminal was delayed this month when the ROYG,s High Tendering Committee decided not to award the tender at the self-imposed deadline. The Committee believed that the proposals did not apportion a high enough share of ROYG revenue, an [...]	2005-05-21 11:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EWWT EINV YM COM
05SANAA1589	GOOD NEWS FOR YEMEN'S INVESTMENT CLIMATE: DUBAI [...] (C) Summary and Comment. On June 8 the ROYG announced Dubai Ports International (DPI) the winner of a 35-year concession to operate and develop the Aden Port and Aden Container Terminal (ACT). DPI is the world's fifth largest port operator, managing 18 international ports and terminals worldwide [...]	2005-06-14 11:10:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EWWT ETRD KMCA KMPI YM COM
05SANJOSE1671	COSTA RICAN REPRESENTATION AT WHTI MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-21 22:01:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAIR ELTN EWWT XM XL CS
05SANSALVADOR2659	DESIRES OUTWEIGH ACTION AT SALVADORAN PORT [...] (U) During econoff's August 30 introductory call with the Economic Counselor, Autonomous Executive Port Commission (CEPA) President Juan Jose Llort Choussy laid out his goals for CEPA infrastructure development. Llort's briefing indicated that there will be a number of potential opportuniti [...]	2005-09-23 22:38:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV EWWT ENRG ES
05SANSALVADOR2682	DEMARCHE URGING SUPPORT FOR SUA NON-PROLIFERATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-27 21:02:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT ES
05SANTIAGO2324	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION CANDIDACY [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche November 14 to Ximena Verdugo at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Multilateral Candidacies office. Verduga said that Chile's votes at the IMO are coordinated through Veronica Rocha at the Chilean Embassy in London. Verdugo noted it should be possible to arr [...]	2005-11-15 10:22:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT PHSA KTIA AORC US CI IMO
05SANTIAGO615	INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION AND OUTREACH ON [...] In response to Reftel, Post submits the following information regarding maritime security and coordination. 2. Maritime security issues are handled by Economic Officer Stephanie Acosta-Mikulasek (tel: 56-2-330-3394). Depending on the maritime issue, other agencies at the embassy are ofte [...]	2005-03-21 20:53:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KSTC EWWT ECON ETRD PARM PHSA PREL PTER
05SANTODOMINGO3678	DOMINICAN RESPONSE TO REQUEST ON INFO FOR MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-19 19:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAIR ELTN EWWT XM XL CA
05SINGAPORE3118	SINGAPORE INPUT -- OIL SUPPLY VULNERABILITY [...] (S/NF) Post believes that the Government of Singapore (GOS) is taking reasonable measures to ensure the physical security of its oil refining complex on Jurong Island. GOS officials consider terrorist threats the most likely source of disruption to the supply of crude oil reaching Singapore a [...]	2005-10-24 23:53:00	Embassy Singapore	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET ETRD EWWT PTER PINR ASEC KHLS SN
05SINGAPORE721	MARCH 1 "RMSI" MARITIME SECURITY WORKSHOP: MAKING [...] (C) Summary: On March 1, the USG hosted an informal workshop on the five "RMSI" elements of maritime security for Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. The meeting marked the first time the United States has met exclusively with the Malacca Strait littorals on maritime security. The [...]	2005-03-11 09:54:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EWWT PTER SN CH JA MY ID
05TAIPEI1226	TAIWAN - MARITIME SECURITY COORDINATION AND [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, AIT/T offers the following information on maritime security issues in Taiwan. Taiwan's cooperation with the U.S. on maritime security issues is excellent, due in part to the importance of the shipping industry to the island's economy and Taiwan's exclusion from in [...]	2005-03-22 09:06:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ECON ETRD KSTC PARM PHSA PREL PTER ASEC
05TAIPEI1499	TAIWAN PROPOSES LATE-APRIL/MAY FOR MEGAPORTS VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-29 06:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP PARM EWWT OTRA TW
05TAIPEI1919	CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC ROUNDUP - FIRST QUARTER [...] (U) During the first quarter of 2004, EVA Air and China Airlines (CAL) both made progress in establishing air cargo ventures in Mainland China. The airlines also applied for permission to fly through PRC airspace on flights to Europe and other parts of Asia. Taiwan's Investment Commission fi [...]	2005-04-26 07:26:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD EINV EWWT CH TW
05TAIPEI268	CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC ROUNDUP - FOURTH QUARTER [...] Taiwan chipmakers PowerChip and ProMos submitted applications to Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) Investment Commission for permission to build semiconductor manufacturing facilities in the PRC. If approved these two plants together with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s ( [...]	2005-01-21 09:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL ETRD EINV EWWT CH TW
05TAIPEI2950	CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC ROUNDUP - SECOND QUARTER [...] (U) During the second quarter of 2005, Taiwan semiconductor manufacturer United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC),which is under investigation for its affiliation with PRC semiconductor firm He Jian, called on the government to speed up its investigation into the case. The Taiwan Provincial [...]	2005-07-08 07:50:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON EINV ETRD EWWT PREL TW
05TAIPEI3075	MEGAPORTS TEAM GETS POSITIVE RECEPTION IN [...] Taiwan officials expressed strong support for the Megaports Program during the visit of U.S. Department of Energy officials William Kilmartin and Jeffrey Miller. Kilmartin and Miller identified no major obstacles to implementing the program in the Port of Kaohsiung. AIT/T passed a draft AIT [...]	2005-07-21 02:03:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PTER PARM TW
05TAIPEI3199	Taiwan: Seized Phosphorus Pentasulfide Loaded for [...] (SBU) Summary. On 28 July, 2005, AIT/K Econoff and Economic Assistant observed the entire process of loading and moving 158 barrels of phosphorus pentasulfide which had been held in Kaohsiung Customs impound warehouse, located outside Kaohsiung Harbor, since its seizure by Taiwan Customs from [...]	2005-08-01 23:13:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PARM PTER EWWT TW IT
05TAIPEI3533	Fake Viagra from China Seized in Southern Taiwan [...] SUMMARY. Officials of the Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB),Kaohsiung County station, recently raided a trading company and its affiliated retail shop in Kaohsiung County, Taiwan, and confiscated a large quantity of ecstasy and counterfeit Viagra. The company's owner was arre [...]	2005-08-24 08:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR ASEC EWWT ETRD PREL TW KS ESTH
05TAIPEI3568	Media Reports on Seizure of Counterfeit US Dollars [...] Summary. Taiwan's television and print media reported extensively on the seizure of counterfeit US dollars at the port of Kaohsiung on August 23. Most press reports portrayed on August 23 (TV) and August 24 (print) the seizure as a cooperative effort between Kaohsiung Customs and US CSI Team [...]	2005-08-26 07:53:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD ECON TW ASEC AMGT
05TAIPEI3931	TAIWAN'S FREE TRADE ZONES - WAITING FOR TENANTS [...] (C) Since establishing its first free trade zone (FTZ) in Keelung Harbor in October 2004, Taiwan has added four more FTZs in the ports of Kaohsiung, Taichung and Taipei, as well as Taipei's Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport. Many businesses have expressed interest in the zones, but relativ [...]	2005-09-23 08:17:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD EWWT PREL CH CT
05TAIPEI4305	Port of Kaohsiung Sixth Container Terminal Faces [...] (U) Summary. The planned development of Kaohsiung's Sixth Container Terminal (Ref A) is facing major obstacles due to weak investor interest in the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) project. Additionally, in the wake of the Kaohsiung Rapid Transit corruption scandal (Ref B-F) and the financial pr [...]	2005-10-24 08:46:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ETRD ECON TW
05TAIPEI4815	KAOHSIUNG KMRT SUBWAY CONSTRUCTION SITE COLLAPSES [...] SUMMARY. Beset by scandals involving foreign labor and shady financing, Kaohsiung's Mass Rapid Transit (KMRT) subway construction came to another standstill on December 5, this time due to a major cave- in at one of the construction sites. As with three previous cave-ins, this incident was [...]	2005-12-07 08:44:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD ECON TW
05TAIPEI4851	CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION - THE WAY [...] (C) Over the past two decades, Taiwan has gradually lifted many restrictions on cross-Strait economic relations resulting in the PRC becoming Taiwan's largest trade partner and top investment destination. However, many restrictions remain, and many liberalization proposals continue to languis [...]	2005-12-12 22:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD EAIR EWWT EFIN PGOV PREL CH TW
05TAIPEI673	MINI-LINKS - SMALL IMPACT, BIG DREAMS [...] (C) On a recent trip to Kinmen, econoff observed that the "mini-links" connecting the Taiwan-controlled islands of Kinmen and Matsu directly with the Mainland are bringing only limited benefit to the local economy. Most passenger travel via the mini-links consists of Taiwan businessmen with i [...]	2005-02-18 08:26:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR EWWT ETRD CH TW
05TEGUCIGALPA1825	HONDURAS CSI MOVING AHEAD [...] Following a week-long visit to review progress, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS/CBP) team reports that GOH support for the Container Security Initiative (CSI) program remains strong and preparations at Puerto Cortes continue to move forward. Team leader Mark Reich and Jacob Aguilar bri [...]	2005-09-02 22:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD ECPS EINV PGOV PINS KMCA HO
05TEGUCIGALPA183	CODEL WELLER LAUDS CLOSE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP, [...] (U) Summary: Congresspersons Jerry Weller, Collin Peterson, and Marsha Blackburn visited Honduras January 16 to 18, 2005. The delegation met with President Ricardo Maduro and top ministers, key Honduran Congressmen, including President of Congress (and Presidential candidate) Porfirio "Pepe" [...]	2005-01-28 18:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ELAB ETRD EWWT HO KCRM KIPR OREP PGOV
05TEGUCIGALPA1843	SHIPPERS HIKE HONDURAN PORT FEES, SPURRING [...] (C) On August 26, the private shippers' umbrella organization -- the Central America Discussion Agreement (CADA) -- informed Honduran importers and exporters that effective September 1, shippers would raise container handling fees by USD 5-15 per container. According to CADA, this price incre [...]	2005-09-08 21:00:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT KJUS ECON ECPS EINV PGOV KMCA HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2568	MEDIA REACTION ON CSI, DECEMBER 19, 2005 [...] On 1/14 the Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" published an editorial entitled "Secure Port." "Honduras and the U.S. just signed a `Container Security' agreement to employ security measures on containers exported from Puerto Cortes to the U.S. and other countries." "Ambassador Char [...]	2005-12-22 14:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PGOV PREL KPAO KHLS ASEC EWWT HO UNTERR
05TEGUCIGALPA26	HONDURAS APPROVED FOUR OUTSTANDING [...] Summary: During 2004, the GOH ratified two outstanding OAS counterterrorism (CT) conventions and achieved congressional approval of the last two outstanding international conventions/protocols. The GOH is now a party to 10 international and two regional CT conventions and will soon be a party [...]	2005-01-04 21:35:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL KTIA PARM EAIR EWWT KCRM ASEC HO
05TEGUCIGALPA331	HONDURAS: ONEROUS PORT FEES COULD THREATEN [...] (C) Summary: In December 2004, the GOH National Congress approved legislation obligating the government to pay a hefty per-container fee of USD 18 for empty containers and USD 37 for loaded containers for x-ray scanning. The law dictates that the Ministry of Finance pay these fees to the servi [...]	2005-02-11 20:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ETRD ECPS EINV PGOV KMCA HO
05TEGUCIGALPA363	HONDURAS: PORT FEES: THE HONDURAN PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: The GOH has recently approved a USD 55 per container fee for x-ray scanning at Puerto Cortes (Ref A). This fee, if passed on to port users, would nearly double port costs, rendering the port uncompetitive and resulting in trade and investment diversion away from Honduras (Ref B). [...]	2005-02-14 20:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ETRD ECPS EINV PGOV KMCA HO
05TEGUCIGALPA399	HONDURAS: PORT FEE IMPLEMENTATION SUSPENDED [...] (U) Summary: A united private sector has succeeded in temporarily halting the entry into force of a contract for x-ray scanning at Puerto Cortes, citing the potential economic damage that the contracted fee of USD 55 per container would do to Honduran competitiveness. The respite is temporar [...]	2005-02-18 18:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ETRD ECPS EINV PGOV KMCA HO
05TEGUCIGALPA544	HONDURAS: MINFIN HINTS AT PORT FEES COMPROMISE [...] (C) On the margins of another meeting on March 4, EconChief raised the port x-ray scanning fees question (ref A) with Minister of Finance William Chong Wong, Vice Minister of Finance for Revenues Donald Dubon, Director of the Tax Service (the DEI) Jose Manuel Carcamo, and Director of Customs A [...]	2005-03-10 14:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ETRD ECPS EINV PGOV KMCA HO
05TEGUCIGALPA546	HONDURAS: PORT FEE NOT SUSPENDED AFTER ALL; [...] (C) Summary: Contrary to alleged assurances made by President Maduro on February 11 that he would suspend publication and entry into force of the controversial new contract for x-ray scanning at Puerto Cortes, the contract was published in the official Gaceta on February 15. The question of [...]	2005-03-10 14:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ETRD ECPS EINV PGOV KMCA HO
05TEGUCIGALPA623	HONDURAS: MARITIME SECURITY COORDINATION RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Post maintains extensive contacts with the GOH and the private sector on all issues relating to maritime security and the efficient and safe functioning of Honduras' ports. Coordination at Post among agencies is excellent and is conducted on an as-needed basis. The GOH has demo [...]	2005-03-21 12:43:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ETRD PGOV KSTC PARM PREL PTER ASEC HO
05TEGUCIGALPA646	EMBASSY SUPPORTS CSI FOR HONDURAS [...] Post strongly supports the Government of Honduras, request to be included in the next tranche of countries invited to join the Container Security Initiative (CSI). The GOH has shown an awareness of the importance of maritime security and demonstrated the political will to take the necessary s [...]	2005-03-28 12:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD ECPS EINV PGOV KMCA HO
05TEGUCIGALPA769	HONDURAN PORT FEE REDUCTION AGREED TO IN PRINCIPLE [...] (C) Summary: Following a public exchange of vitriol earlier this year over port fees -- in which accusations of fraud, deception, graft, tax evasion, smuggling, and unconstitutionality were repeatedly hurled (detailed reftels) -- the GOH and private sector sat down last month to work out a mu [...]	2005-04-11 14:34:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ETRD ECPS EINV PGOV KMCA HO
05TEGUCIGALPA893	SEAS WITHOUT FRONTIERS; OIL DRILLING WITHOUT FEARS: [...] On April 18th, Mexico and Honduras signed a maritime delimitation treaty for waters in the Caribbean. Both countries agreed to share all information that will assist in finding petroleum deposits and to formalize an agreement for an efficient and equitable exploitation of such deposits. Forei [...]	2005-04-27 16:59:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PREL PGOV ECON EPET EWWT SENV SNAR MX HO
05THEHAGUE167	DUTCH MFA ON U.S. AMENDMENTS TO THE SUA [...] (C) PolMilOff made ref A demarche to MFA Nonproliferation Affairs Chief Paul Wilke and MFA Deputy Director of Juridical Affairs Liesbeth Lijnzaad on January 11 and followed up with Lijnzaad on January 21. As reported preliminarily ref B, Wilke said that in general, the Netherlands shares U.S. [...]	2005-01-25 07:31:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT NL
05THEHAGUE2675	NETHERLANDS: SUPPORTIVE ON SUA AMENDMENTS [...] Poloff discussed reftel points October 4 with Dr. Liesbeth Lijnzaad (Deputy Head, Legal Affairs Department, International Law Division, MFA),who will head the Dutch delegation to the International Maritime Organization Diplomatic Conference on October 10-14. 2. Lijnzaad said that she wou [...]	2005-10-05 15:48:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PGOV KTIA EWWT PHSA NL
05THEHAGUE2912	ROTTERDAM VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Summary. The sprawling port of Rotterdam and its substantial petroleum refining and storage facilities is critical to the European economy. The Dutch government considers the port one of seven "critical infrastructure" sectors in the Netherlands, and considerable public and private secto [...]	2005-10-26 15:30:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETRD EWWT PTER PINR ASEC KHLS
05THEHAGUE865	PSI: DUTCH ON AMENDMENTS TO THE SUA [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-01 15:29:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV NL
05TUNIS1067	TUNISIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING OFFICIAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-20 14:13:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PGOV EWWT TS
05VIENNA1064	GAINING PSI PARTNERS' SUPPORT FOR EXISTING TEXT OF [...] (SBU) EconPol Unit Chief conveyed reftel points to Ambassador Dorothea Auer (2005 Australia Group Chair and Austria's PSI representative) on March 29. In a follow-up meeting on March 30, Auer agreed that her office would support the draft text that had emerged from the working group. 2. [...]	2005-04-01 15:38:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV AU
05VIENNA132	SUPPORT FOR U.S. AMENDMENTS TO SUA CONVENTION: [...] (C) Political Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche to MFA head of Multilateral Legal Affairs unit Michael Postl on January 12. Postl reiterated that the SUA convention is not the highest priority for Austria, given how few Austrian-flagged ships there are. Postl recalled the January 2003 me [...]	2005-01-14 09:52:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT AU EUN
05VIENNA3062	AUSTRIA WILL SUPPORT SUA AMENDMENTS AT DIPLOMATIC [...] (SBU) Acting Econ/Pol Couns delivered reftel points to MFA A/S for Nonproliferation and Arms Control Dorothea Auer on September 7. Auer assured us that Austria supports the goals of the SUA amendments and would weigh in again in favor of them in MFA's internal discussions. 2. (SB [...]	2005-09-14 14:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL EWWT KTIA PHSA AU EUN
05VIENNA3674	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION -- AUSTRIA [...] Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche November 17 to Georg Woutsas, Counsellor in the MFA's Transport Department. Woutsas, along with Viktor Siegl from the Ministry of Transportation, will represent Austria at the November 21-December 2 International Maritime Organization (IMO) Assembly. [...]	2005-11-18 12:18:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA KTIA AU IMO
05VIENNA3878	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: E.O. 13382: DESIGNATION OF [...] (C) Econ Unit Chief delivered ref A talking points and nonpaper one December 12 to Johann Froehlich, Head of the MFA's Justice and Home Affairs Division and to Birgit Ertl in the Ministry of Finance's Financial Markets Division. Froehlich reiterated points from ref B discussion, in which he n [...]	2005-12-14 15:47:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MNUC PARM PREL AU
05WELLINGTON163	NEW ZEALAND CLEARANCE FOR R/V KAIMIKAI-O-KANALOA [...] Embassy is in receipt of a letter from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) with copies of clearances for the research vessel Kaimikai-o-Kanaloa from the NZ Ministry of Fisheries, NZ Ministry of Research, Science, and Technology, Land Information New Zealand, NZ Minist [...]	2005-02-23 17:54:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
05WELLINGTON227	NOAA KA'IMIMOANA MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-17 17:55:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
05WELLINGTON243	NEW ZEALAND: INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION AND [...] In response to reftel, following are details and a few observations on how post handles maritime security issues in New Zealand. 2. Post and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attach, based in Singapore, work closely to coordinate our approaches to the New Zealand government [...]	2005-03-23 04:07:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ASEC ECON ETRD KSTC PARM PHSA PREL PTER NZ ADM
05WELLINGTON293	NEW ZEALAND SUPPORTS THE EXISTING DRAFT SHIP [...] (C) Summary: New Zealand is likely to oppose efforts to reopen the draft SUA 8bis text, and hopes the United States will support the Canadian text for Article 2bis. New Zealand strongly supports the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),and feels the proof of the exercise's effectiveness [...]	2005-04-08 02:29:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT PGOV NZ
05WELLINGTON310	NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Pol-Econ Counselor on April 13 passed talking points (Ref A) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Legal Division's Deputy Director Caroline Bilkey and new Legal Advisor Gerard Van Bohemen. Van Bohemen will formally start his position in June and will lead the New Zealand delegation t [...]	2005-04-14 02:53:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT PGOV NZ
05WELLINGTON356	NOAA KA'IMIMOANA MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-04 04:40:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
05WELLINGTON445	R/V ROGER REVELLE, FILE NO. 2004-097 [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-07 04:18:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
05WELLINGTON65	R/V KAIMIKAI-O-KANALOA CLEARANCE REQUEST [...] Embassy forwarded documents received January 20, 2005 to the Americas Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) of the Government of New Zealand and requested clearance for the R/V Kaimikai-o-Kanaloa for the following cruise dates: April 7 - 23, 2005 (Embley - File No. 20 [...]	2005-01-26 17:57:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
05WELLINGTON748	NEW ZEALAND: CONFIRMING SUA DEMARCHE DELIVERY [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-28 02:26:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PGOV EWWT PHSA NZ
05WELLINGTON82	U.S. NONPROLIFERATION AMENDMENTS TO THE SUA [...] (C) Acting DCM conveyed reftel points on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA) to Caroline McDonald, Director of the Disarmament Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and Scott Sheeran, an MFAT Legal Advisor. A/DCM said she was [...]	2005-01-28 04:51:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT NZ
05WELLINGTON883	NEW ZEALAND'S POSITION ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-14 03:10:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA AORC EWWT PHSA US NZ IMO
05WELLINGTON900	NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE ON DPRK FLAG OF CONVENIENCE [...] (S/REL NZ) Summary: The New Zealand government does not consider Maritime Mutual Insurance Association NZ (MMIA) to be an insurance company. Although MMIA is incorporated in New Zealand, the government says that it has advised the Japanese government that the company does not meet New Zealand [...]	2005-11-21 03:16:00	Embassy Wellington	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL EWWT PHSA KN NZ
05WELLINGTON916	R/V ROGER REVELLE MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-30 04:55:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT CW NZ
05WELLINGTON932	R/V KA'IMIMOANA MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE REQUEST, [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-06 02:29:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT BP FM KR NR RM TL TV NZ
05WELLINGTON955	R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER, FILE NO. 2004-044 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-12 04:20:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
05WELLINGTON964	R/V ROGER REVELLE MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-15 01:16:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT CW NZ
05WELLINGTON966	R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER, FILE NO. 2004-139 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-15 02:58:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
05ZAGREB1963	DEMARCHES DELIVERED - MARITIME SECURITY AND [...] POLOFF and EXBS Advisor delivered reftel points to Capt Tomislav Miletic, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Trade, Tourism, Sea and Transport. Miletic welcomed the briefing on U.S. initiatives and looked forward to continuing dialogue on the whole range of maritime security issues. Miletic al [...]	2005-12-19 12:04:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PREL ECON ETRD ELTN ATRN KCIP PTER
06ABUDHABI1199	ABU DHABI OVERHAULS TRANSPORTATION SECTOR [...] (U) The Abu Dhabi Government Restructuring Committee recently announced the establishment of an Abu Dhabi Department of Transport (DOT),headed by Khalfan Ghaith Al Muhaibi. Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council chairs the r [...]	2006-03-27 09:25:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EWWT PREL ECON AE
06ABUDHABI2347	PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES: TRANSPORTATION [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 3, Deputy Secretary of Transportation Maria Cino met with Sultan bin Saeed al-Mansouri, the UAE Minister of Governmental Sector Development, to discuss transportation and development issues. Al-Mansouri discussed the expansion of the UAE's civil aviation sector. He al [...]	2006-06-07 10:58:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN EWWT EAIR ECON ETRD PREL AE
06ABUDHABI2510	UAE MINECON UPSET OVER NEGATIVE PORTRAYLS OF UAE [...] (C) In a June 17 meeting with Ambassador, UAE Minister of Economy Sheikha Lubna al-Qasimi expressed great frustration with the website www.portsforus.org that claims Dubai Ports World and the "Emir" of Dubai continue to execute control over U.S. ports from which it had agreed to divest itself. [...]	2006-06-18 12:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ETRD EINV PREL OVIP AE
06ABUDHABI3623	INTERNATIONAL MOBILE SATELLITE ORGANIZATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-13 11:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECPS EWWT IMO INMARSAT KHLS AE
06ABUDHABI3631	UAE UPDATE ON SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL MOBILE [...] (SBU) Ref A reports the probable support of the UAE for Steven Lett's candidacy to head the International Mobile Satellite Organization. Subsequent to that exchange, and in response to a diplomatic note which had been submitted to the MFA prior to our September 5 meeting, the MFA has responde [...]	2006-09-14 10:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECPS EWWT IMO INMARSAT KHLS AE
06ABUDHABI3871	DP WORLD VP ON STRATEGY MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: On October 2, DP World Senior Vice President (Commercial) Michael Moore told Ambassador that the company planned to conduct an Initial Public Offering (IPO) though the time frame had not been finalized. He confirmed that the five short-listed candidates to buy its U.S. assets wer [...]	2006-10-04 08:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT EINV PREL ETRD EFIN AE

06ABUDHABI4221	IMO DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO UAEG [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-07 14:10:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA EWWT ANET AORC PREL ECPS IMO AE
06ACCRA2842	GHANA: DEMARCHE ON INT,L MARITIME ORGANIZATION,S [...] EconOff delivered reftel demarche to two representatives of the Ghana Maritime Authority scheduled to attend the IMO Maritime Safety Committee meeting in Istanbul: Mrs. Bernadette Esa Chinery-Hesse, Board Secretary; and Captain E.B. Komeng, Maritime Security Coordinator. Both were highly supp [...]	2006-11-28 10:14:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ANET AORC ECPS EU EWWT GH IMO INMARSAT KTIA
06AITTAIPEI1012	TAIWAN WILL PARTICIPATE IN INTERNATIONAL PORT SECURITY [...] U.S. Coast Guard LCDR Scott Kim and LT Richard Kavanaugh visited Taiwan March 20 and 21 to brief Taiwan officials on the Coast Guard's International Port Security (IPS) Program. Kim and Kavanaugh met with officials from the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC),the Executive Y [...]	2006-03-27 00:08:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT TW
06AITTAIPEI1016	Officials Assert Kaohsiung's MRT Subway to Start Operation [...] Summary. Besieged with scandals involving shady financing and a standstill of repeated cave-in incidents, officials responsible for the construction of Kaohsiung's mass rapid transit system (KMRT) remain optimistic, asserting that from a technical standpoint the construction of the subway can [...]	2006-03-27 08:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD ECON TW
06AITTAIPEI1090	Port of Kaohsiung Resumes Work on Tender for the [...] Kaohsiung Harbor Bureau (KHB) recently resumed preparing a tender for construction of Kaohsiung's Sixth Container Terminal project, which had been suspended for nearly four months. KHB had originally planned to begin tendering invitations to prospective investors in October 2005 (Ref B),but [...]	2006-03-30 08:23:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD ECON TW
06AITTAIPEI4014	R/V MELVILLE MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE REQUEST, [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-01 07:14:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT
06AITTAIPEI4165	LAUNCH OF SECURE FREIGHT INITIATIVE - NONPAPER [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-20 08:50:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KHLS ASEC PTER ECON TW
06AITTAIPEI961	TAIPEI LIKELY TO REPLACE KEELUNG AS TAIWAN'S [...] (SBU) The construction of container wharfs at Taiwan's Port of Taipei will reduce container traffic at Keelung Harbor where the Department of Homeland Security plans to implement the Container Security Initiative (CSI). The Port of Taipei will have seven container wharfs that will begin opera [...]	2006-03-22 22:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ECON TW
06AMMAN2572	NORTH KOREAN FLAGS OF CONVENIENCE DEMARCHE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche April 10 to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, deputy chief of the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department. Shamayleh said that he would notify Foreign Minister Khatib and Minister of Transportation Saud Nseirat of our position regarding any Jordanian o [...]	2006-04-12 14:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PHSA KNNP MNUC EWWT KN JO
06AMMAN3111	SUA PROTOCOL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-01 13:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PHSA KNNP MNUC EWWT KTIA JO
06AMMAN8487	DPRK DEMARCHES [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarches and letter requesting GoJ cooperation on UNSCR 1718 to the Foreign Ministry's desk officer for the U.S., Asal al-Tal. Al-Tal said she would deliver the letter to FM Al-Khatib. She also undertook to provide any substantive response to the demarches onc [...]	2006-11-19 09:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP PARM PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS JO
06ANKARA1010	TURKEY,S MINISTER CALLS TCP DRIVING FORCE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOT Energy Minister Guler appealed February 27 to Ambassador for USG support on the Trans-Caspian Pipeline fQ natural gas from Turkmenistan and Samsun-Ceyhan Bosphorus bypass oil pipeline. He welcomed cooperation with the U.S. on approaching Turkmenistan to advance TCP, as an al [...]	2006-03-01 12:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EWWT SENV TU IZ RU IR TX
06ANKARA2231	DEMARCHE TO TURKEY ON RATIFICATION OF SUA [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-24 08:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT
06ANKARA2510	TURKEY PICKS CALIK TO BUILD SAMSUN-CEYHAN OIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOT has chosen local firm Calik Enerji to build the Samsun-Ceyhan Turkish Straits oil bypass, awarding it a six-month conditional license, still subject to approval by the President. Many of our contacts question whether Calik, whose Chairman Ahmet Calik is close to AKP po [...]	2006-05-08 05:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EWWT SENV EINV TU
06ANKARA2904	MONTREUX CONVENTION: MILITARY LIMITS ON THE [...] (C) Summary: The Montreux Convention (MC) obligates Turkey to keep the Dardanelles and the Bosporus open to commercial shipping and to limit naval passage into and out of the Black Sea. In addition, non-littoral navies face limits on both tonnage and duration of stay in the Black Sea. Civil [...]	2006-05-23 05:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIA MOPS EWWT XH ZJ TU
06ANKARA3464	MOMENTUM ADVANCING CSI PROGRAM IN TURKEY [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: We appreciate the CSI team's readiness to move forward with the Izmir port assessment despite the current legal questions surrounding the Declaration of Principles (DOP). State Minister Kursad [...]	2006-06-12 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PTER KTIA TU
06ANKARA3895	CSI VISIT FIRMS UP TURKISH SUPPORT FOR PROGRAM [...] Summary: Representatives from DHS, DOE, USCG and post visited Izmir June 14-16 to assess the port's suitability for participation in the DHS Container Security Initiative (CSI). The two-day visit included meetings with Turkish officials from Customs, Foreign Trade, the Coast Guard, the Marit [...]	2006-07-03 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EWWT PTER KTIA TU
06ANKARA413	TURKEY: EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR WAY FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent energy issues involving Russia, Ukraine, and Georgia have focused attention on regional transit projects via Turkey for Caspian and Middle East gas going to Southeast and Central European markets. Turkish Energy Minister Guler,s upcoming visit (REF C) to Washington offers [...]	2006-02-02 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EWWT SENV TU IZ RU IR
06ANKARA4154	TFLE01: LEBANON EVACUATION - TURKEY READY TO ASSIST [...] (C) Summary. The GOT has offered Turkey as an alternate debarkation point for Lebanon evacuees. Mission believes the port of Mersin and Incirlik AB offer the best facilities. The southeastern Turkish ports of Mersin and Iskenderun can accommodate ferries and medium-sized cruise ships; both ar [...]	2006-07-18 12:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AEMR CASC EWWT MARR PINS PREL ETRA KHLS TU
06ANKARA4200	TFLE01: LEBANON EVACUATION: POSSIBLE ARRIVAL OF [...] (U) In response to Task Force information (ref A) that AmCits may be arriving in the Turkish port city of Mersin on 7/19, Mission made contingency preparations to accommodate and process. 2. (U) Initial information that 100 ) 200 AmCits would arrive late July 19 in Mersin on a Canadian-char [...]	2006-07-19 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR CASC EWWT PREL CMGT MOPS US TU
06ANKARA4234	TFLE01: LEBANON EVACUATION: PREPARING ALTERNATE [...] (U) In response to Task Force direction, Mission Turkey has prepared to use the port of Mersin as an overflow evacuation point for AmCits departing Lebanon. We intend to bus evacuees to Incirlik Air Base and conduct processing on the base. Mission has directed all available existing resourc [...]	2006-07-20 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR CASC EWWT REL CMGT MOPS US TU
06ANKARA4252	TFLE01: LEBANON EVACUATION: MERSIN/ADANA/INCIRLIK [...] (U) By evening 7/21 local time, Mission Turkey will have staffed up in Mersin and Incirlik Air Base to accommodate AmCits evacuating Lebanon. As of 7/22 we will be capable of processing the 1400 pax expected on the Rahmah. We understand TDY consular and management assistance is en route; we [...]	2006-07-21 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR CASC EWWT PREL CMGT MOPS US TU
06ANKARA445	COUNTRY LEARANCE GRANTED FOR ROBERT STIRITI, TODD [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to Robert Stiriti, Todd Horton and Lisa Wainwright for February 5-7, 2006. The purpose of the visit will be to meet with Turkish officials regarding the planning of a CSI assessment of the Port of Izmir, Turkey. 2. Point of contact for the visit at [...]	2006-02-03 13:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD OTRA TU
06ANKARA4481	KILLING DETERS CHEVRON IN SE TURKEY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Having long struggled to gain security permission for access to do a seismic survey on its petroleum exploration permit near Silopi on the Iraqi border, Chevron has overcome one obstacle after another, but the recent death from an improvised explosive device (IED) of one of its [...]	2006-08-03 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ASEC EINV SENV EWWT TU IZ
06ANKARA4622	CSI: TURKEY RESPONDS TO ASSESSMENT WITH NEW PROPOSED [...] On July 31, Embassy received via diplomatic note Turkey's response to the draft Container Security Initiative (CSI) Declaration of Principles (DOP) and Basic Impelementation Procedures (BIP) that were provided to the GOT earlier this year. 2. The revised Declaration of Principles (DOP) and B [...]	2006-08-10 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PTER KTIA TU
06ANKARA4785	TURKS CONCERNED BUT STILL MAINTAIN NO KNOWLEDGE OF [...] (C) In separate meetings, MFA and Maritime Affairs Undersecretariat officials said they shared U.S. concern about the use of DPRK flags ships but said an internal investigation did not uncover any Turkish-owned vessels using North Korean flags. They explained that Turkish law does not require [...]	2006-08-17 10:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP EWWT PHSA TU
06ANKARA5032	TURKEY RESPONSE ON DEMARCHE FOR USG CANDIDATE LETT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-01 08:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECPS EU EWWT IMO INMARSAT KHLS
06ANKARA544	TURKEY SAYS IT PLANS TO CUT STRAITS OIL TRAFFIC IN [...] (sbu) SUMMARY: With oil transit traffic in the congested Turkish Straits continuing to grow, the Straits are regarded by some as nearing their capacity for maximum safe throughput. Yet, despite the commercial arguments, regional governments and oil companies have not been able to come to a [...]	2006-02-08 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EWWT SENV TU RU
06ANKARA6385	PSI: LETTER TO PSI PARTICIPANTS ON UNSCR 1718 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-09 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EWWT KNNP PARM PBTS PHSA PREL TU
06ANKARA6457	CSI IN TURKEY PRESENTS A "BINDING" IMPASSE [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Two days of meeting with Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FTU) officials in Ankara failed to find a solution to contradicting views about the legal nature of an agreement that would implement the Co [...]	2006-11-20 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PTER ETRD KTIA TU
06ANKARA6522	PSI: TURKEY'S FORMAL REPLY TO U/S JOSEPH LETTER ON [...] Post received a formal reply to ref a letter from U/S Joseph to MFA Deputy U/S for Security Affairs Rafet Akgunay on November 28. Original of the reply letter will be forwarded via diplomatic pouch. Text of reply follows. 2. Begin Text: Dear Ambassador Joseph, I have received your le [...]	2006-11-28 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EWWT KNNP PARM PBTS PHSA PREL TU
06ANTANANARIVO206	Slow Progress on Port Security; Limited Resources [...] Summary: After two productive visits to Madagascar by the United States Coast Guard International Port Liaison in 2005, the latest Port Security Advisory updated Madagascar's status to acknowledge steps taken at the main port, Tamatave. Minor international ports at Diego Suarez, Majunga, Tul [...]	2006-03-02 08:40:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ECON PTER PREL MA
06ANTANANARIVO390	Embassy Hosts Port Security Workshop to Draft Law [...] Summary: Embassy co-hosted an inter-Ministerial workshop with the GOM Ports Agency April 21 to draft implementing legislation for the International Ship Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code. Following two productive missions by the U.S. Coast Guard in 2005(reftel),the main port at Tamatave ha [...]	2006-04-24 13:24:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ECON PTER PREL MA
06ASTANA438	KAZAKHSTAN FOCUSED ON UNSCR 1718 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-02 11:32:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS KZ
06ASUNCION491	PARAGUAY ON SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION OF THE 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-10 14:55:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PA
06ATHENS1207	IRAN APPROACHES ENVIRONMENTAL ARM OF GREEK [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting on other issues, the Director General of the Hellenic Marine Environmental Protection Association (HELMEPA),Dimitris Mitsatsos, asked econoff about the potential USG foreign policy implications of helping the Iranian Shipping Industry to establish its own Marine [...]	2006-05-11 08:22:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EWWT PGOV PINS GR
06ATHENS1853	GREEK MFA INVOLVED IN ARRANGING VESSELS FOR BEIRUT [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador called on Deputy Foreign Minister Kassimis on July 17 to advise the GoG of current USG efforts regarding potential evacuations from Beirut, as well as enlist GoG aid in locating appropriate vessels for RFP N00033-06-R-5523, and raise the possibility that Souda Bay mig [...]	2006-07-18 04:41:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AEMR CASC EWWT GR LE MARR PINS PREL ETRA KHLS
06BAGHDAD4576	SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS AT IRAQI PORTS OF ENTRY [...] (C) Summary. The GOI is plagued by what seems a never ending stream of problems involving imports of vitally needed goods from petroleum products to grain. Smugglers, including terrorists and militias, seem to have little difficulty bringing people and weapons into the country. The Ports of [...]	2006-12-16 12:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETLN EWWT EAGR ETRD PGOV IZ
06BAKU1666	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-16 06:18:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA EWWT ANET AORC PREL ECPS IMO INMARSAT EU
06BAKU663	CONOCO-PHILLIPS VIEWS OF THE KAZAKHSTAN-AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. ConocoPhillips executives believe the Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan IGA for trans-Caspian oil transport must be signed this year if the needed maritime infrastructure is to be ready by the time the oil flows, although they concede the deadline may be more flexible. Major issues for Conoc [...]	2006-05-02 12:29:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL EWWT EINV AJ KZ
06BAKU722	LATEST ROUND OF AZERBAIJAN-KAZAKHSTAN IGA TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. ConocoPhillips Russia/Caspian Transportation Manager John Dabbar and executive Steven Beck briefed Energy Officer May 6 on the just-concluded round of negotiations over the Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) for trans-Caspian oil transport. While "double ta [...]	2006-05-17 10:39:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL EWWT EINV AJ KZ
06BAKU742	NEW KAZAKHSTAN DRAFT OF AZERBAIJAN-KAZAKHSTAN IGA [...] (C) On May 19, John Dabbar of ConocoPhillips informed Energy Officer of recentdevelopments in the negotiations over the Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) for cross-Caspian oil transport. Dabbar said that Kairgeldy Kabyldin of KazMunaiGaz has been removed from his positio [...]	2006-05-19 13:03:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL EWWT EINV AJ KZ
06BAKU948	BAKU ENERGY COMMUNITY CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ON [...] (C) Views in Baku of the Kazakhstan-Azerbaijan Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) on trans-Caspian oil recently signed in Almaty are positive if unenthusiastic. John Dabbar of ConocoPhillips considers the IGA to be "not that bad," as it includes "nothing hugely detrimental" to the project. A [...]	2006-06-27 14:02:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL EWWT EINV AJ KZ
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN459	BRUNEI: INMARSAT CANDIDATE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) DCM delivered reftel demarche in support of the U.S. candidate for INMARSAT Director Steven Lett to USA Desk Officer at the MFAT Arni Abu Bakar on September 7. No response was given. SKODON [...]	2006-09-11 04:21:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED	KHLS AORC ECPS EWWT BX
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN564	PSI UNSCR 1718 LETTER DELIVERED [...] (U) DCM delivered the letter requested reftel to Pg. Dato Hj Osman, Permanent Secretary for Regional Policy (coordinator for PSI) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),care of Pg. Hj. Alihashim, Acting Director for Bilateral Affairs at MOFAT. Alihashim said that we would ensur [...]	2006-11-02 07:02:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS BX
06BANGKOK4096	THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: MILOPS CONFERENCE [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to the individuals listed below from July 15 - July 23, 2006. C. Steven McGann J. Ashley Roach Capt. David H. Gordner William A. Conmley Ltc. Louis Ortiz 2. Per reftel all logistics being handled via USPACOM. No further action requi [...]	2006-07-11 03:17:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT MOPS OTRA TH
06BANGKOK5153	DEMARCHE DELIVERED SEEKING PROTECTION OF SUNKEN [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-23 08:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT MARR PBTS PHSA SCUL TH
06BANJUL121	THE GAMBIA: RAPPROCHEMENT WITH SENEGAL CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Judging from reported official Senegalese/Gambian contacts of late, the two countries' rapprochement process following their August/October 2005 crisis over transport and border issues continues to advance (ref a provides background on the crisis). Building on Gambian President Jammeh's [...]	2006-02-27 17:55:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ELTN EWWT GA SG
06BANJUL24	THE GAMBIA: READOUT ON CONSULTATIONS WITH SENEGAL [...] (C) Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Taal provided upbeat readout on the December 28-29 session of the Senegalese/Gambian Joint Consultative Committee (JCC),explaining the decision to place the Gambia River bridge project under the auspices of the "Gambia River Basin Development Organizati [...]	2006-01-11 17:27:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ELTN EWWT SG GA
06BANJUL382	THE GAMBIA: TSA AND USCG SECURITY ASSESSEMENT VISIT [...] (U) SUMMARY. The port and airport of Banjul were reviewed by visitors from USCG and TSA in early June. Gambian officials welcomed the visits and were open to all recommendations for improvements to enhance security. Both the port and airport received overall favorable reviews and are judged t [...]	2006-06-15 17:51:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	FAA PTER ASEC OTRA EWWT ETRD GA EAIR ECON
06BEIRUT1290	LEBANESE RESPONSE TO 2005 SUA PROTOCOLS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-26 14:13:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PTER UN LE
06BELIZE543	BELIZE: SHIP REGISTRY RESPONSE TO CURTAILING THE [...] (S) Following the demarche of March 30, the MFA referred questions (reftel) to the Belizean ship registry company, IMMARBE (International Merchant Marine Registry of Belize),which has provided post a copy of its reply to the MFA: BEGIN TEXT ---------- We refer to your fax transmission date [...]	2006-06-16 16:49:00	Embassy Belmopan	SECRET	PARM PREL KN KNNP MNUC EWWT PHSA BH
06BRASILIA1804	TORRES STRAIT - DEMARCHE ON AUSTRALIAN COMPULSORY PILOTAGE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-28 18:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PBTS PHSA BR
06BRASILIA361	BRAZIL RESPONSE TO HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION MEMORANDUM OF [...] (U) During their visit to Brazil in July of 2005, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) representatives expressed interest in deepening ties between Brazilian and American transport authorities. The message was reinforced by Department of Transportation (DOT) Undersecretary for Policy Jeffrey N [...]	2006-02-21 11:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN EWWT ECON BR
06BRASILIA594	R/V RONALD H. BROWN DATA FROM JUN 18-22, 2006 [...] As requested by reftel, a diplomatic note (No. 063 dated March 16, 2006) was delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs/MFA's Division of Sea, Antarctic and Space (DMAE),along with forms detailing the Ronald H. Brown research vessel's specifications to obtain clearance for its proposed visit [...]	2006-03-23 17:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KRVC KSCA EWWT BR
06BRASILIA959	R/V RONALD BROWN: JUN 17-23, 2006 PORT CALL CLEARANCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-17 16:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KRVC KSCA EWWT BR
06BRIDGETOWN1540	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. COAST GUARD'S FLAG [...] Per reftel instructions, notification of performance prior to publication of the 2005 Port State Control Report was delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1141, St. Vincent #1142) on August 31, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post will r [...]	2006-09-01 18:53:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AFSI ATRN ECON ELTN ETRD EWWT PREL PTER VC AC
06BRIDGETOWN1594	PORT CLEARANCE REQUESTED FOR ENTERPRISE TRAINING [...] Per reftel instructions, request for clearance was delivered under cover of Diplomatic Note (Barbados #1209) on September 11, 2006. The original Diplomatic Note was also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report any responses. KRAMER [...]	2006-09-12 17:44:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EWWT BB
06BRIDGETOWN604	DELIVERED: CURTAILING THE USE OF NORTH KOREAN [...] Embassy Bridgetown delivered by phone, fax, and mail the demarche on Curtailing the use of North Korean Flags to the Permanent Secretaries of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of St. Kitts and Nevis (Diplomatic Note No. 393) and St. Vincent and the Grenadines (Diplomatic Note No. 394) on March [...]	2006-04-07 11:59:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC EWWT PHSA KNNP SC VC
06BRIDGETOWN635	WIN-WIN OR LOSE-LOSE: MARITIME BORDER DISPUTE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 11, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague handed down its ruling finally establishing a single maritime boundary between Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago. The new border differs from those claimed by each of the parties in their pleadings, yet both countries a [...]	2006-04-12 18:05:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS EWWT ETRD EPET PHSA TT BB GY VE XL
06BRUSSELS1095	BELGIAN STEWPOT: March 17, 2006 [...] (U) Although Belgium has one of the highest per capita income levels of the EU ($35,749 in 2005),Belgian households still struggle to balance their budgets, due to high prices for some basics. Electricity prices, for example, are near 30 percent above those of France. A recent survey compa [...]	2006-03-30 13:07:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EWWT EAIR BE
06BRUSSELS1569	BELGIAN STEWPOT: May 8, 2006 [...] Advice for Belgian Investors Facing Iran Uncertainty 2-3. Belgian firms Seek Profit Overseas 4-6. Belgian workers more productive, but more expensive 7. Turning the Black Economy White 8. Rich Belgium Still has Poverty 9. Flemish Trade Balance in the Red 10. Self Check-Out Arrive [...]	2006-05-10 12:43:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EWWT EAIR BE
06BRUSSELS1876	BELGIAN STEWPOT: June 6, 2006 [...] Introduction 2. Upbeat Forecast from Planning Office 3. Belgian Savings Rate Drops 4. Big Future for Walloon Airports 5. Antwerp Port Container Traffic Booming 6. Belgian Competitiveness Weakening 7-8. American Financial Router Expanding 9. WANTED: Pan-European Pension Fu [...]	2006-06-07 12:29:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EWWT EAIR TBIO BE
06BRUSSELS2199	BELGIAN STEWPOT: June 26, 2006 [...] (U) In May, EU Information Society Commissioner Viviane Reding levied a general criticism at European countries for lagging behind on implementing fast new technologies. The commissioner lamented Europe's slow take-up of new high-speed communications technologies such as broadband internet, te [...]	2006-06-27 13:10:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EAID EWWT EAIR BE
06BRUSSELS2926	BELGIAN STEWPOT: August 29, 2006 [...] (U) According to statistics issued in July by the Survey of Current Business, the value of the stock of U.S. Foreign Direct Investment in Belgium rose by over $6 billion in 2005. U.S. investment in Belgium reached $36.73 billion in value, ranking Belgium ninth within the EU-25. The increase [...]	2006-08-29 15:04:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EWWT EIND BE
06BUENOSAIRES2613	AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 16 MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) On November 16, Ambassador had a very constructive first meeting with Minister of the Interior Anibal Fernandez. They discussed the excellent working relations between Embassy agencies and the four federal law enforcement agencies under the Minister's control. The Minister explained his [...]	2006-11-22 21:40:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR PTER KCRM PARM EWWT KNNP ASEC AR
06BUENOSAIRES854	FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION CHAIRMAN'S VISIT TO [...] Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) Chairman Steven Blust met with GOA officials and industry representatives during his April 4-7 visit to Buenos Aires. Chairman Blust gave a presentation on the FMC's role in regulating maritime affairs to the Industrial Union of Argentina (UIA),the Chamber o [...]	2006-04-13 20:29:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EWWT AR
06CAIRO2064	EGYPT FERRY DISASTER: ABSENT OWNER'S IMMUNITY [...] (C) The investigation into the early February sinking of the "Al Salam 98" passenger ferry in the Red Sea is ongoing, although preliminary GOE statements are assigning culpability to the still-missing captain. Egypt's upper chamber of parliament lifted ferry owner Mamdouh Ismail's parliamentar [...]	2006-04-04 13:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EWWT MARR EG
06CAIRO3704	EGYPT: MAY 2006 MONTHLY ECONOMIC REPORT [...] In this edition: The People's Assembly passes new economic legislation, and reform of tax administration continues. Public sector wages are increased, as the GOE opens a debate on petroleum subsidies and the future of the petroleum sector. The GOE gets closer to settlement of some non-perfo [...]	2006-06-14 08:20:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT SENV EG
06CAIRO5526	EGYPT: UPDATE ON USG CANDIDATES FOR UNITED [...] During a September 4 meeting with MFA Office Director for Candidacy Issues, Counselor Hatem Tag-Eldin, poloffs reviewed pending USG requests for Egyptian support for elections to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC),the International Law Commission (ILC),and the International Mobile Satellite [...]	2006-09-05 14:07:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA UNSC PHUM UNHCR EWWT INMARSAT EG
06CAIRO5779	EGYPT: QUARTERLY ECONOMIC REPORT [...] In this edition: The Central Bank intervenes to raise interest rates, parliament decreases stamp taxes and considers a single Treasury account, while the GOE increases cooperation with China. Industry organizations sign a cooperative agreement with major banks to finance new factories. Egypt [...]	2006-09-14 10:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG
06CAIRO5831	EGYPT: STILL NO ANSWER ON US CANDIDATE FOR THE [...] On September 17 emboff met with National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) Vice President for Policies and International Cooperation Dr. Offat Abd El Monsef to seek GoE support for the United States candidate to head the International Mobile Satellite Organizaton (IMSO). Dr. Abd [...]	2006-09-18 06:41:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA UNSC PHUM UNHCR EWWT INMARSAT EG
06CAIRO6524	EGYPT: MONTHLY ECONOMIC REPORT [...] (U) IN THIS EDITION: Ramadan begins, and consumer prices rise. Egypt's credit rating remains unchanged, but interest rates for farmers decrease. The Ministry of Investment drafts changes to the investment law, as on-line trading and a new stock index are launched. Egypt's Minister of Enviro [...]	2006-10-23 16:18:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG
06CAIRO689	EGYPT FERRY DISASTER UPDATE [...] (SBU) Despite some recent rescues, hopes are fading for the approximately 830 passengers still missing after the sinking of the Egyptian passenger ferry "Al Salam Boccacio 98" during its transit from Dubah, Saudi Arabia to Safaga, Egypt. Embassy Cairo has been in close contact with GOE counte [...]	2006-02-05 16:21:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EWWT MARR EG
06CAIRO7133	OCTOBER - NOVEMBER ECONOMIC REPORT [...] IN THIS EDITION: MACROECONOMIC: 2. INFLATION: Highest rate in two years 3. MONETARY POLICY: Interest rate increase 4. FDI: $7.5-8b by year-end? 5. FDI: One-stop Shops 6. CAPITAL MARKETS: Enhanced regulatory regime 7. UNEMPLOYMENT: Survey shows unemployment down 8. MO [...]	2006-12-13 14:39:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG
06CAIRO7250	SUEZ CANAL ENJOYS RECORD YEAR, PLANS AHEAD [...] (SBU) Egypt's Suez Canal revenues will reach record levels for 2006, and sustained high energy prices and ever-increasing Chinese container traffic to the U.S. and Europe bode well for the strategic waterway's near future. Completion of an ongoing dredging program in 2007 will facilitate great [...]	2006-12-28 11:21:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ETRD EPET EG
06CAIRO798	FERRY DISASTER: RIPPLES HITTING CAIRO [...] (C) The emerging picture of negligence on the part of the "Al Salam 98" crew and ownership, coupled with a GOE response perceived as ineffective, has caused tempers to flare among victims' families. Opposition politicians and press are casting the tragedy as an indicator of GOE corruption and [...]	2006-02-09 16:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EWWT MARR EG
06CASABLANCA1308	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MARITIME SAFETY ISSUES [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, Econoff delivered talking points regarding the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) role in two maritime safety and security programs to Mohamed Marzagui, Chief of the Division of Maritim [...]	2006-11-22 15:49:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA EWWT ANET AORC PREL ECPS IMO
06CHENNAI2303	COMMUNAL RIOTS CLOSE MANGALORE: PORT REMAINS OPEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Four days of sporadic communal (Hindu-Muslim) clashes and the resulting curfew stopped most commercial activity from October 4 to 9 in the western Karnataka port city of Mangalore. The conflict was sparked when militant Hindu groups attempted to prevent the transport of cattle f [...]	2006-10-10 09:45:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR PINS PINR EWWT ASEC CASC IN
06COLOMBO1200	PORT SLOWDOWN MAY FORCE GOVERNMENT TO RESIST UNION DEMANDS [...] (U) Summary: Work at the Port of Colombo has been disrupted due to a work slowdown as unions demand a salary hike. The partial strike has significantly slowed work at the government-run section of the Port of Colombo. Port officials say that the strike is politically instigated, making it d [...]	2006-07-21 06:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ELAB EWWT EFIN CE
06COLOMBO189	SRI LANKA CONTINUES SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL WAR ON [...] SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 26, A WIDELY-PUBLICIZED OPENING CEREMONY FOR THE CONTAINER SECURITY INITIATIVE (CSI) AND THE MEGAPORTS INITIATIVE TOOK PLACE AT THE PORT OF COLOMBO, PRESIDED OVER BY THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND THE AMBASSADOR. CSI IS NOW FULLY OPERATIONAL, TARGETING AND SCREENING [...]	2006-02-03 03:12:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EWWT EAID ETRD PTER CE
06COLOMBO2114	COLOMBO PORT TO EXPAND AS MUCH AS 300 PERCENT [...] On December 18, 2006, President Mahinda Rajapaksa officially inaugurated the commencement of the Colombo Port Expansion Project (CPEP) at an opening ceremony attended by the U.S. Ambassador. Cited as the largest development project undertaken by Sri Lanka to date, the Government of Sri Lanka [...]	2006-12-22 03:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EINV ETRD EWWT EAID CE
06COLOMBO2126	SRI LANKA: LTTE BOARDS JORDANIAN SHIP, RUNS IT [...] (U) On December 23, the Jordanian vessel "Faraha 3," carrying 14,000 metric tons of rice from southern India to South Africa, had engine failure and anchored in Sri Lanka's northern territorial waters. Newspapers reported that Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres boarded the ship, r [...]	2006-12-26 12:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EWWT ETRD EAGR PREL CE
06COLOMBO2132	DEVELOPMENT GOALS FOR MALDIVES [...] (U) Summary: The importance of creating a stable economy before Maldives' 2011 LDC graduation, diversification beyond the fisheries and tourist industries, and promoting environmental protectionism were the main topics of Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to South and Southwest Asia, [...]	2006-12-27 12:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR ENRG EWWT SENV EINV ETRD MV
06COTONOU1107	SCENE SETTER FOR GULF OF GUINEA MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post welcomes your participation in the Government of Benin (GOB)-ACSS hosted Gulf of Guinea Ministerial Conference on Maritime Security in Cotonou, November 13-14, 2006. Your visit highlights USG support for security and safety initiatives in the Gulf of Guinea. The conference [...]	2006-11-07 14:04:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MARR MASS PREL PGOV PINR CASC BN
06COTONOU1118	BENIN: SCENE SETTER FOR EUCOM AND NAVEUR PARTICIPATION IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post welcomes your participation in the NAVEUR/ACSS-sponsored Gulf of Guinea Maritime Safety and Security (MSS) Ministerial Conference hosted by the Government of Benin (GOB) in Cotonou, November 13-15, 2006. Your visit highlights USG support for safety and security and initiati [...]	2006-11-09 08:01:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MARR MASS PREL PGOV PINR BN
06COTONOU1149	BENIN: MARITIME SAFETY AND SECURITY MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE A SUCCESS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Benin hosted a ministerial conference on "Maritime Safety and Security in the Gulf of Guinea" in Cotonou on November 13-15. The conference, sponsored by NAVEUR, and organized by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS),involved ministerial delegations from [...]	2006-11-21 15:46:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS ETRD ECON MARR KMCA PGOV PREL BN EWWT
06COTONOU1153	BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI FIRES TRANSPORT AND PORTS MINISTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 20, President Yayi dismissed the Minister for Transports, Public Works and Urban Development, Mr. Alexandre Dossou Kpedetin. At the same time he split the portfolio into two, bringing the total number of ministers to 23. The new Minister of Public Works and Transport i [...]	2006-11-22 13:12:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR BN EWWT
06COTONOU1175	SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT BONI YAYI OF BENIN'S USA VISIT, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Benin's new pro-American President Boni Yayi welcomes his December 13-16, 2006, USA visit to meet with President George W. Bush, and other USG, IFI and private sector officials. President Yayi likely will express his appreciation for the US support to Benin via its $307 million M [...]	2006-11-30 16:02:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EWWT EAID MARR PGOV EFIN PINR CASC MASS PHUM
06COTONOU1201	BENIN: IMO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief made reftel demarche on December 7 to Mr. Bienvenu Houngbedji of the MFA's International Organizations office and also emailed French translation of talking points to Director of the Merchant Marine office at the Ministry of Transportation, Ms. Rahanatou Anki Dosso. HO [...]	2006-12-11 14:37:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA EWWT ANET AORC PREL ECPS IMO
06COTONOU944	BENIN U.S. COAST GUARD ISPS COMPLIANCE TEAM VISIT CONCERNED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A four-man US Coast Guard delegation led by Mr. Peyton Coleman visited Benin August 27-30, 2006 to assess the Port of Cotonou's security and compliance with the International Shipping and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code. The team's unofficial findings are that the Port of Coto [...]	2006-09-28 09:20:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD EWWT PGOV BN
06DAMASCUS4094	SURVEY OF SYRIAN WATER SECTOR - 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: After years of national water shortages, it has become clear that Syria faces a water crunch that, if not addressed comprehensively, will balloon into a crisis in the medium to long term. Rapidly growing demand for water from various sectors of Syrian society in recent years com [...]	2006-08-21 13:25:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECIN ECON EIND EAID SENV SY EWWT
06DARESSALAAM1561	INTERNATIONAL MOBILE SATELLITE ORGANIZATION [...] (U) Tanzania was pleased to learn that the United States government views the future of the International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) as important enough to merit the full endorsement of a U.S. candidate, Steven Lett, for IMSO Director, according to Dr. Bartholomew Rufunjo, Director o [...]	2006-09-19 13:28:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECPS EU EWWT IMO INMARSAT KHLS TZ
06DARESSALAAM1880	TANZANIAN DELEGATION TO ATTEND IMO MARITIME SAFETY [...] The Government of Tanzania's (GOT) delegation to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting of the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) in Istanbul, Turkey (November 29 to December 8) will take under consideration the United States' two proposals (reftel). Ms. Lucy Kachele, Deputy Dire [...]	2006-11-30 12:40:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA EWWT ANET AORC PREL ECPS IMO INMARSAT TZ
06DHAKA2221	BANGLADESH DELIVERED DEMARCHE REQUEST: URGING [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-20 06:24:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT BG
06DJIBOUTI102	BERBERA CORRIDOR SHIPPING [...] Summary: The port of Berbera in Northern Somalia (the self- declared autonomous region also known as Somaliland) recently signed an agreement with Ethiopia, allowing Ethiopia to use Berbera for its import and export needs. The first shipments of cargo successfully transited through Berbera in [...]	2006-01-25 11:06:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD ECON EWWT ELTN DJ ET SO
06DOHA1788	QATAR RECEPTIVE TO SECURE FREIGHT INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-27 13:12:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KHLS ASEC PTER ECON QA
06DUBAI3374	KHOR FAKKAN PORT - A TRANSHIPPMENT HUB [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-07 17:02:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ETRD ELAB AE IZ IR
06DUBAI4122	EMIRATES SHIPPING LINES INFORMATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-05 14:48:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EIND ETRD AE HK
06DUBAI6881	CUSTOMS OPERATIONS IN THE EMIRATE OF AJMAN [...] Summary. On November 8 the director general of Ajman Port and Customs discussed customs operations in the Emirate of Ajman with PolEconoffs. Ajman customs has 12 officers who enforce UAE federal customs regulations and collect Ajman customs duties. Customs officers are said to inspect nearly 25 [...]	2006-11-21 13:42:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS EWWT ECON AE

06DUBAI6884	IRANIAN DHOW TRADE WITH DUBAI [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-22 10:39:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EWWT PGOV IR AE
06DUBAI6929	DP WORLD SELLS U.S. PORT OPERATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-14 16:01:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECIN EINV ETRD PINS TRSY EWWT AE
06DUBAI6939	DHOW TRADE BETWEEN THE UAE AND SOMALIA [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-19 13:24:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EWWT PGOV PINS AE SO
06DUBLIN469	NO IRISH MOVEMENT ON SUA PROTOCOLS [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-28 10:49:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT EI
06DUBLIN925	POST REQUEST TO DESIGNATE DAVID TIEDGE AS DHS [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-11 13:05:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	CPAS EAIR EWWT PGOV PREL PINS PTER EI
06FREETOWN341	USS CARR VISIT TO FREETOWN -- FRUITFUL EXCHANGES, [...] (C) The USS Carr called on Freetown April 22-24 as part of its ongoing mission to strengthen partnerships in the Gulf of Guinea. The Navy wants to keep tabs on maritime activity connected to trafficking in drugs, trafficking in persons, illegal fisheries, and pollution, Task Force Commodore (N [...]	2006-04-26 18:02:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KPAO EWWT EFIS PINR MOPS EAID SENV
06GEORGETOWN1208	DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN ADVANCE OF IMO MARITIME SAFETY [...] Emboff delivered reftel talking points to Ivor English, Director General, Guyana Maritime Administration, on November 14, 2006. English said MARAD will not be sending a representative to the November 29 International Maritime Organization Maritime Safety Committee meeting. English agreed to rev [...]	2006-11-15 18:56:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ANET AORC PREL ECPS KTIA IMO INMARSAT GY
06GUANGZHOU14848	XIAMEN: CITY WITH A VISION [...] (U) Summary: The city of Xiamen, Fujian Province's vibrant economic driver in the southern part of the province, continues to impress with both its current execution and future vision to be one of China's leading cities. During an early April visit to the city, Xiamen Vice-Mayor Zhan Cangz [...]	2006-05-18 03:17:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EWWT ETRD EINV CH
06GUATEMALA135	Economic update - Guatemala: January 3-23, 2006 [...] GUATEMALA LAGS BEHIND REGION IN ECONOMIC GROWTH 2. OVER $300 MILLION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS 3. TAX EVASION BILL SLOWLY MOVES THROUGH CONGRESS 4. INCREASED ACTIVITY AT GUATEMALAN PORTS 5. PNEUMONIA AND DIARRHEA TOP KILLERS 6. AVIAN FLU PREVENTION PLAN 7. AUTOMOBILE SALES RISE [...]	2006-01-25 18:20:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EWWT TBIO SOCI GT
06GUATEMALA253	Economic update - Guatemala: January 25- February [...] US Company to lose Venezuelan Oil Source 2. Business Climate Indicator Puts Guatemala on Top 3. Financial Crimes Conference to Prevent Money Laundering 4. Airport Renovations Stalled by Political Fighting 5. Investigating Investment Opportunities in Renewable Energy 6. Agriculture Market [...]	2006-02-08 15:33:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EWWT TBIO SOCI GT
06HALIFAX215	MAINE LNG ISSUES - NEW BRUNSWICK COMMITTED TO STOPPING LNG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The new Liberal government in New Brunswick is continuing the fight to stop liquified natural gas (LNG) tankers from transiting through Passamaquoddy Bay, which lies between Maine and New Brunswick. New Consul General (CG) was briefed by a senior member of the New Brunswick civ [...]	2006-11-08 18:48:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EWWT PBTS PGOV PREL PINR CA
06HANOI2415	HINTS OF VIETNAMESE SUPPORT FOR U.S. NOMINEE STEVEN LETT TO [...] (SBU) Supplementing two earlier demarches to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Post and Telematics (Refs B and C),Econ/C delivered talking points and color campaign brochure (Ref A) to VISHIPEL Deputy Director Mr. Phan Ngoc Quang on September 20. VISHIPEL is the state-owned e [...]	2006-09-21 01:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON AORC ECPS EU EWWT IMO INMARSAT KHLS VM
06HELSINKI1119	PSI: LETTER TO PSI PARTICIPANTS ON UNSCR 1718 - [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-02 14:28:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS FI
06HELSINKI1176	FINLAND TO SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON LRIT AT IMO,S [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the International Maritime Organization,s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee meeting (MSC) to Captain Paavo Wihuri, Director of Maritime Safety at the Finnish Maritime Administration. Captain Wihuri will also be leading the eight person Finnish delegatio [...]	2006-11-22 14:37:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT KTIA AORC PREL ECPS IMO INMARSAT EUN FI
06HELSINKI1231	FINNS PREPARE FOR THE WORST: A RUSSIAN OIL SPILL [...] (SBU) Summary: Fearing that Russia will react slowly to an oil spill and utilize controversial environmentally harsh clean up methods, Finland has taken a leadership role in the region by developing new oil spill clean up technology and by providing bilateral aid to Russia. During the past de [...]	2006-12-12 14:57:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EWWT EPET EUN FI
06HELSINKI355	HIGHLIGHTS OF ADMIRAL COLLINS VISIT TO FINLAND, [...] (U) Admiral Thomas Collins, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, visited Finland, March 28 - April 1, 2006. Finnish Chief of the Border Guard, Vice Admiral Jaakko Smolander, was the host of the visit. The Admiral's itinerary included meetings with senior GoF officials, briefings by the Finnis [...]	2006-04-27 11:28:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHSA EWWT SENV IMO FI
06HELSINKI889	NO FINNISH POSITION ON RECAPP - ASIAN ANTI-PIRACY [...] (SBU) Econoff spoke with Tapio Puurunen, Unit for Public International Law at the MFA about Finland's position on the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAPP). Puurunen expressed that it was an interesting initiative and that Finland w [...]	2006-09-05 13:30:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KRCM KTIA PBTS PHSA PREL FI
06HELSINKI960	FINLAND UNCOMMITTED ON IMSO CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) Econoff discussed the candidacy of Mr. Steven Lett as Director of the International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) with Mr. Riku Ahola, Legal Advisor for the Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications and the appointed Finnish voting representative at the IMSO meeting in Lond [...]	2006-09-21 13:35:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECPS EU EWWT IMO INMARSAT KHLS FI
06HOCHIMINHCITY1276	DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL VIETNAM: A VISIT TO QUANG NAM, DANANG [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent visit to the coastal provinces of Central Vietnam, Econoff discussed with area contacts the region's economic development, particularly infrastructure upgrades and its impact on attracting investment. The region has yet to see a significant influx of foreign investme [...]	2006-11-07 11:55:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EWWT PGOV VM
06HONGKONG1467	SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S MEETING WITH SECRETARY FOR [...] (C) On March 31, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff met with Hong Kong Secretary for Security Ambrose Lee to discuss the global war on terror. On April 1, Chertoff visited Hong Kong's ports and met with terminal operators to discuss maritime security. Secret [...]	2006-04-08 02:51:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV ECON EWWT HK CH
06HONGKONG1468	SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S MEETING WITH HONG KONG CHIEF [...] (C) On March 31, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff met with Hong Kong Chief Executive SIPDIS (CE) Donald Tsang. They discussed how to improve port security without impeding the flow of commerce. Tsang assessed both Hong Kong and mainland China's preparedness [...]	2006-04-08 02:52:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV ECON EWWT HK CH
06HONGKONG1470	SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S MEETING WITH CHEUNG KONG [...] (C) On March 31, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff met with Hong Kong business leader SIPDIS and port operator Li Ka Shing at Li,s request to discuss port security. Secretary Chertoff outlined the U.S. desire to find a way to improve maritime security without [...]	2006-04-08 02:52:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV ECON EWWT HK CH
06HONGKONG2373	MEGAPORTS - BILATERAL MEETING ADVANCES [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 28-29, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Assistant Deputy Administrator David Huizenga led an inter-agency delegation (Departments of Energy, Homeland Security, and State) to Hong Kong to discuss next steps in the USG's proposed implementation of the Megaport [...]	2006-06-08 09:04:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG PTER PREL PGOV ECON EWWT HK CH
06HONGKONG2600	HONG KONG PORT'S COMPETITIVENESS AS A SEA-TRADE [...] (U) Summary. In 2005, Hong Kong's port shipped more goods to the U.S. than any other, while Singapore overtook Hong Kong's position as the world's busiest container port. Pearl River Delta (PRD) ports collectively are much more significant than Singapore, but Hong Kong's share of the Pearl R [...]	2006-06-23 07:37:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ETRD ENRG HK
06HONGKONG2650	PORT SECURITY: STRENGTHENING THE FIRST LINE OF [...] (C) We have the opportunity in Hong Kong to establish the world standard the U.S. seeks for port and container security. U.S. views will have decisive impact on Hong Kong,s future direction, and on the region as well. The May 28-29 visit of DOE Assistant Deputy Administrator Huizenga's inter [...]	2006-06-27 09:12:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV ECON EWWT HK CH
06HONGKONG3911	SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: We look forward to your visit next month. Hong Kong works closely with us on the security front. Your visit provides a timely opportunity to push ahead our agenda with Hong Kong in three linked areas: -- Our shared commitment to secure trade, particularly through improving [...]	2006-09-29 10:15:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EWWT HK KN MC OVIP PARM PREL PTER
06HONGKONG4159	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Consulate General Hong Kong looks forward to your visit this week. The fourteen USG agencies with representatives here address and protect key U.S. interests, including expansion of democracy and protection for human rights; enhancement of transportation security, par [...]	2006-10-19 11:14:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EWWT HK KN MC OVIP PARM PREL PTER
06HONGKONG4174	CG CUNNINGHAM DISCUSSES U.S. PORT SECURITY [...] (U) This is an action cable, please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) In an October 18 meeting, Consul General James Cunningham informed Secretary of Commerce, Industry and Technology Joseph Wong that on October 13 President Bush signed into law Port Security Legislation that requires the Departm [...]	2006-10-20 09:48:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT HK PREL
06HONGKONG4285	CITB AGREES TO NOVEMBER 6 MEETING ON ICSN [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Upon receipt of ref a instructions, Post contacted Secretary of Commerce, Industry and Technology Joseph Wong's SIPDIS office to arrange a meeting with the Consul General. Because Secretary Wong's schedule precludes a meet [...]	2006-11-02 00:19:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT HK PREL
06HONGKONG4473	U.S. DELEGATION BRIEFS HKG ON PROPOSED HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: Officials from the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Energy met with Hong Kong Government officials November 6 to explore Hong Kong's participation in the International Container Security Network (ICSN). Dave Huizenga, Deputy Assistant Secretary, International Material Pr [...]	2006-11-16 04:30:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EWWT HK PREL
06HONGKONG4641	HONG KONG TO ATTEND PPAQC DEC. 13 - 15 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-05 09:31:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND EWWT PHSA SENV HK
06HONGKONG4744	HKG COMPLETES INTERNAL REVIEW OF SFI, READY TO [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 4. 2. (C) On December 14, Commerce, Industry, and Technology Bureau (CITB) Permanent Secretary Yvonne Choi provided an update on the HKG's review of possible limited participation in the USG's Secure Freight Initiative (SFI). Appreciating US [...]	2006-12-14 10:29:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EWWT HK
06ISTANBUL223	DANGER IN BOSPHORUS [...] (U) A major catastrophe in Istanbul's narrow Bosphorus Straits was narrowly averted on February 21 when a Liberian- flagged tanker carrying 86,000 tons of kerosene lost steerage way and nearly ran aground at Istanbul's historic Dolmabahce Palace. The out-of-control ship came to a stop some 20 [...]	2006-02-22 13:17:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EWWT TU
06JAKARTA13006	DEMARCHES TO INDONESIA ON DPRK SHIPPING [...] (S/NF) We met November 3 with Fahmi Jamaludin, Desk Officer for Korea at Indonesia's Department of Foreign Affairs, to deliver demarches contained reftels on DPRK shipping issues. We stressed that the actions we were requesting were consistent not only with UNSC Resolution 1718, but also wit [...]	2006-11-03 09:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET//NOFORN	MNUC PARM KNNP EWWT KN XC ID
06JAKARTA13169	AMBASSADOR URGES VIGOROUS ENFORCEMENT OF UNSCR 1718 [...] (C) In a November 9 meeting with Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda, Ambassador stressed the importance of vigorous implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1718, aimed at stopping DPRK trafficking in military materiel and certain luxury goods (reftels). Ambassador pointed out that beca [...]	2006-11-09 10:10:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC PARM KNNP EWWT KN XC ID
06JAKARTA13421	SBY - ABE SUMMIT: PLOWING AHEAD ON TRADE AND ENERGY [...] (C) Summary. Energy and a planned Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) were the centerpieces of President Yudhoyono's November 26 - 29 state visit to Tokyo. President Yudhoyono and Prime Minister Abe announced that the two sides had "reached agreement in principle" on an Indonesia-Japan EPA, [...]	2006-12-06 09:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EWWT ENRG KN JA ID
06JAKARTA3405	ADMIRAL FALLON AND SENATOR FEINGOLD DISCUSS [...] (U) Commander Pacific Command (PACOM) Admiral William J. Fallon and Senator Russell Feingold met on February 25 in Medan with representatives of Indonesian military and police to discuss security in the Straits of Malacca. The Admiral underscored USG interest in maintaining a safe and secure [...]	2006-03-17 00:23:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ASEC EWWT PINR PREL SI MY TH ID
06JAKARTA7666	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ISPS PORT REVIEW AND CIVIL [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador urged Minister of Transportation Hatta Rajasa on June 12 to encourage his Ministry to make its best efforts to improve port security prior to the June 19-29 Coast Guard final review of Indonesian port security under the International Shipping and Port Facility Co [...]	2006-06-18 23:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAIR ECON ETRD EWWT ID PREL PTER
06JAKARTA7667	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ISPS PORT REVIEW AND CIVIL [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador urged Minister of Transportation Hatta Rajasa on June 12 to encourage his Ministry to make its best efforts to improve port security prior to the June 19-29 Coast Guard final review of Indonesian port security under the International Shipping and Port Facility Co [...]	2006-06-18 23:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAIR EWWT PREL PTER ID
06JAKARTA8455	INDONESIA - COAST GUARD REVIEWS PORT SECURITY COMPLIANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. A team of U.S. Coast Guard officials found significant progress toward implementation of port security requirements under the International Shipping and Port Facility Code (ISPS) during a June 19-29 visit to four Indonesian ports. The team concluded that security conditions in t [...]	2006-07-06 07:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ECON EAIR ETRD PREL ID
06KATHMANDU3322	SECURE FREIGHT INITIATIVE POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-29 06:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KHLS ASEC PTER ECON NP
06KHARTOUM2642	U.S. INTERCEPTS SUDANESE FERRY [...] (SBU) The Sudanese Arabic daily "Al Shari Al Syasi" reported on November 3 that U.S. naval forces had boarded a Sudanese ship in the Red Sea. Post has confirmed the interception, which has been reported through other channels. The newspaper has ties to the National Islamic Front (NIF),thoug [...]	2006-11-08 13:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO EWWT MOPS PHSA PTER ASEC
06KHARTOUM2909	Southern Sudan: Update on Nile River Issues [...] Summary: Southern Sudan, having signed an MOU with Egypt in August 2006 on technical cooperation on water issues, remains interested in capacity building and in developing the Nile River as a transport corridor. Although the Jonglei Canal Project remains sensitive politically and ecologicall [...]	2006-12-27 03:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SENV PGOV ECIN EWWT EG SU
06KHARTOUM407	SOUTHERN SUDAN: MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF [...] (U) Summary: On February 15, CG Juba met with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Arthur Akuin Chol. Chol discussed the upcoming GoSS USD 1.5 billion budget, funded mostly through oil revenues, and the priorities for spending, beginning with the deve [...]	2006-02-16 09:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN EPET ECON EAIR EWWT EAID SU
06KINSHASA1313	PORT AUTHORITY RELAUNCHES CONGO RIVER TRAFFIC [...] (U) The GDRC's port authority, ONATRA, has relaunched its own transport operations on the Congo River after a ten-year hiatus. In July, ONATRA began running two 3000-mile round-trips per month between Kinshasa and Kisangani, Orientale province. The upriver trip to Kisangani takes nine days, a [...]	2006-08-21 11:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ECON ETRD PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1770	BREWERY FLOURISHES IN DRC'S DIFFCULT CLIMATE [...] (U) Summary. One of the DRC's oldest businesses, Bralima brewery, demonstrates a possible way forward for Congo's beleaguered manufacturing sector. Bralima produces and distributes Coca-Cola and Heineken brands throughout the DRC. Even in an uncertain economic and political climate, Bralima's [...]	2006-11-20 16:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ELTN EWWT ECON CG
06KINSHASA182	COAST GUARD GIVES DRC PORTS TEMPORARY THUMBS UP [...] (U) The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has suspended its prior determination that the DRC's maritime anti-terrorism measures are inadequate (reftel). The USCG announced in a January 24 Port Security Advisory (PSA) that ships that have visited the DRC during their last five ports of call no longer fac [...]	2006-02-02 15:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ECON PREL PTER PINS CG
06KINSHASA391	DRC'S MAIN MARITIME PORT IN DISORDER [...] (U) Trade via the DRC's main port of Matadi is becoming increasingly difficult, as a lack of resources and commitment has stalled rehabilitation projects. This assessment is based on information from ongoing contacts with port officials, business operators, and government officials. 2. (U [...]	2006-03-08 16:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ECON ETRD EFIN CG
06KINSHASA796	CONGO'S MARITIME PORTS: NEGLECTED TRANSPORT LINK? [...] (SBU) Summary. The DRC is likely to remain off the U.S. Coast Guard's "blacklist," following the second USCG visit to Congolese international maritime ports. Two USCG officers visited three of the DRC's eight listed international maritime ports May 1 and 2 to review security conditions and com [...]	2006-05-21 13:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ECON PREL PTER PINS CG
06KUALALUMPUR1874	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION KUALA LUMPUR MEETING ON [...] Malaysia hosted the second International Maritime Organization (IMO)-sponsored meeting on "The Straits of Malacca and Singapore: Enhancing Safety, Security and Environmental Protection," held September 18-20, 2006, in Kuala Lumpur. Delegations from the three littoral States (Indonesia, Malays [...]	2006-10-06 06:16:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER MARR MASS EWWT IMO MY
06KUALALUMPUR1898	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION KUALA LUMPUR MEETING ON [...] Summary: This cable conveys the full texts of four U.S. statements presented during the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Meeting on the Straits of Malacca and Singapore, September 18-20, 2006, in Kuala Lumpur. Reftel contains a summary report on the conference and the text of the fo [...]	2006-10-12 06:05:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER MARR MASS EWWT IMO MY
06KUALALUMPUR2019	MALAYSIA UPDATE ON DPRK VESSEL BONG HOA SAN [...] (S) Summary: After Post conducted follow up demarches with Malaysia's Foreign Ministry and the Prime Minister's Department, the GOM informed us it had issued an instruction October 30 to board and inspect the Bong Hoa San if the vessel called at Malaysia's Port Klang, as indicated by informa [...]	2006-10-30 09:31:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL MNUC EWWT XC KN MY
06KUWAIT1558	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING SIGNATURE AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-03 08:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC KTIA PHSA EWWT KU
06KUWAIT3750	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMSO CANDIDATE STEVEN LETT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-19 08:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECPS EWWT IMO INMARSAT KHLS KU DEMARCHE
06KUWAIT4414	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DEMARCHES IN ADVANCE OF INT'L [...] (U) PolCouns delivered on November 7 reftel points regarding the International Maritime Organization's upcoming Maritime Safety Commission meeting starting 29 November in Istanbul to MFA Director of International Organization Affairs Ambassador Mansour Al-Awadi. Al-Awadhi undertook to get the [...]	2006-11-08 12:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA EWWT ANET AORC PREL ECPS IMO INMARSAT EU
06KUWAIT4481	PROPOSED KUWAITI INVESTMENT IN KENYA APPEARS RISKY [...] (SBU) In response to ref. A, Post sees no reason to suspect Al-Bader International Development Company (AIDCO) of any involvement in illicit or terrorism-related activities as a part of its proposed development project (known as the ROOLA project) in the vicinity of Lamu, Kenya. Although AI [...]	2006-11-20 06:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EINV KCOR PTER KE KU
06KUWAIT4500	PSI: LETTER TO PSI PARTICIPANTS ON UNSCR 1718 [...] (U) Post received GOK response below to ref A letter from U/S Robert Joseph on November 18 from Khalid Al-Jarrallah, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Following is an unofficial translation of the response as provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The original letter in [...]	2006-11-21 15:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS KU
06KUWAIT4630	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PUBLIC ROLL-OUT OF SECURE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-12 09:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KHLS EWWT ASEC PTER ECON KU DEMARCHE
06KUWAIT483	PRESENTATION OF 2004 AUTOMATED MUTUAL-ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-11 14:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ATRN KU ECON ELTN ETRD EWWT PREL PTER
06KYIV4149	UKRAINE IN AGREEMENT ON UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS ON DPRK CONVENTIONAL ARMS [...] (C) On October 31, PolCouns delivered the points in reftel A and a copy of the letter in reftel B to Vasyl Pokotylo, Head of Division, MFA Arms Control Department. (Note: As requested, we also forwarded a copy of the letter ref B through official channels addressed to Deputy Foreign Minister [...]	2006-10-31 16:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS UP PARM
06LIBREVILLE513	GULF OF GUINEA COMMISSION TO MEET AUGUST 25 [...] (U) Foreign Ministers from Gulf of Guinea Commission states met in Libreville August 3 as a first step toward head of state summit in Libreville August 25 that will establish the commission. The summit will follow expert meetings on August 22 and 23 and a further Foreign Ministers meeting on [...]	2006-08-07 10:49:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EWWT GB
06LILONGWE914	The Shire-Zambezi Waterway: God's Highway or Bingu's [...] (U) Summary: President Bingu wa Mutharika is strongly pushing the idea of re-opening the Shire and Zambezi rivers to commercial navigation, to help address Malawi's serious problem of limited and expensive transportation links to global markets. A recent EU-funded pre-feasibility study offers [...]	2006-10-19 09:45:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EWWT ELTN KMCA PGOV MI
06LIMA4466	IMO MARITIME SAFETY MEETING DEMARCHE (PERU) [...] DepEconCouns delivered Reftel demarche on November 7 to Doris Sotamayor, Director for Maritime Matters at the Ministry of Foreign Relations, as well as to Vice Minister for Fisheries Alfonso Miranda. Sotamayor asked for some time to consider Reftel request, and asked for a meeting with DepEco [...]	2006-11-22 23:09:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA EWWT ANET AORC PREL ECPS PE
06LISBON1677	PORTUGAL: COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DHS/CSI [...] Embassy Lisbon warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Special Agent Orlando Baez, traveling to Lisbon, Portugal from August 22 - November 24, 2006. Special Agent Baez will be assigned to the Container [...]	2006-08-10 16:01:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT OTRA PO
06LISBON1776	PORTUGAL INFORMED OF 2005 PORT STATE CONTROL [...] Per reftel, POL/ECON Officer met with Eduardo da Silva Martins, President of the Portuguese Port and Maritime Transport Institute to notify him of the Coast Guard,s 2005 Port State Control (PSC) report to be released later this year. Martins was advised that Portugal was identified as having [...]	2006-08-21 16:06:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	ATRN ECON ELTN ETRD EWWT PREL PTER AFSI PO
06LISBON1922	PORTUGUESE ACCESSION TO RECAAP UNLIKELY UNLESS [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-08 17:06:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KCRM KTIA MY PBTS PHSA PREL PO
06LISBON2585	PORTUGAL: COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CBP CLARK, [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-15 14:19:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT OTRA PO
06LISBON2721	PORTUGAL ENDORSES IMSO TAKING ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-04 07:47:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA EWWT ANET AORC PREL ECPS IMO INMARSAT EU
06LJUBLJANA791	SLOVENES HAVE SELECT INTERESTS IN INT'L MARITIME [...] On November 6 Econoff learned that the Government of Slovenia (GOS) would not be attending the Maritime Safety Committee meeting. When Econoff delivered reftel points on November 28 to Jadran Luin, Director General at the Ministry of Transport (MOT) in charge of Maritime affairs, Luin explaine [...]	2006-12-08 05:10:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	ANET AORC ECPS EUN EWWT KTIA PREL IMO
06LONDON5267	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The 14th session of the Flag State Implementation Subcommittee (FSI 14 S/C) met at IMO Headquarters, London, UK. Mrs. Tatjana Krilic of Croatia chaired the meeting. The meeting was attended by seventy members, two associate members, one United Nations specialized agency, two intergover [...]	2006-07-18 14:57:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA SENV KTIA UK
06LONDON5476	CONDEMNATION OF DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHES AT IMO [...] Summary. USDel delivered the statement contained in Ref A at the July 19 meeting of the IMO NAV 52 conference. USDel's statement followed the Japanese intervention which condemned the DPRK missile launches and was joined by statements of concern from the Russian Federation, HMG, France, Italy [...]	2006-07-26 13:10:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PHSA PARM MOPS MCAP KN KS JA UK IMO
06LONDON5547	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO, or "the Organization") held meetings in London from June 13 through June 23, 2006, consisting of the Technical Co-operation Committee's fifty-sixth session (TCC56) and the Council's ninety-sixth session (C96). Significant agenda items dur [...]	2006-07-28 15:46:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA EWWT ECPS MOPS AORC IMO KTIA US UK KE XA
06LONDON7225	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The eleventh session of the International Maritime Organization's Subcommittee (S/C) on Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers (DSC) met in London from 11 - 15 September 2006, under the chairmanship of Mrs. Olga Pestel-Lefevre (France). The session was attended by delegations [...]	2006-10-10 14:39:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	IMO AORC EWWT UK
06LONDON7695	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The 55th Session of IMO's MEPC convened 9-13 October 2006 under the chairmanship of Mr. A. Chrysostomou (Cyprus). The meeting was attended by 86 members, one associate member, one country not a member of IMO (Cook Islands),six United Nations agencies, eight intergovernmental organi [...]	2006-10-31 16:45:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	IMO AORC UK EWWT PHSA SENV KTIA ASEC
06LONDON7916	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO) REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) Legal Committee held its 92nd session in Paris, France at UNESCO, October 16-20 (LEG 92),under the chairmanship of Professor Lee-Sik Chai (Republic Of Korea). The Legal Committee discussed, among other issues, the Draft Wreck Removal Co [...]	2006-11-13 11:50:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	IMO EWWT AORC ASEC UK PTER
06LONDON8438	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): [...] SUMMARY: The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) held its 82nd session at the Polat Renaissance Istanbul Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey from 29 Nov ? 8 Dec 2006. The meeting was chaired by MSC vice chairman Mr. N. Ferrar (Philippines) as the Acting Ch [...]	2006-12-21 08:52:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO UK EWWT PHSA SENV KTIA ASEC ORTA
06MADRID2162	SPAIN ON IMSO DIRECTOR ELECTION [...] This is an action request for IO/T and EB/CIP/TS - see para 4. 2. ESTHOFF passed reftel diplomatic note and candidacy materials August 30 to MFA Director of Air, Maritime and Land Cooperation Juan Luis Munoz de Laborde, urging Spain to support the U.S. candidate for the Directorship of th [...]	2006-08-30 14:22:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECPS EWWT KHLS INMARSAT IMO EU SP
06MADRID2340	SPAIN ON INTERNATIONAL MOBILE SATELLITE [...] (U) This is an action request -- see paragraph 4 2. (SBU) Ref B reported that Spain, in response to Ref C request, would likely agree to support the candidacy of Steven Lett to head the IMSO in the event that the Spanish candidate for the same position was eliminated prior to Lett. Ref [...]	2006-09-18 14:53:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECPS EWWT KHLS INMARSAT IMO EU SP
06MADRID2927	SPAIN STILL DISAGREES WITH IMO MSC PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-21 12:53:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT IMO EUN SP
06MADRID3037	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] EWWT: Prestige wreck leaking fuel 2. ECON: Spain's economic situation 3. EUR/ERA Deputy Director for Econ visit to Madrid 4. EAGR: Spanish coexistence decree update 5. EAGR: Water levels/drought conditions in Spain Prestige May Be Leaking Fuel Again: Â [...]	2006-12-13 16:08:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR EAGR TBIO SP EINV EWWT
06MADRID3093	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] ECON: Spanish economic growth 2. EAGR: Ethanol production 3. EAID: Spain sends aid to Phillippines 4. ECON: Spain to stop subsidizing energy prices 5. EAIR: New direct flight to Gibraltar 6. EAID: 700 million USD to UNDP 7. KIPR: Anti-pirating campaign Spanish Economic Growth in 2006 [...]	2006-12-27 14:37:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID EAGR TBIO SP EINV EWWT PREL
06MANAGUA1938	NICARAGUA: USTDA SIGNS GRANTS WITH NATIONAL PORTS [...] (U) Summary: USTDA Director for Policy and Programs Geoff Jackson signed two grants for feasibility studies with Nicaraguan entities in Managua on August 29. The first was with the National Ports Company to fund a $430,000 feasibility study on expanding cargo handling facilities and improving [...]	2006-09-01 22:20:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAIR ECON EFTA EIND ETRD EWWT NU
06MANAGUA2584	NICARAGUA: INTEROCEANIC CANAL PROPOSALS MIRED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In early October, President Bolanos unveiled the "Grand Interoceanic Canal for Nicaragua (GNIC)" project, a proposed $18 billion, 172-mile long, trans-isthmus "wet canal." The GNIC will compete with three more modest "dry canal" proposals also under consideration. The most adva [...]	2006-11-27 21:32:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EIND ELTN EWWT NU
06MANAMA1659	BAHRAIN: IMSO CANDIDATE STEVEN LETT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-14 14:42:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECPS EU EWWT IMO INMARSAT KHLS BA
06MANAMA1868	BAHRAIN: DEMARCHES ON UNSCR 1718 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-02 09:21:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PARM KNNP PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR BA ROW CTR
06MANAMA1927	BAHRAIN: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION'S [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-14 13:44:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EWWT ECPS KTIA BA ROW
06MANAMA923	AMBASSADOR AND CUSTOMS HEAD OPEN MEPI IPR [...] (U) The Ambassador joined President of Customs, Ports and Free Zones Shaikh Daij Bin Salman Al-Khalifa May 21 to open a MEPI-funded USPTO Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Border Enforcement Workshop. The two met on May 22 to discuss bilateral cooperation to enhance Bahrain's port security. [...]	2006-05-28 12:48:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ECON ASEC KMPI BA REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANILA1178	ASEAN: LOOKING AHEAD AS THE PHILIPPINES PREPARES [...] (SBU) Summary. The Philippines will assume the rotating Chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in July 2006. The GRP plans to use its chairmanship to focus ASEAN on maritime security and counterterrorism issues, as well as regional anti-trafficking efforts, alter [...]	2006-03-15 09:50:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EWWT RP BM
06MANILA1888	PHILIPPINES: URGING SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION OF [...] (SBU) According to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Office of UN and International Organizations (UNIO) Director Gary Domingo, the DFA is still awaiting inputs from other Philippine government agencies -- notably, the Departments of Justice and of Transportation and Communications -- on the [...]	2006-05-02 09:26:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT RP
06MANILA2523	GRP MULLS AN IMO-BASED MULTILATERAL MARITIME [...] (SBU) On May 22, EAP Security Affairs Officer William Comley met separately with GRP officials and Australian and Japanese emboffs to brief them on recent discussions with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary General and continue previous discussions on building a mechanism [...]	2006-06-16 05:50:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ETRD PBTS PREL PTER PHSA KTIA RP
06MANILA3464	CHARGE VISITS SUBIC DURING US-PHILIPPINES [...] Following up on the Ambassador's visit to Subic June 15-16 (reftel),Charge d'Affaires visited the Subic Bay region August 15-16 to meet local officials, observe Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2006, and participate in a CARAT community relations event. CARAT is a joint U.S [...]	2006-08-18 03:53:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS MCAP EWWT ECON RP
06MANILA3478	LARGEST OIL SPILL IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY-REQUEST FOR [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 6. -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. The tanker "Solar I" sank in Guimaras Strait in the Philippines August 11 and discharged 200,000 liters of its 2.1 million liters of oil. The spill is moving on-shore and threatening fisheries, marine reserves, [...]	2006-08-18 08:52:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EWWT TPHY EAID SOCI RP
06MANILA3549	USG TEAM ARRIVES TO ASSESS PHILIPPINE OIL SPILL [...] A USG oil spill response team arrived in the Philippines on August 23 to help the government assess the damage from the oil spilled by tanker "Solar I" in the Guimaras Strait and to plan remediation efforts. The team met with the Embassy's ad hoc oil spill working group, the Department of Fore [...]	2006-08-24 11:29:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EWWT TPHY EAID SOCI RP
06MANILA3685	USG TEAM DELIVERS OIL SPILL ASSESSMENT TO PHILIPPINE [...] A USG oil spill response team has been assessing damage caused by the oil spilled by tanker "Solar I" in the Guimaras Strait since August 24 and delivered its findings to the Philippine government on September 1. The team has been invited by the Philippine Coast Guard to remain and continue r [...]	2006-09-05 07:04:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EWWT TPHY EAID SOCI RP
06MANILA4528	PSI LETTER ON UNSCR 1718 [...] (SBU) Poloff on October 30 delivered reftel letter from U/S Joseph for Proliferation Security Initiative participants on UNSCR 1718 to Department of Foreign Affairs Director for International Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Jesus Domingo. Domingo promised to convene an interagency mee [...]	2006-10-30 09:40:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EWWT KNNP PARM PBTS PHSA EAIR RP
06MANILA4941	FOLLOWING UP ON THE SOLAR I OIL SPILL [...] (U) Although long-term damage to ecosystems from the Guimaras oil spill appears limited, there has been a substantial impact on the already tenuous livelihoods of fishermen who worked the contaminated areas. Some international assistance has been lined up to help develop alternative livelihoo [...]	2006-12-11 03:26:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EWWT TPHY EAID SOCI RP
06MAPUTO1147	MOZAMBIQUE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR LETT'S ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-11 14:26:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECPS EU EWWT IMO INMARSAT KHLS MZ
06MINSK972	MOBILE SATELLITE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points to the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in the form of a non-paper on September 1. The talking points were received without comment. MOORE [...]	2006-09-07 08:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECPS EU EWWT IMO INMARSAT KHLS BO
06MONTEVIDEO529	PULP MILL DISPUTE GOES TO COURT [...] (SBU) Summary: Uruguay's dispute with Argentina over the construction of two pulp mills on a shared river (reftels) has reached the International Court of Justice (ICJ). On June 8, both sides, backed by expensive international law firms, presented their opening arguments to the ICJ's 15 magistr [...]	2006-06-09 18:02:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI KLIG EINV EWWT AORC SENV AR UY
06MONTEVIDEO977	ONCE AGAIN, THE PULP MILLS PLAGUE URUGUAY [...] (SBU) Summary. The long-running dispute between Argentina and Uruguay over the construction of pulp mills on a shared river shows no signs of letting up. For the second time this tourist season, Argentine environmental protesters will block international bridges linking the two countries. Wor [...]	2006-10-13 16:58:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI KLIG EINV EWWT AORC SENV AR UY

06MUSCAT1015	OMAN FM UPDATE ON IRAN, GULF SECURITY [...] (C) In a June 20 meeting, FM Yusuf bin Alawi again voiced optimism that Iran would respond positively to the West's latest offer, but noted that several Arab states were angry that details on security assurances to Iran were not discussed with them first. He sees a 1987 Security Council resol [...]	2006-06-26 07:03:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ELNT EWWT EPET XF IR MU
06MUSCAT1510	SALALAH PINS ECONOMIC HOPES ON PORT, FREE ZONE, [...] (U) The city of Salalah is banking on the growth of its port, free zone, and tourism industries in ongoing efforts to develop its economy. Government and private sector officials express confidence that proposed investments in these sectors will reshape Salalah by 2010 and position the region [...]	2006-10-22 10:53:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND EWWT PREL MU
06MUSCAT1511	IMPENDING REGULATIONS MAY TRIGGER INCREASE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Workers at one of Oman's publicly-owned power plants went on strike before arriving at a settlement on wages and job security. Contacts suggest that the publication of implementing regulations for recent labor law reforms may herald more strikes in the coming year. While conta [...]	2006-10-22 10:55:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EWWT PGOV ETRD ECON MU
06MUSCAT1658	OMAN COMMITS TO INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER SCANNING [...] (SBU) On December 3, Brigadier General Mahmood al-Kiyumi, Director General of Customs, Royal Oman Police (ROP),gave oral approval for Oman's public participation in the International Container Scanning Network (ICSN). Contacts at the ROP assured Post that the General's statement is sufficien [...]	2006-12-04 13:29:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL EWWT ASEC KHLS ECON MU
06MUSCAT602	URGING SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION OF THE 2005 SUA [...] (SBU) During the course of an April 16 meeting with MFA International Organizations Department Chief Ambassador Talib Miran al-Raisi on other matters (septel),Ambassador encouraged Oman's signing and ratifying the 2005 Protocols to the United Nations Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful [...]	2006-04-16 11:12:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PHSA PTER PARM PREL MNUC KTIA MU
06MUSCAT905	PORT, BORDER SECURITY A TOP OMANI PRIORITY [...] (SBU) In the wake of recent security incidents on ships that have visited the Port of Salalah, an Omani transportation official says there will soon be significant improvements in port and border security. Oman also continues to mull the creation of a new Homeland Security-type ministry. The [...]	2006-06-06 13:41:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KSTC ASEC PREL KHLS EWWT MU
06MUSCAT916	OMANIS GRUMBLE OVER ALLEGED USG REMARK ON STRAIT [...] (SBU) In recent days, popular Omani on-line message board al-Sablah has featured animated and overwhelmingly negative reactions to a USG official's alleged remark about the Strait of Hormuz on the al-Jazeera television network. Allegedly responding to statements from Iran that it could close o [...]	2006-06-07 13:18:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL KBCT EWWT OPRC IR MU
06NAIROBI2059	NEW SEARCH AND RESCUE CENTER MAY BOLSTER [...] Summary: The recent launch of a new regional search and rescue center in Mombasa could potentially serve as crucial resource in furthering maritime security in the region. However, the limited capacity of maritime forces may undermine the center's effectiveness. Incidents of piracy in the r [...]	2006-05-11 13:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PHSA PTER PREL IMO KE
06NAIROBI315	PATRONAGE IN MOMBASA: THE KENYA PORTS AUTHORITY [...] (C) Summary: Based on demands from local politicians for an appointee from Coast Province, Kenyan Transport Minister Chirau Ali Mwakwere appointed Abdalla Mwaruwa to the critical position of Managing Director (MD) of the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA). The Minister ignored the KPA Board,s recom [...]	2006-01-24 09:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EWWT KCOR ETRD PGOV KE
06NAIROBI401	COAST PROVINCE PROVINCIAL COMMISSIONER ADVOCATES [...] (C) Summary: Kenya's coastline and ports present critical vulnerabilities to terrorist infiltration and attack, as well as smuggling of goods and persons. December 13-16, an Antiterrorism Assistance (ATA) Assessment Team and Embassy officials met senior provincial-level representatives from [...]	2006-01-30 04:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV EWWT ASEC KE
06NAIROBI4741	Proposed Kuwaiti Investment in Kenya Looks Fishy [...] (SBU) Summary: Kuwait's Al Bader International Development Company allegedly asked the Kenyan Government for exclusive rights to develop a port, airport, resort, and oil complex near Lamu on Kenya's north coast, but the project appears impractical. Post is concerned the proposal may instead be [...]	2006-11-05 12:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EINV KCOR PTER KE KU
06NEWDELHI2706	INDO-PAK ON THE RIGHT TRACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Seen from Delhi, Indo-Pak engagement seems to keep going strong, with the PM planning what he hopes will be a May or July trip to Pakistan that will be heavy on substantive achievement. In addition, India has made an important water concession to Pakistan and highly placed sourc [...]	2006-04-21 13:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KDEM PHUM PTER ECON EWWT IN PK
06NEWDELHI316	INDIA PLANS TO ATTEND MARITIME SECURITY USER STATE [...] (U) In response to our January 17 demarche, MEA Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security) Hamid Ali SIPDIS Rao told us that the GOI had "every intention and inclination" to attend the February 15-17 user coordination meeting in California. In light of the upcoming Parliamen [...]	2006-01-17 14:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PBTS PREL PTER AS JP MY NE SG UK GE
06NEWDELHI319	INDIA PLANS TO ATTEND MARITIME SECURITY USER STATE [...] (U) In response to our January 17 demarche, MEA Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security) Hamid Ali SIPDIS Rao told us that the GOI had "every intention and inclination" to attend the February 15-17 user coordination meeting in California. In light of the upcoming Parliamen [...]	2006-01-18 01:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PBTS PREL PTER AS JP MY NE SG UK GE
06NEWDELHI3334	MEA POSITIVE ON PAK, AFGHANISTAN, TURKMENISTAN, [...] (C) Summary: A senior MEA official told us Indo-Pak people-to-people links continue to proliferate, with a recent Pakistan Peoples' Party delegation visiting India and the prospect of a PM Singh visit to Pakistan this summer. The Composite Dialogue continues, with some hope for a tangible d [...]	2006-05-15 09:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MOPS EPET EAID PBTS PINR ENRG EWWT
06NICOSIA1545	CYPRUS: TORRES STRAIT - REQUEST TO DEMARCHE AUSTRALIAN [...] Per reftel request, Post delivered on September 7 demarche on the Australian government's decision to impose compulsory pilotage for the Torres Strait to Sotos Zackheos, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We have also sent a copy to Makis Constantinides, Permanent Secretary, at [...]	2006-09-12 12:39:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PBTS PHSA CY AS
06NICOSIA1549	CYPRIOTS REVEAL NEXT STEPS ON M/V GREGORIO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Cypriot investigations into the activities, crew, and cargo of the M/V Gregorio I (Reftels) are nearly complete. Foreign Ministry officials informed the Embassy September 12 that the 21 vehicles in the vessel's holds comprised an air defense system; their search had uncovered n [...]	2006-09-13 04:00:00	Embassy Nicosia	SECRET	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC EWWT PHSA CY GR
06NICOSIA1707	CYPRUS: TORRES STRAIT - REQUEST TO DEMARCHE AUSTRALIAN [...] Further to Ref A, the GOC has confirmed that it supports U.S. views on the Torres Strait issue (Ref B). On October 2, Nicolas Kyriacou, of MFA's Community and International Law Department, informed us that Cyprus had submitted a Note Verbale to the Australian High Commission in Nicosia, prote [...]	2006-10-03 13:55:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PBTS PHSA CY AS
06NICOSIA795	TRANSIT CONTAINER TRAFFIC THROUGH CYPRUS SET TO [...] (U) Summary. On May 18 2006, Cyprus signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC),the world's second largest private shipping fleet. The MOU obligates the GoC to make significant infrastructure improvements at Limassol port. In exchange MSC commit [...]	2006-05-30 14:10:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ECON ETTC PTER MNUC PARM PREL CY
06OSAKAKOBE351	LIANCOURT SURVEY: ANOTHER FLASHPOINT IN THE JAPAN SEA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Observers in western Japan are making an unfortunate public linkage between the ROKG maritime survey in the disputed EEZ of the Liancourt Rocks and the DPRK's missile launches of July 5, local time. Whether or not the DPRK deliberately timed the launches to coincide with the ROK [...]	2006-07-07 06:38:00	Consulate Osaka Kobe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PHSA PREL KS JA PBTS
06OSLO1385	PSI LETTER DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-08 11:33:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS NO KNNP
06OSLO499	POINTS DELIVERED: GUIDELINES FOR TREATMENT OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-21 13:10:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT IMO KTIA AORC ELAB NO
06OTTAWA1904	Northwest Passage Conference in Ottawa Offers Bold [...] Sensitive But Unclassified, not for distribution outside USG channels. 2. (SBU) Summary: Panelists at an Ottawa conference on Canada's arctic waters called for Canada and the U.S. to open talks on the Arctic route because the increasing melt rate of Arctic sea ice could allow significant su [...]	2006-06-19 21:46:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PREL PBTS MARR CA
06OTTAWA1925	CANADA: PM HARPER ANNOUNCES MORE DETAILS ON TRANSPORTATION SECURITY FUNDING [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-21 21:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ELTN EWWT ETRD ASEC EINV CA
06OTTAWA2615	CANADA'S VIEWS ON AMERICAN IMSO DG CANDIDATE STEVEN LETT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-01 16:02:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECPS EU EWWT IMO INMARSAT KHLS CA
06PANAMA1092	GOP TURNS TO CHAVEZ TO BOOST CANAL REFERENDUM [...] (SBU) The GOP has invited Venezuelan President Chavez to attend the June 22 Congreso Anfictionico in Panama in an attempt to sway leftist voters, trade unions, and students before the upcoming Canal expansion referendum, Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro told the Ambassador in a June 1 mee [...]	2006-06-07 00:04:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EWWT PM
06PANAMA1166	GOP SHARES U.S. CONCERN ON TORRES STRAIT [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 18:52:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PBTS PHSA SENV PREL PM
06PANAMA1411	GOP SETS CANAL EXPANSION VOTE FOR OCT. 22 [...] (U) President Torrijos announced Saturday, July 15 that the referendum on the $5.25 billion expansion of the Panama Canal would be held October 22, 2006. The National Assembly approved the expansion legislation on Friday July 14th in a unanimous 72-0 vote. Three amendments were made to the o [...]	2006-07-18 17:37:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ECON ETRD PM
06PANAMA1649	CANAL EXPANSION REFERENDUM: INDECISION GROWS, [...] (C) The undecided vote for the October 22 Panama Canal expansion referendum has grown about five points to 28.5 percent in the last two months at the expense of both the &yes8 and the &no8 votes, according to a recent Dichter and Neira poll. Embassy interlocutors cite lack of confidence in the gov [...]	2006-08-24 15:01:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EWWT ETRD PREL PM
06PANAMA1650	AMBASSADOR LUNCH WITH CFZ GENERAL MANAGER NILDA [...] (SBU) Colon Free Zone (CFZ) General Manager Nilda Quijano told Ambassador on 14 August 2006, that she is disappointed over the lack of GOP action to gain support for the Canal Referendum. A self-described "leftist radical," Quijano enjoys good support from Panama's business community and has been [...]	2006-08-24 15:12:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EWWT PM
06PANAMA1719	PANAMA TO CONSIDER TORRES STRAIT DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-06 17:06:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AS BF BR CH CY EWWT GR JA LI NO PBTS
06PANAMA2372	PANAMA'S RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1718 [...] (U) Post delivered reftel letter to MFA Director for Foreign Policy Javier Bonagas November 1. Below is an unofficial translation of the text of the MFA's reply, diplomatic note DGPE-DG-348-2006 dated November 21, 2006. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT. (Complimentary opening.) As a member of the Uni [...]	2006-12-13 16:04:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS PM
06PANAMA2374	PANAMA CANAL EXPANSION NEXT STEPS PART I: CONTRACT [...] (U) SUMMARY. On December 5 and 12, 2006, the US Department of Commerce Foreign Commercial Service in Panama (FCS) hosted a Webinar (internet conference) with Panama Canal Authority (ACP) officials to discuss the contract bidding process for the $5.25 billion Panama Canal expansion project (Pr [...]	2006-12-13 20:45:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EWWT FCSC PM
06PANAMA2375	PANAMA CANAL EXPANSION NEXT STEPS PART II: [...] (U) SUMMARY. At a December 6, 2006 meeting with Panama Canal Authority (ACP) Chief Financial Officer Jose Barrios Ing told EmbOffs that he believes the ACP will need to raise $2.5 billion in debt financing, not $2.3 billion as the ACP originally estimated. Barrios also prefers to have the deb [...]	2006-12-13 20:50:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EWWT FCSC PM
06PANAMA533	GOP STRUGGLES TO RESOLVE FTA STUMBLING BLOCKS [...] (C) Summary: Panama's trade minister remains convinced the GOP is within reach of an FTA with the U.S. However, First Vice President/Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro (SLN) fears the deal may be "dead" and hinted that the GOP might turn its near-term focus to the proposed expansion of the Pan [...]	2006-03-24 17:50:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON EWWT PGOV PM
06PANAMA884	GOP HAS NO RECORD OF DPRK FLAG OF CONVENIENCE SHIPS [...] (S) Fernando Solorzano, Director of the Panamanian Maritime Authority's (AMP) Merchant Marine Office, advised Econ Chief on May 8 that, based on reftel information, the AMP has no record of any North Korean flagged ships associated with Panama. He said that, as Panama does not maintain a mer [...]	2006-05-09 20:11:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC EWWT PHSA PM KN
06PARAMARIBO755	ADVANCE OF INT'L MARITIME ORGANIZATION'S MARITIME [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-29 13:40:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA EWWT ANET AORC PREL ECPS IMO INMARSAT EU
06PARIS2217	FRANCE: CURTAILING USE OF NORTH KOREAN FLAG OF [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel points April 4 to MFA Office Director for Energy, Transportation and Infrastructure Nicole Taillefer, and MFA Office Director for East Asian Affairs Jean-Noel Poirier. Poirier asked how recent a development North Korean marketing of its flag was, and how many ships [...]	2006-04-05 09:57:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC EWWT KN FR
06PARIS318	FRANCE: R/V ROGER REVELLE RESEARCH CLEARANCE [...] (U) This message confirms earlier e-mail correspondence. Embassy received research clearance for the subject vessel (Reftel A) from the MFA under cover of diplomatic note number 48/AME dated 12 January 2006. The note states that the French authorities have no objection to the research camp [...]	2006-01-18 08:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KRVC EWWT FR
06PARIS5827	FRANCE: ACCEDING TO THE REGIONAL COOPERATION [...] Econoff discussed reftel with MFA Legal Affairs Law of the Sea officer Frederic Lepez August 29, following earlier inquiry with MOT Maritime Affairs International Affairs Office Director Daniel Silvestre. Neither was aware of any GOF position on accession to ReCAAP, but said they would make f [...]	2006-08-30 13:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KTIA EWWT PBTS PHSA PREL FR
06PARIS6721	FRANCE: R/V CORWITH CRAMER RESEARCH CLEARANCE REQUEST: [...] (U) Embassy received research clearance for the subject vessel (Reftel A) from the MFA under cover of diplomatic note number 1202/AME dated 11 October 2006. The note states that the French authorities have no objection to the research campaign of the Corwith Cramer in the French waters of th [...]	2006-10-12 10:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KRVC EWWT FR
06PARIS7151	FRANCE SUPPORTS STRONG ENFORCEMENT OF UNSCR 1718 [...] (C) Poloff delivered Under Secretary's letter (reftel) October 30 to Benoit Guidee, IO office director-equivalent at the MFA. Guidee reiterated France's "total solidarity" with the U.S. and agreed that the U.N. Security Council must maintain a firm stance on the North Korean nuclear tests. The [...]	2006-10-31 17:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS FR KN
06PARIS7482	FRANCE: DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche November 16 to Eric Berder, Ministry of Transportation Deputy Director for Maritime Safety. Berder noted that the EU had developed a common position on the issue, to which France adhered. They viewed the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and th [...]	2006-11-21 14:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA EWWT ANET AORC PREL ECPS FR
06PARIS7490	FRANCE: DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche November 16 to Eric Berder, Ministry of Transportation Deputy Director for Maritime Safety. Berder noted that the EU had developed a common position on the issue, to which France adhered. They viewed the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and th [...]	2006-11-21 15:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA EWWT ANET AORC PREL ECPS FR
06PHNOMPENH1924	CAMBODIA WATER AND SANITATION ASSESSMENT [...] Summary: Over the last decade, the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) has become a commercially viable public enterprise regarded as a model across Southeast Asia. Unfortunately, access to improved water supply in rural areas is severely limited and, throughout Cambodia, sanitation is [...]	2006-10-23 10:10:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ESTH SENV EWWT CB
06PORTOFSPAIN848	GAO VISITS TRINIDAD TO STUDY MARITIME ENERGY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Officials from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO),Homeland Security and Justice Team, visited Trinidad June 19-23 to observe the security of energy transport infrastructure into the United States. Through meetings with ministry officials, including the T&T Coast G [...]	2006-07-17 14:21:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AGAO EPET EWWT PINS TD
06PRAGUE1158	CZECHS NOT LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] Econoff met September 6 with Ministry of Informatics Head of European Integration and International Relations Unit Marketa Morska about reftel request for support of Mr. Steven Lett as Director of International Mobile Satellite Organization. Morska explained her ministry will not make the fina [...]	2006-09-18 15:23:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECPS EUN EWWT IMO INMARSAT KHLS EZ
06PRAGUE1432	CZECH REPUBLIC: UNLIKELY ATTENDANCE AT [...] In response to reftel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Multilateral Economic Relations Deputy Director Jaroslav Stepanek said the Czechs do not normally send a representative to the committee meetings of the International Maritime Organization (IMO),and Stepanek himself only attends [...]	2006-11-21 15:18:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA EWWT ANET AORC PREL ECPS IMO INMARSAT EZ
06PRAGUE1474	CZECH'S RESPOND TO PSI LETTER ON UNSCR 1718 [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified, please protect accordingly. This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Czech MFA Political Director has written to Under Secretary Joseph to recommend two PSI improvements. Post requests a formal response to the Czech propos [...]	2006-12-06 07:01:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL EWWT EZ
06PRETORIA4010	SOUTH AFRICA: TORRES STRAIGHT DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Per reftel talking points were delivered to Mr. Andrew Maswanganye, Director Safety, Security and Bilateral Affairs - South Africa Department of Transport and to Ms. Nokwazi Mtshali, Americas Desk - South Africa Department of Foreign Affairs on 21 August. No response was received by hos [...]	2006-09-27 11:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PBTS PHSA SF
06PRETORIA4658	INT'L MARITIME ORGANIZATION'S MARITIME SAFETY COMM [...] (SBU) Per Reftel, on November 8 talking points were delivered to Department of Transportation's Director, Safety, Security and Bilateral Affairs Mr. Andrew Maswanganye, Department of Foreign Affairs' Ms. Nokwazi Mtshali, and South African maritime Safety Authority's General Manager of Operatio [...]	2006-11-09 15:13:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA EWWT ANET AORC PREL ECPS
06QUITO3062	ENERGY INTEGRATION, AERIAL SPRAYING AND DEBT ON [...] (C) Summary. President-elect Rafael Correa has crisscrossed South America in recent weeks to establish contact with his counterparts in the region, pursuing Ecuadorian interest in oil refining and infrastructure projects under the guise of regional cooperation and integration. Basking in a [...]	2006-12-19 22:58:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EPET EFIN EWWT EAIR EC CO
06RABAT1000	MOROCCO: URGING SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION OF THE [...] (SBU) On April 27, poloff discussed ref (a) request for countries to sign and ratify the 2005 SUA protocols with MFA Director of International Organizations and UN Affairs Nasser Bourita. Polcouns followed up with Bourita on May 24. Bourita told Polcouns that the GOM was supportive of the US [...]	2006-05-24 15:43:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT MO
06RABAT2248	MOROCCAN PRO REFORM STIRS OPPOSITION [...] (U) Summary: A new Moroccan port reform law went into effect December 5, amidst strong opposition from stevedores (longshoremen). The new law, designed to increase port efficiency and competitiveness, divides the present Ports Authority (ODEP) into two entities: a National Ports Agency (ANP),[...]	2006-12-13 10:05:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EWWT MO
06RABAT276	MINISTER SURVEYS MOROCCO TRANSPORT REFORMS [...] (U) Summary: Minister of Transportation and Public Works Karim Ghellab gave Ambassador a tour d'horizon of the reforms Morocco is making to its transportation sector, liberalizing its ports (septel),signing an Open Skies agreement with the European Union, and constructing a mammoth new transs [...]	2006-02-17 09:52:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ESTN EAIR EWWT ECON MO
06RABAT527	MOROCCO PORT REFORM: EYE ON THE FTA [...] Summary: Morocco is making wide-ranging reforms to its port sector, a key piece of an economy which handles 98 percent of the country's of foreign trade. A law passed in December 2005 opens the sector to private operators, breaking the state's monopoly over commercial cargo services and cre [...]	2006-03-24 16:43:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EWWT ETRD MO
06RABAT742	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] An EU-Morocco fisheries agreement signed in July 2005 has been delayed due to opposition from some EU governments about whether the deal should include fishing grounds off the disputed Western Sahara. Last year, after six years of talks, the GOM signed a $160 million, four-year deal that wou [...]	2006-04-21 15:05:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIS EWWT KFLU KHIV MO WS
06RIGA775	LATVIA TO SUPPORT US CANDIDATE FOR IMSO DIRECTOR [...] Pol/Econ Off spoke with Aigars Krastins, Head of the Maritime Department in the Latvian Ministry of Transportation, on September 22 regarding our candidate for Director of the International Mobile Satellite Organization, Steven Lett. Krastins stated that he had received copies of the diplomati [...]	2006-09-25 05:14:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECPS EU EWWT IMO INMARSAT KHLS LG
06ROME1208	FAIR TREATMENT OF SEAFARERS, POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-21 16:51:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KTIA AORC ELAB UK IT IMO
06ROME1359	ITALY CONSIDERING APPROACH TO NORTH KOREAN FLAGS [...] (C) Econoff and Poloff delivered Reftel A points and information on the Italian vessel using a North Korean flag to Federico Failla, MFA Office Director for the Far East, April 28, and urged the GOI to consider a law or regulation to make it illegal for Italian nationals and companies to use D [...]	2006-05-08 10:47:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KN KNNP MNUC EWWT PHSA IT
06ROME1911	ITALY CONDEMNS DPRK MISSILE LAUNCH THREAT, WILL [...] (S) Summary. June 28 Poloff and Polmiloff met with MFA Deputy Office Director for East Asia Filippo Nicosia to follow up on Ref A demarche requesting GOI regulation of DPRK flags of convenience, and to deliver Ref B points on North Korean long-range missile launch. Nicosia noted that the new [...]	2006-06-30 15:03:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL KN KNNP MNUC EWWT PHSA KS IT
06SANSALVADOR1021	2005 SUA PROTOCOLS SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION(EL [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. On April 18, Poloff spoke to the Director of Legal Affairs for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Elizabeth Villalta, regarding the signature and ratification of the 2005 protocols to the Suppression of Unlawful Acts (SUA) conventi [...]	2006-04-20 17:43:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT ES
06SANTIAGO1074	CHILE SHARES U.S. POSITIONS ON GMDSS, LRIT AND [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Cmdr. Daniel Sarzosa of DIRECTAMAR (Directorate of Maritime Affairs, roughly equivalent to the U.S. Coast Guard) on May 11. Sarzosa told Poloff on May 18 that Chile shared the the U.S. position on limiting the role of the International Mobile Satellite Org [...]	2006-05-19 20:01:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ETRD ETTC EWWT PHSA CI
06SANTODOMINGO1919	DHS WORK LEADS TO CSI CERTIFICATION FOR CAUCEDO, [...] (SBU) Embassy has been informed by Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that the Dominican port of Caucedo has been designated as meeting the necessary requirements of the Container Security Initiative (CSI) and that DHS and Dominican Customs have agreed on [...]	2006-06-07 19:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PGOV PINS PREL KCOR DR
06SANTODOMINGO3759	CODEL ENGEL: HAITIAN ISSUES DOMINATE VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The December 9-10 Congressional visit led by Rep. Eliot Engel touched some of the most sensitive points in the Dominican psyche. The group had intended to learn about a range of issues, but their trip, truncated by a late departure from Washington, was defined in the Dominican [...]	2006-12-18 18:42:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR PHUM PREF PREL EWWT DR XL OREP ELAB
06SAOPAULO1054	EXPORTS, POPULISM AND OLD ALLIES: A TRIP TO PARANA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On a recent trip to the state of Parana just southwest of Sao Paulo, Consul General helped launch a Commerce Department initiative at the Port of Paranagua, which, according to Port officials and the state's governor, is being revitalized into a dynamic commercial sea link for [...]	2006-10-02 18:18:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAGR ETRD EWWT EINV SCUL KPAO BR
06SAOPAULO198	Santa Catarina - Port Development and Challenges [...] SUMMARY. The Port of Itajai's phenomenal growth, the development of a competing port in the neighboring city of Navegantes, and the 2005 opening of a private port facility in Itapoa highlight the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina's prominent role in Brazilian trade. A U.S. company, [...]	2006-02-23 10:14:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EWWT PGOV KIPR ETRD BEXP BR
06SEOUL3558	PSI: ROKG NEEDS MORE TIME [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 10. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) In response to reftel request, the Ambassador on October 15 raised PSI with National Security Advisor Song Min-soon. Separately, DCM also conveyed reftel points on October 16 to Park In-kook, Deputy Foreign Min [...]	2006-10-17 08:25:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PREL PHSA KNNP EWWT KS KN
06SINGAPORE1153	SINGAPORE COMMENCES MEGAPORTS PILOT PROJECT [...] (SBU) The Department of Energy and Singapore on April 4 commenced joint operations of a Second Line of Defense (SLD) Megaports pilot project at Singapore's Pasir Panjang Terminal (PPT). Radiation detectors installed at two of the terminal's five truck lanes will monitor export containers and [...]	2006-04-11 03:06:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EWWT TRGY KSCA KNNP PARM PTER SN
06SINGAPORE1935	TORRES STRAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. Econoff delivered reftel note and talking points on June 7 to Florence Lim, Ministry of Transport (MOT) Sea Transport Division Assistant Director, and Benjamin Wong, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore International Department (Policy Di [...]	2006-06-13 07:36:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PBTS PHSA PREL SENV
06SINGAPORE2081	FIRST PROSECUTION UNDER AMENDED ENDANGERED SPECIES [...] Singapore on June 16 sentenced an Indonesian national to five months in prison and a fine of S$20,000 (US$12,500) for possessing a species of turtle protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The offender will spend an extra tw [...]	2006-06-27 08:12:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON ETRD ETTC EWWT SN
06SINGAPORE2120	FIRST MEGAPORTS PILOT PROJECT REVIEW CONCLUDED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Department of Energy (DOE) and Singapore Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) recently concluded a first review of the Megaports pilot project (reftel),with a tentative agreement to expand the program in Singapore to include more transshipped cargo. ICA officials t [...]	2006-06-30 01:59:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EWWT TRGY KSCA KNNP PARM PTER SN
06SINGAPORE2900	KL MEETING ON MALACCA STRAIT: GOS URGES MEASURED [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA Southeast Asia Deputy Director Foo Chi Hsia asked to meet us September 8 to urge USG patience in pressing for maritime security at the September 18-20 conference in Kuala Lumpur. At the conference, the littoral states would present a new "cooperation mechanism" to enhance n [...]	2006-09-12 09:36:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER EWWT PHSA KCRM MRSEC SN
06SINGAPORE3669	SINGAPORE PLAYS TOUGH ON TORRES STRAIT IN UNGA [...] (SBU) Ambassador-at-large Tommy Koh called in Ambassador Herbold to the MFA on November 22 to urge the United States to continue trying to get Australia to accept tougher language on the right of free passage contained in the UNGA draft resolution on Oceans and the law of the sea. Koh stress [...]	2006-11-22 10:17:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	AS EWWT ID MY PBTS PHSA PREL SN UNGA MRSEC
06SINGAPORE3720	INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER SCANNING NETWORK: [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-30 07:16:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ASEC KHLS SN
06SINGAPORE915	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MINISTER OF TRANSPORT YEO [...] (SBU) Summary: The United States appreciates Singapore's implementation of maritime security programs such as the Container Security Initiative and Megaports, the Ambassador told Transportation Minister Yeo Cheow Tong in a March 17 courtesy call. The Ambassador stressed that Singapore needed [...]	2006-03-22 07:11:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ELTN EWWT ECON SN
06SKOPJE1059	MACEDONIA SUPPORTS U.S. EFFORTS TO FULLY IMPLEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-04 12:11:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS MK
06TAIPEI18	KEELUNG HARBOR PREPARING FOR CSI VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 29 meeting with AIT/T econoff Taiwan Customs officials at Keelung expressed support for the proposal to implement the Container Security Initiative (CSI) in Keelung. However, they also presented data that underscored the low level of container traffic from Kee [...]	2006-01-04 05:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT TW
06TAIPEI2490	COAST GUARD FINDS TAIWAN SUBSTANTIALLY IMPLEMENTING ISPS [...] (U) A four-member U.S. Coast Guard team visited Taiwan July 17-21 under the International Port Security Program to examine Taiwan's implementation of the International Maritime Organization's International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code. The team consisted of Pacific Area Inspecti [...]	2006-07-25 07:14:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT TW
06TAIPEI2491	MEGAPORTS TEAM COMPLETES KAOHSIUNG SITE SURVEY [...] A Department of Energy (DOE) Megaports Program team headed by Program Officer Michael Bedke of the National Nuclear Safety Administration conducted a site survey of the Port of Kaohsiung the week of July 10. The team gathered the necessary information to prepare a preliminary plan for install [...]	2006-07-25 07:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ENRG KNNP PARM TW
06TAIPEI82	(U) TAIWAN'S EVERGREEN MARINE CORPORATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-10 09:12:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR EWWT EAIR TW CH PM
06TALLINN1012	ESTONIA: DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1718 DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-14 15:38:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS EN
06TALLINN388	ESTONIA: SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION OF THE 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-25 07:24:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT EN
06TBILISI2680	RUSSIA'S TIGHTENING THE ECONOMIC SCREWS ON GEORGIA [...] (U) This is an action request for EB and EUR. See paragraph 8. 2. (U) Russia has announced that all airline, rail, road, sea and postal links to Georgia will be closed after midnight Monday, October 2. On October 3, the Transport department of the Georgian Economic Development Ministry [...]	2006-10-06 13:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD EWWT ECON PREL GG
06TELAVIV3703	ISRAEL WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IMSO [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-18 07:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECPS EU EWWT IMO INMARSAT KHLS IS
06THEHAGUE1183	DUTCH GRANT CLEARANCE FOR R/V PELICAN [...] Embassy received MFA Diplomatic Note Number DES/TO-283/06 granting approval for R/V Pelican to conduct marine scientific research. 2. Following is the text of the diplomatic note: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and, [...]	2006-05-24 13:01:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EWWT NL
06THEHAGUE1776	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DUNCAN VISIT TO THE [...] We warmly welcome your visit to the Netherlands on transportation infrastructure and security issues. The Netherlands prides itself as the "Gateway to Europe" for trade and commerce. The Port of Rotterdam is the world's third largest in terms of cargo throughput. Amsterdam's Schiphol airpor [...]	2006-08-14 13:07:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ECON PREL PGOV OREP NL
06THEHAGUE2394	NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE TO PSI LETTER ON UNSCR 1718 [...] Polmiloff discussed reftel letter with MFA Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Senior Advisor Frank van Beuningen on November 6. Van Beuningen appreciated the letter, characterizing it as a "fruitful" effort to combine PSI and UNSCR 1718 efforts. He noted that Dutch implementation of UNS [...]	2006-11-06 16:26:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS NL
06THEHAGUE2531	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL [...] Country clearance is granted for NTSB team consisting of Thomas Kenneth Roth-Roffy and Alan Barry Strauch, both Marine Accident Investigators, to travel to the Netherlands from December 3-4, 2006 to observe bridge resource management training. 2. Embassy will contact the National Transpor [...]	2006-12-01 14:01:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EWWT ASEC NL
06TOKYO1446	DPRK FLAGS OF CONVENIENCE [...] (S) Following up on questions raised by MOFA in February 2006 (reftel),Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation officials Anthony Ruggiero and Jae Jo met with MOFA Northeast Asia Division Director Naoki Ito in Tokyo on March 10, 2006 to deliver a non-paper on DPRK flags of conven [...]	2006-03-17 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC KNNP EWWT PHSA KN JA
06TOKYO1617	CURTAILING USE OF NORTH KOREAN FLAG OF CONVENIENCE [...] (S) Embassy delivered points contained in reftel to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Northeast Asia Director Naoki Ito on March 23 and Ministry of Finance International Bureau Legal Office Deputy Division Chief Shunichi Fukushima on March 24, 2006. Both officials expressed appreciation to the Uni [...]	2006-03-28 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC EWWT PHSA
06TOKYO1897	HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY CHERTOFF MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff visited Tokyo March 26-28 (as part of a wider trip to Asia) for meetings with Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe, Foreign Affairs Minister Aso, Justice Minister Sugiura, Finance Minister Tanigaki, Public Safety and Security Minister Kutsu [...]	2006-04-08 01:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHLS PTER ETRD EAIR EWWT JP
06TOKYO1919	HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY CHERTOFF MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff visited Tokyo March 26-28 (as part of a wider trip to Asia) for meetings with Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe, Foreign Affairs Minister Aso, Justice Minister Sugiura, Finance Minister Tanigaki, Public Safety and Security Minister Kutsu [...]	2006-04-10 06:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHLS PTER ETRD EAIR EWWT JP
06TOKYO2095	SOUTH KOREAN AMBASSADOR ON TERRITORIAL DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary: During an April 18 meeting with the Ambassador, South Korean Ambassador to Japan Ra stated that: -- Seoul would adamantly oppose Japanese plans to map the area surrounding the disputed Tokdo/Takeshima islands; -- South Korea and Japan could come to blows if bilateral fricti [...]	2006-04-18 08:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EWWT KS KN JA
06TOKYO2221	PATCHED UP HULL: JAPAN-ROK AGREEMENT ENDS MARITIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 24, MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs DDG Sadoshima briefed Political Minister Counselor Meserve on the outcome of negotiations with the ROK to end the dispute that erupted over Japan's plan to conduct a bathymetric survey of a zone that lies between their contested EEZs. [...]	2006-04-24 09:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT PBTS PHSA PREL JA KS
06TOKYO3623	LIANCOURT ROCKS: GOJ TO RESPOND TO ROKG DISPATCH [...] (C) Charge Donovan met June 29 with MOFA Asian Affairs DG Sasae at Sasae's request. Sasae stated that: -- the ROKG has rejected Japan's proposals to establish a mechanism to allow access to dispute territorial waters; -- the ROKG would dispatch a research vessel to disputed waters on Jul [...]	2006-06-29 10:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EWWT PBTS PHSA KS JA
06TOKYO3707	LIANCOURT ROCKS: ROK SHOULD "PAY A COST" [...] (S) Summary: On July 3, the DCM delivered reftel A points to MOFA Asian Affairs DG Sasae, urging restraint and emphasizing that our common agenda on North Korea should not be side-tracked by the Liancourt Rocks dispute. DG Sasae said FM Aso would try this evening to call ROK FM Ban, but su [...]	2006-07-03 09:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	EWWT PHSA PREL KS JA PBTS
06TOKYO3808	LIANCOURT ROCKS: JAPAN PROTESTS ROK SURVEY [...] (C) Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi called in ROK Ambassador Ra Jong Yil on July 5 to protest South Korea's marine survey in the Liancourt Rocks area. According to MOFA Northeast Division Deputy Director Yo Takaba, the protest included both the contested EEZ and the ROK-claimed [...]	2006-07-07 08:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT JA KS PHSA PREL
06TOKYO4395	JAPAN PLAYS DOWN MARINE SURVEY IN LIANCOURT ROCKS [...] (C) Asked on August 3 about press reports that Japan would soon be conducting maritime research in areas near the disputed Liancourt Rocks, MOFA Northeast Asia Division Deputy Director Yo Takaba suggested that the reports were not entirely accurate. According to Takaba, shortly after the ROK [...]	2006-08-04 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EWWT MARR PBTS PHSA KS JA
06TOKYO4738	JAPAN STILL FORMULATING POSITION ON RECAAP [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-18 06:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KCRM KTIA PBTS PHSA PREL JA

06TOKYO4889	JAPAN ASKS FOR PATIENCE ON RECAAP [...] (C) Summary. Japan is concerned that early accession by the United States to the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) could dissuade other countries in the region from participating, MOFA Ocean Division Principal Deputy Director [...]	2006-08-25 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT KCRM KTIA PBTS PHSA PREL JA
06TOKYO6300	JAPAN: LETTER TO PSI PARTICIPANTS ON UNSCR 1718 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-31 07:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNPP PARM PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS KN JA
06TOKYO6472	DCM, ACS ANDO DISCUSS UNSCR 1718 LISTS OF BANNED [...] (C) During a November 6 meeting, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph and Assistant Cabinet Secretary (ACS) Hiroyasu Ando discussed issues related to the implementation of UNSCR 1718, including the development of lists of luxury goods whose export to North [...]	2006-11-09 11:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC EWWT PARM KNNP KN AS JA
06TOKYO800	PREVENTING USE OF THE DPRK AS A FLAG OF CONVENIENCE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (S) While in Tokyo to participate in the Asian Senior Level Talks on Nonproliferation (ASTOP III),ISN PDAS Frank Record raised the points contained in reftel A nonpaper with MOFA Northeast Asia Division Director Naoki Ito. Ito responde [...]	2006-02-14 10:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC KNNP EWWT PHSA KN JA
06TUNIS2663	PSI LETTER ON UNSCR 1718 DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-31 14:30:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KNNP PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS TS
06TUNIS2880	ROLL-OUT OF SECURE FREIGHT INITIATIVE PHASE I [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-11 13:14:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KHLS EWWT ASEC ECON TS
06ULAANBAATAR649	Cabinet to Consider Negotiation of PSI Ship Boarding [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-25 07:45:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MNUC KNNP PREL EWWT KTIA MG
06ULAANBAATAR651	Cabinet to Consider Negotiation of PSI Ship Boarding [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-25 08:03:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MNUC KNNP PREL EWWT KTIA MG
06ULAANBAATAR838	MONGOLIAN IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1718 -- SHIPS [...] (SBU) MFA Director for Multilateral Relations Enkhtsetseg told E/P chief on November 20 that she expects Mongolia will have its report to the UN Security Council on implementation of UNSCR 1718 ready sometime during the week of November 27. She said that MFA has asked various ministries and ag [...]	2006-11-20 07:53:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KNNP EWWT MG KN
06VIENNA3391	AUSTRIA WILL NOT ATTEND NOVEMBER 29 MEETING OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-22 16:38:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA EWWT ANET AORC PREL ECPS IMO INMARSAT AU
06WARSAW1600	POLISH ROADS: ROOT PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS FOR [...] (SBU) Poland's highway system remains practically non-existent. Though Prime Ministers Marcinkiewicz and Kaczynski have both made highway building centerpieces of their initial public addresses, systemic problems remain. Despite the availability of EU reimbursement funds, sources within the [...]	2006-08-04 13:43:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ELTN EU PL
06WARSAW1679	POLAND: GOVERNMENT PLAN TO CARVE CHANNEL ON POLISH [...] (U) Summary. Reftel describes the intermittent quarrels between the GOP and the Kaliningrad authorities and Moscow over ship access to the Baltisk Strait, which is the only point of entry into the Vistula Bay, and is located in Russian territory. As a result, the Polish city of Elblag and [...]	2006-08-11 14:55:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT SENV PREL RS PL
06WARSAW1886	IMSO: POLAND SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE [...] (C) Deputy Econ Counselor provided reftel diplomatic note and campaign materials to Mr. Bogdan Rozycki, Counselor, in the Polish Ministry of Transport. Mr. Rozycki stated that Poland decided in early August to support Mr. Lett's candidacy to be head of the International Mobile Satellite Org [...]	2006-09-06 17:26:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC ECPS EU EWWT IMO INMARSAT KHLS PL
06WELLINGTON1011	R/V ROGER REVELLE MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-21 23:16:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
06WELLINGTON131	CLEARANCE GRANTED TO R/V KA'IMIMOANA, JUNE 1 - AUGUST 30, [...] Embassy is in receipt of a letter from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) office of the Administrator of Tokelau granting clearance for the research vessel Ka'Imimoana to enter the waters of Tokelau from June 1 to August 30, 2006. 2. The text of the letter is as f [...]	2006-02-21 03:55:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT BP FM KR NR RM TL TV NZ
06WELLINGTON172	CLEARANCE GRANTED TO R/V KA'IMIMOANA, JUNE 1 - AUGUST 30, [...] Embassy is in receipt of a letter from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) office of the Administrator of Tokelau granting clearance for the research vessel Ka'Imimoana to enter the waters of Tokelau from June 1 to August 30, 2006. 2. The text of the letter is as f [...]	2006-03-03 03:04:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT BP FM KR NR RM TL TV NZ
06WELLINGTON176	NEW ZEALAND REPORTS ON DPRK FLAG OF CONVENIENCE [...] (S/REL NZ) A representative of Maritime Mutual Insurance Association NZ (MMIA) has told a New Zealand official that the company no longer insures North Korean vessels. The representative believes that the North Korean ships that had been insured by MMIA are now being insured by the South of E [...]	2006-03-05 21:45:00	Embassy Wellington	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL EWWT PHSA KNAR NZ
06WELLINGTON25	R/V ROGER REVELLE MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE [...] Embassy received Diplomatic Note No. 202/417/05 dated January 11, 2006 from the Cook Islands High Commission granting approval for the R/V Roger Revelle to conduct scientific research in Cook Islands waters. The text of the diplomatic note follows. Begin Text: The Cook Islands High Comm [...]	2006-01-11 01:37:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT CW NZ
06WELLINGTON285	R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER, FILE [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-13 03:13:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
06WELLINGTON350	R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer, FILE NO. 2004-044 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-08 01:59:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
06WELLINGTON351	SORCERER II, FILE NO. 2004-044 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-08 02:02:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
06WELLINGTON403	CLEARANCE GRANTED TO R/V NATHANIEL B. [...] Embassy is in receipt of a diplomatic note from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade dated 22 May, 2006, granting clearance to the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer. The dip note outlines conditions of clearance. 2. The text of the dip note is as follows. Begin text: The Min [...]	2006-05-24 23:53:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
06WELLINGTON464	R/V KAIMIKAI-O-KANALOA, FILE NO. 2005-007 AND 2005-008 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 00:10:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
06WELLINGTON491	R/V KAIMIKAI-O-KANALOA, FILE NO. 2005-009 AND 2005-010 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-29 04:55:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
06WELLINGTON595	R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER, FILE NO. 2004-139 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-01 04:35:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
06WELLINGTON636	R/V KAIMIKAI-O-KANALOA, FILE NO. 2005-010 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-15 02:37:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
06WELLINGTON686	R/V MELVILLE MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE REQUEST, FILE NO. [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-30 21:42:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT CW NZ
06WELLINGTON714	NZ FAVORS USG CONSULTATIONS ON RECAAP PIRACY [...] (C) PE Couns discussed GNZ views on the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against ships in Asia (ReCAAP) with Michael Swain, Deputy Director of the Security Policy Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Despite reftel observation that [...]	2006-09-10 21:19:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EWWT IN KCRM KTIA MY PBTS PHSA PREL SNAR UK
06WELLINGTON793	NOAA KA'IMIMOANA MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE REQUEST, [...] Embassy is in receipt of a letter from the Office of the Administrator of Tokelau at the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, granting vessel clearance for the Ka'imimoana during the period of October 5 - December 4, 2006. A copy of the letter has been faxed to OES/OA. The text [...]	2006-10-10 04:58:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT BP FM KR NR RM TL TV NZ
06WELLINGTON865	R/V KILO MOANA MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE REQUEST, [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-03 00:29:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT AS FJ NC NH FR TN WS NZ
06WELLINGTON883	NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE LETTER TO PSI PARTICIPANTS ON UNSCR [...] Embassy delivered reftel letter from U/S Joseph to John McKinnon, Deputy Secretary at the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on October 30. 2. Post received a response letter from John McKinnon to Under Secretary Joseph, dated November 3. Post faxed the letter to SIPDIS [...]	2006-11-08 22:25:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KNNP PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS NZ
06WELLINGTON895	R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE REQUEST, [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-14 21:12:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
06WELLINGTON917	DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING INT'L MARITIME [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-21 18:30:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA EWWT ANET AORC PREL ECPS IMO NZ
06WELLINGTON921	R/V MELVILLE MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE REQUEST, FILE NO. [...] The following notifications will be provided to the Fisheries Communication Centre (FCC): (i) 24 hours prior notice of entry of the vessel to the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (NZEEZ),including date and estimated time of arrival and position of entry to the nearest arc; (ii) 24 hour [...]	2006-11-22 00:16:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT CW NZ
06WELLINGTON947	R/V ROGER REVELLE MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE REQUEST, [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-30 03:39:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
06WELLINGTON948	R/V KA'IMIMOANA, FILE NO. 2005-109 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-30 03:39:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
06WELLINGTON949	R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER, FILE NO. 2006-032 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-30 05:36:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
06WELLINGTON950	R/V KILO MOANA, FILE NO. 2004-096 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-30 05:40:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
06WELLINGTON980	R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE GRANTED [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-13 02:30:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
06YEREVAN1518	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PSI AND UNSCR 1718 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-30 13:18:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS AM
06YEREVAN1566	ARMENIAN RESPONSE TO PSI AND UNSCR 1718 DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian sent the embassy a reply to Under Secretary Joseph's letter (ref A) on PSI. Kirakossian reaffirmed Armenia's support for the PSI and the Statement of Interdiction Principles. He also commented on Armenia's record of non-proliferation cooperatio [...]	2006-11-06 07:22:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS ETTC AM
06YEREVAN531	ARMENIA: URGING SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-13 10:59:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT AM
06ZAGREB1265	SHIPYARDS ALBATROSSES OF CROATIAN ECONOMY [...] Summary: Of Croatia's loss-making, unreformed industries, none is more politically sensitive or costs the country's taxpayers more than shipbuilding. With a total of six major shipyards on the Adriatic coast, shipbuilding is a key employer in many communities and an important component of Croa [...]	2006-10-18 13:13:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KPRV EWWT EIND HR
06ZAGREB1300	RECREATIONAL SKIPPERS NEED LICENSE TO SAIL CROATIAN FLAGGED [...] SUMMARY. The Government of Croatia adopted a law (effective Jan. 1, 2006) requiring all recreational skippers chartering Croatian flagged vessels to have a certificate of competence. Under the law, the Ministry of Sea, Tourism and Transport will only recognize licenses issued by national author [...]	2006-10-26 08:01:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT CASC HR
06ZAGREB1414	GOC PROPOSES PSI EXERCISE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Head of MFA's Department for International Security Sanja Bujas Juraga presented PolOff and EXBS advisor with a non-paper on November 16 describing a GoC offer to host a regional WMD-response exercise under the Prolife [...]	2006-11-28 05:57:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT PBTS HR
07ABUDHABI1809	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION - DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 09:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA UK AE
07AMMAN2017	Developing Aqaba - The Gateway to Jordan [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a May 2-3 trip to Aqaba, the Ambassador discussed the significant achievements in development of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone (ASEZ) with local officials, shipping agents, students, young entrepreneurs, scientists, and environmental activists. The private sector has i [...]	2007-05-13 09:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EINV ETRD EWWT PGOV SENV SOCI JO
07ANKARA1310	TURKEY PLANS BLACK SEA OIL SPILL RESPONSE EXERCISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Private industry, the Turkish Government, and other Black Sea littoral states are planning a comprehensive oil spill response exercise September 19-20 at Eregli on the Turkish Black Sea coast, preceded by a series of planning workshops. Industry observers give the Government of [...]	2007-05-30 09:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EPET EWWT MARR TU RS GG RO
07ANKARA1976	TURKEY REQUESTS VERIFICATION OF MILITARY CARGO [...] (U) Action request at para 4. 2. (C) Pol-Mil Counselor was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on August 1 by Deputy Director General for Security Affairs Sakir Torunlar, who requested information on the vessel MV Slavyanin and verification that its military cargo, reportedly destined for the [...]	2007-08-01 16:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL EWWT MARR UP TU IZ CY
07ANKARA474	TURKEY FOCUSED ON POLITICAL PRESSURE TO STOP [...] (C) Summary: Recently announced plans by the Republic of Cyprus to move ahead with a licensing round for offshore oil exploration (reftel) are of great concern to Turkey. Although Turkey claims rights to the area in question under the Law of the Sea, Foreign Ministry officials say they will [...]	2007-03-02 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EWWT PGOV PREL TU CY
07ANTANANARIVO1105	EASWIO II NEXT STEPS: MADAGASCAR [...] (U) Post response to reftel action request. 2. (SBU) Madagascar sent three personnel to the EASWIO conference held in Mombasa, Kenya. a. The delegates stated the following were most beneficial: - Communications with their other African counterparts; - Exchange of information; - U.S. [...]	2007-10-30 10:30:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL ECON EWWT MA
07ANTANANARIVO851	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON MALAGASY PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Charles Rabemananjara invited Ambassador Marquardt for a meeting the day after the credentials ceremony with the President. A friendly but direct Rabemananjara said Malagasy do not want a single ballot and the electoral commission is already strong and independent [...]	2007-08-24 09:53:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EAID EWWT ASEC SNAR MA
07ASTANA2957	KAZAKHSTAN SUPPORTIVE OF US INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 13:22:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA KZ
07ATHENS175	TIME WARP: GREEK COUNTER-PROPOSAL ON PSI [...] (SBU) On January 24, MFA provided Embassy a proposed text for the claims provisions section of the bilateral shipboarding agreement (see para 4 below). According to Vassilios Moutsoglou of the MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations and Non-Proliferation, this text reflects MFA dis [...]	2007-01-26 12:20:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT KNNP KTIA GR
07ATHENS2017	DASD DOUGLAS PUSHES FOR GREEK PSI SHIPBOARDING [...] (U) This is an action request for Department. See paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During his September 30-October 5 visit to Greece as head of the U.S. delegation to the PSI Operational Experts Group (OEG) conference in Rhodes, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Douglas advocate [...]	2007-10-10 09:39:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP KTIA EWWT PHSA PARM PREL GR
07ATHENS2132	GREEKS EAGER TO COOPERATE ON BLACK SEA ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a readout of the October 25 BSEC FMs' meeting, MFA participant Ambassador Metaxas said it had been a "very tough meeting," which ultimately proved a success. Greece had opposed the proposed admittance of Iran, Japan, and Cyprus as BSEC observers because of the second-class stat [...]	2007-10-30 11:58:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM PBTS PHSA ECON EWWT GR
07ATHENS2138	PSI: PRESIDENT OF UNION OF GREEK SHIPOWNERS SAYS [...] (U) This message contains action requests -- see paragraphs 6 and 9. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Nikos Efthymiou, President of the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS),told Charge Oct. 30 that the U.S. and Greece should "get on with" concluding a PSI Shipboarding Agreement now that [...]	2007-10-31 07:19:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KTIA EWWT PHSA PARM PREL GR
07ATHENS2345	GREECE CONFIRMS MISSILE PARTS INCLUDED IN SUSPECT [...] (S) A/Pol Counselor met 12/12 with MFA Senior Non-Proliferation officer Dionyssios Kyvetos and MFA non-proliferation officer Photis Bourloyannis. They noted that Greece had "finally" received a formal report from France on 12/10 of the French experts' analysis of the contents of the cargo de [...]	2007-12-12 14:38:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PARM PREL KNNP ETTC EWWT GR FRN KN SY
07ATHENS303	PSI: SHIPOWNERS ALMOST THERE, FOCUS SHIFTS TO MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 9 meeting with Ambassador, Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS) President Nikos Efthymiou expressed a desire to conclude a U.S./Greece shipboarding agreement as soon as possible, said the UGS had not been consulted on the latest text provided to the Embassy by the MFA (re [...]	2007-02-09 16:03:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT KNNP KTIA GR
07BAGHDAD4136	KUWAITI NAVY IN DISPUTE WITH COALITION-CONTRACTED [...] (C) Summary. The Kuwaiti Navy forced two vessels contracted by the Multi-National Force in Iraq (MNF-I) for salvage operations to hastily depart from their anchored position in disputed waters in the Khawr Abd Allah waterway on December 18. This occurred despite multiple-channel appeals to th [...]	2007-12-19 13:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PINS
07BAGHDAD453	UMM QASR PORT NEED FOR CAPACITY BUILDING AND [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 1, a visit by the Iraq Reconstruction Management Office's (IRMO) Director of Operations for Electricity and Oil, its Trade Office, and Econ officers to the Government of Iraq's (GoI) port facilities at Umm Qasr (PUQ) provided a first-hand look at the chaotic, ineffi [...]	2007-02-11 12:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EAID ETRD EWWT PGOV IZ
07BANGKOK1475	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION [...] SUMMARY: On March 6, the Ambassador, accompanied by the Commercial Counselor and a group of industry representatives met with Thailand's Minister of Transportation. The Minister and his staff were receptive to the points made by the Ambassador and the industry representatives on Open Skies, [...]	2007-03-13 08:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EWWT ELTN TH
07BANGKOK1490	CORRECTED COPY: THAI MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION PROMISES [...] SUMMARY: On March 6, the Ambassador, accompanied by the Commercial Counselor and a group of industry representatives met with Thailand's Minister of Transportation. The Minister and his staff were receptive to the points made by the Ambassador and the industry representatives on Open Skies, [...]	2007-03-13 09:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EWWT ELTN TH
07BANGKOK5834	RTG REQUESTS WRITTEN STATEMENT OF RECIPROCAL SUPPORT AT IMO [...] This is an action request (see paragraph 9). 2. (SBU) On August 27, econoff presented a demarche to Mr. Chalor Kotcharat, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport, seeking Thai support for U.S. ICAO Council candidacy. Chalor expressed support for the U.S. candidacy but also asked t [...]	2007-11-16 04:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ICAO IMO EAIR EWWT PHSA PREL TH
07BANGKOK6029	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON TRANSPORT MINISTER [...] (C) Thailand is working to resolve the issue of airline safety highlighted by the FAA in an assessment last July, Transport Minister Thira told the Ambassador during a farewell call November 29. The Transport Ministry is also committed to keeping the new Suvarnabhumi International Airport ope [...]	2007-12-04 02:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ELTN EWWT ETRD TH
07BEIJING2799	SECRETARY PETERSQ MEETING WITH COMMUNICATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters and Chinese Minister of Communications Li Shenglin agreed that a bilateral agreement on safe transportation of hazardous materials could and should be concluded in the very near future. Secretary Peters outlined cooperation with China [...]	2007-04-26 05:31:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ELTN SENV PREL CVIS OVIP SECRETARY PETERS CH
07BEIJING6848	CORRECTED COPY (PASS LINE ADDED) - (S) CHINA [...] (S) The Ambassador raised reftel demarche on the possible transit of military-related goods from the DPRK to a UN sanctioned entity in Iran through Beijing with Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei (other subjects from that meeting reported septels) October 25. AFM He said China takes its nonp [...]	2007-10-25 11:18:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM PREL KNNP ETTC EWWT KN CH
07BELGRADE1562	IMO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 08:18:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA SR
07BISHKEK1534	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-26 11:53:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PARM PREL PTER KG
07BISHKEK1535	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-26 11:53:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PARM PREL PTER KG
07BRIDGETOWN739	MEETING WITH ST. VINCENT FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 1, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sir Louis Straker, paid a courtesy call on DCM Mary Ellen T. Gilroy. Key points of their discussion included the upcoming Caribbean Conference, LIAT's perceived monopolistic posture, Petroc [...]	2007-06-07 20:22:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAIR EPET EINV EWWT CU VE VC XL
07BRUSSELS2628	EU RESPONSE REGARDING 46 AFRICAN MIGRANTS RESCUED [...] (SBU) Sandra Platt, Acting Head of Unit for Immigration and Asylum at the European Commission's Directorate General for Justice, Freedom, and Security (DG-JLS),told PRM officer that she would issue a Reseau d'Alerte, or network alert, to appropriate people within the European Commission, inclu [...]	2007-08-20 15:53:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PHSA MOPS EWWT SMIG EUN
07BRUSSELS3046	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: EU MOVING AHEAD ON PLAN FOR [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, USEU delivered the Black Sea Strategy demarche to Janos Herman, Principal Advisor for Regional Cooperation, DG RELEX on September 27. Herman agreed that the U.S. regional strategy complemented the EU's new "Black Sea Synergy" initiative approved by EU Foreign Mi [...]	2007-10-02 11:38:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PARM PBTS PHSA SENC ECON EWWT BU
07BUENOSAIRES2175	Argentina: Demarche on International Maritime Organization [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-05 18:14:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA AR
07CAIRO3227	IOM CANDIDACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-08 14:23:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EWWT PHSA EG
07CAIRO829	QUARTERLY ECONOMIC REPORT [...] In this edition: - Strong macroeconomic indicators - Unemployment, inflation remain high - The government introduces a new five year plan - Ministry of Finance announces bad-debt repayment plan - State-owned banks merge - Wages stagnate... - ...and consumer confidence dips - Capital Market [...]	2007-03-22 10:12:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG
07CANBERRA1742	AUSTRALIA'S PARTICIPATION IN DECEMBER 12 [...] (C/NF) Gerry McGuire, Director for Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, told poloff December 11 Australia agreed with the U.S. judgment that Jakarta's December 12 seminar on "PSI in the Framework of Maritime Security" does not meet its requirements as a venue to adv [...]	2007-12-11 02:14:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL PHSA PBTS MNUC ETTC KNNP EWWT AS ID
07CASABLANCA192	CASABLANCA PORT'S CONGESTION CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary. Explanations abound for the Port of Casablanca's congestion crisis, which has emerged over the last month as a major threat to Moroccan exports. Government and port officials suggest that an increase in imports and an overabundance of containers left in storage have precipitat [...]	2007-09-22 10:47:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EWWT MO
07CHENNAI187	INDIA'S SECURITY CONCERNS OVER CHINESE BIDDER FORCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The leftist government in the southeastern Indian state of Kerala has been forced to rebid a $1 billion port project due to the Government of India's refusal - over security concerns - to authorize the participation of two Chinese corporations in the winning proposal. Kerala off [...]	2007-03-10 11:23:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND EWWT PGOV IN CN
07CHENNAI224	INDIA'S SECURITY CONCERNS OVER CHINESE BIDDER FORCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The leftist government in the southeastern Indian state of Kerala has been forced to rebid a $1 billion port project due to the Government of India's refusal - over security concerns - to authorize the participation of two Chinese corporations in the winning proposal. Kerala off [...]	2007-03-22 08:36:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND EWWT PGOV IN CN
07COLOMBO1134	SRI LANKA: COLOMBO PORT STRUGGLING TO KEEP ITS DOMINANCE IN [...] SUMMARY: Due to congestion, low productivity, increasing freight rates, and security concerns caused by the conflict, global shipping lines have begun bypassing Sri Lanka in favor of India's emerging ports. In the last six months, shipping costs from Colombo have nearly doubled to $600 per T [...]	2007-08-16 11:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EWWT CE
07COLOMBO12	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ERIC B. KING, [...] Post grants country clearance to Eric B. King, Country Manager, OFO, Washington D.C. The purpose of his visit is to conduct an initial visit as the country manager with the CSI Team in Colombo, Sri Lanka from January 7-14, 2007. Embassy control officer is Mr. Richard Merrin, Commercial Attach [...]	2007-01-04 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EWWT OTRA CE
07COLOMBO1391	SRI LANKA: MIXED REACTIONS TO NEW U.S. LAW ON MARITIME [...] SUMMARY: Colombo Port authorities and managers of shipping lines expressed opposing views on the ability to meet the new U.S. law on maritime cargo scanning requirements. Authorities of the Port of Colombo maintain that the port will be able to scan all U.S.-bound shipping containers by year [...]	2007-10-09 09:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD PREL PTER KMCA CE
07COLOMBO1550	IMO COUNCIL ELECTIONS - SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Sri Lanka Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for the United Nations and Multilateral Affairs Division, Satya Rodrigo. Rodrigo told Econoff that Sri Lanka will support the U.S. candidacy in the upcoming International Maritime Organization (IMO [...]	2007-11-15 11:43:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EWWT PHSA PREL CE MV
07COLOMBO1560	MALDIVES FEEDBACK ON EAST AFRICA SOUTH WEST INDIAN OCEAN [...] (U) Econoff thanked Maldives for their participation in the 2007 East Africa South West Indian Ocean Maritime Security (EASWIO) Conference, and discussed reftel with Maldives Ministry of Transport and Communication's Director of Ports and Maritime, Mohamed Latheef. Latheef led the five-person [...]	2007-11-19 10:43:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MARR PREL MV
07COLOMBO332	R/V ROGER REVELLE CLEARANCE REQUEST SUBMITTED [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-28 03:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT CE
07COLOMBO50	PROPOSED TRANSHIPMENT PORT IN MALDIVES [...] Summary: Maldives is hoping to use its strategic location on major shipping lanes in the Indian Ocean to build a transshipment port. The first phase of the project to develop a container terminal with a capacity of 1.2 million twenty foot equivalent units (TEUs) annually is estimated to cost [...]	2007-01-11 08:52:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDM EWWT ECON EINV CE
07COLOMBO51	PROPOSED TRANSHIPMENT PORT IN MALDIVES [...] Summary: Maldives is hoping to use its strategic location on major shipping lanes in the Indian Ocean to build a transshipment port. The first phase of the project to develop a container terminal with a capacity of 1.2 million twenty foot equivalent units (TEUs) annually is estimated to cost [...]	2007-01-11 08:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDM EWWT ECON EINV MV
07COLOMBO71	SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE ON PSI PARTICIPATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-13 10:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP EWWT PARM CE
07CONAKRY1034	GUINEA ONBOARD WITH MARITIME SCANNING REQUIREMENT [...] (U) On August 30, per reftel, Econoff met with Mme Olga Syradin, Director of Customs, to discuss the 9/11 Act requirement for scanning of all U.S. bound containers. The Director stated that currently all outbound containers are scanned, and that she did not expect any problems with compliance [...]	2007-09-14 07:31:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER ECON GV
07CONAKRY1036	GUINEA ONBOARD WITH MARITIME SCANNING REQUIREMENT [...] (U) On August 30, per reftel, Econoff met with Mme Olga Syradin, Director of Customs, to discuss the 9/11 Act requirement for scanning of all U.S. bound containers. The Director stated that currently all outbound containers are scanned, and that she did not expect any problems with compliance [...]	2007-09-14 07:32:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER ECON GV
07CONAKRY1217	GOG OFFICIAL CLAIMS REDUCTION IN SMUGGLING THROUGH PORT OF [...] (U) SUMMARY. The National Director of the Merchant Marine reported a reduction in smuggling through the port of Conakry due to improved internal procedures and a new container scanner. END SUMMARY 2. (U) On November 1, Econoff met with the National Director from the Office of the Mercha [...]	2007-11-07 07:44:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PTER EWWT GV
07CONAKRY773	GUINEA'S PORTS PASS US COAST GUARD REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A team from the U.S. Coast Guard's International Port Security Program recently completed a security inspection of Guinea's two international ports. The team evaluated Guinea's implementation of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS). The Coast Guard t [...]	2007-07-09 13:23:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ETRD EWWT BEXP PINS PTER GV
07CONAKRY774	GUINEA'S PORTS PASS US COAST GUARD REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A team from the U.S. Coast Guard's International Port Security Program recently completed a security inspection of Guinea's two international ports. The team evaluated Guinea's implementation of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS). The Coast Guard t [...]	2007-07-09 13:23:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ETRD EWWT BEXP PINS PTER GV
07COTONOU366	SCENESETTER FOR BENIN VISIT OF USN VICE ADMIRAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Your visit to Benin on May 22 to discuss International Port Security and maritime cooperation and safety issues (REF A) will help emphasize to Beninese authorities the importance that the US government places on these two subjects in the Gulf of Guinea region. You will find your [...]	2007-05-18 05:49:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL PINR EWWT BN
07COTONOU389	BENIN: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON COMPLIANCE WITH THE ISPS [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador delivered REF A demarche to the Minister of Transportation and Public Works and to the Acting Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, respectively, on May 21, 2007. The Government of Benin and the Port of Cotonou now have ninety days to address the deficiencies [...]	2007-05-29 12:41:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD EWWT PGOV KHLS PTER BN
07COTONOU448	BENIN PROPOSES TO INSTALL PORT SCANNER OUTSIDE MCC COMPACT, [...] This is an action message requesting input. Please see para 8 below. 2. SUMMARY: President Boni Yayi told the Ambassador on June 20 that Benin plans to purchase and install scanners at the Port of Cotonou, Cotonou International Airport and other land border posts for reasons of security. [...]	2007-06-21 14:44:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PREL PGOV EAID EFIN MCC BN
07COTONOU552	BENIN: VISIT OF USN AND USCG VICE ADMIRALS FOCUSES ON [...] SUMMARY: Vice-Admiral John D. Stufflebeem (U.S. Navy) and Vice-Admiral David Peterman (U.S. Coast Guard) visited Cotonou on May 22, 2007. They had productive meetings with top military, transportation and Autonomous Port of Cotonou (PAC) port officials and were able to tour and see firsthand t [...]	2007-07-23 12:16:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS EWWT PREL BN
07COTONOU561	PORT OF COTONOU: UPDATE ON DEMARCHE CONCERNING ISPS CODE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 24, 2007, United States Coast Guard (USCG)Lieutenant Commander Robert Keith, Charge d'Affaires J.A. Diffily, and Millennium Challenge Corporation Benin Acting Resident Country Director Randall Wood met with officials from the Port of Cotonou and the Beninese Merchant Mari [...]	2007-07-25 11:38:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD EWWT PGOV KHLS PTER BN
07COTONOU617	PORT OF COTONOU: UPDATE ON DEMARCHE CONCERNING ISPS CODE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At the request of the Mr. Armand Zinzindohou, Minister Delegate for Public Works in the Office of the President, the Charge d'Affaires, along with the Millennium Challenge Corporation Benin Acting Resident Country Director and the Coordinator of the Benin MCA Team, toured the Por [...]	2007-08-13 12:04:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD EWWT PGOV KHLS PTER BN

07COTONOU657	PORT OF COTONOU: UPDATE ON DEMARCHE CONCERNING ISPS CODE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Based on an August 21, 2007 inspection of the Port of Cotonou, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Commander Adam Shaw and Lt. Commander Robert Keith, presented to the Government of Benin (GOB) on August 22 a USCG Headquarters cleared-document stating their recommendation for a USCG determin [...]	2007-08-24 07:46:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD EWWT PGOV KHLS PTER PINR BN
07COTONOU873	BENIN WILL SUPPORT US CANDIDACY AT IMO [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-16 07:53:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC IMO EWWT PHSA BN
07COTONOU875	PARLIAMENT WELCOMES USG'S TOUR D'HORIZON ON US/BENIN [...] Summary: In a November 13, 2007 speech, the Ambassador outlined major elements of the USG/Benin cooperative partnership for economic growth and trade, investing in people, poverty reduction, anti-corruption, and regional peace and security in a well-attended National Assembly session in Porto [...]	2007-11-16 08:06:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ETRD ECON EWWT MASS PTER KMCA
07DHAKA1664	BANGLADESH SEEKS RE-ELECTION TO INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION COUNCIL [...] Bangladesh requests U.S. support in its bid for re-election to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council in Category B for the 2007-2008 term. 2. At the upcoming 25th Regular Session of the IMO Assembly in London (23 November, 2007),Bangladesh will seek to be re-elected to the [...]	2007-10-18 11:08:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA PREL BG EWWT
07DOHA321	QATAR GAS SLOWLY MOVING FORWARD ON SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. QatarGas is in the midst of improving its security procedures with new equipment, better training, and more security personnel, the goal is to be ISO 28000 compliant in the next two years. While undergoing physical improvements, the QatarGas head of security is also trying to rais [...]	2007-03-26 13:39:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ASEC EWWT QA
07DUBAI281	MINA SAQR - RAS AL-KHAIMAH'S MAIN PORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-26 08:24:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EWWT PINS KU AE
07DURBAN62	DURBAN ECONOMIC UPDATE - ISSUE 1 [...] (C) IN THIS ISSUE: - Plans for New Durban Airport Approved - Plans for Current Durban Airport Still Under Debate - Succession Debate Hindering Public Service Delivery in Durban - Construction of New Durban Stadium on Target - Environmentalists Accuse eThekwini Health Department of Cover-up [...]	2007-10-23 15:48:00	Consulate Durban	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR EWWT PGOV SENV SF
07FREETOWN349	SIERRA LEONE: US COAST GUARD PORT SECURITY VISIT [...] (SBU) U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Liaison Officer Doug Schneider visited Sierra Leone March 26-29 to introduce and discuss USCG port security programs and implementation of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Ship and Port Security Program (ISPS) Code with GOSL officials. L [...]	2007-06-01 16:23:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR EWWT PINS PREL SL
07FREETOWN534	FREETOWN DELIVERED DEMARCHE ON US CARGO SCANNING [...] Embassy Freetown delivered reftel points regarding the new 100 percent scanning requirement for U.S.-bound maritime cargo to the Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Umaru Wurie, on August 30, 2007. Amb. Wurie was responsive and noted t [...]	2007-09-04 17:21:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER SL
07GUANGZHOU128	Efforts on Sanshui Port Closure Stymied, but Re-opening [...] (U) Summary: Members of an American Pyrotechnic Association (APA) delegation, the firework industry's main lobby group, told Congenoffs January 26 that the November 1 closure of Guangdong's Sanshui port, which handles approximately 60 percent of all fireworks shipments to the United States, c [...]	2007-01-30 03:44:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT PGOV CH
07HALIFAX55	HALIFAX STRUGGLES TO KEEP UP WITH U.S. COMPETITORS IN ASIAN [...] The port of Halifax and the province of Nova Scotia are looking for C$400 million from Ottawa so they can go head-to-head with U.S. ports in handling rapidly increasing volumes of container traffic from China and India. Without federal support for marketing and infrastructure expansion, local [...]	2007-07-23 20:11:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ELTN ETRD ECIN ECON PGOV CA US
07HALIFAX59	CAPTURING ASIAN CONTAINER TRAFFIC: INVESTORS PROMOTE NEW [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Protect Accordingly 2. (U) SUMMARY: A team of local Nova Scotia investors confirmed that they have the financial backing and the right partners to build a new world-class container handling facility in the Strait of Canso at Melford. With Asian trade volumes [...]	2007-08-21 18:00:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ELTN ETRD EINV ECON CA
07HALIFAX9	NEW BRUNSWICK USING U.S. REGULATORY PROCESS TO FIGHT MAINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting in Fredericton on March 2, a senior New Brunswick official told the Consul General (CG) that the province will continue to challenge the two Maine liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal projects using the legal avenues afforded by its intervener status within the Fede [...]	2007-03-06 21:56:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EWWT EPET CA
07HANOI1876	MARITIME: GVN WILL GET BACK TO US ON IMO DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On October 30, Econoff met with Dr. Bui Thien Thu, Deputy Director General of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Transport, to ask for the government of Vietnam's (GVN) support for re-election of the United States to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council in Categ [...]	2007-11-02 00:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK VM
07HANOI2064	VIETNAM'S FIRST OIL REFINERY TAKES SHAPE IN QUANG NGAI [...] (U) Summary: On November 29, members of the Embassy's Economic Section traveled to Central Vietnam's Quang Ngai Province to meet with government officials and tour the site of what will be Vietnam's first petroleum refinery, located in the nearby Dung Quat Economic Zone. Quang Ngai Province i [...]	2007-12-11 04:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EAID EIND EWWT SOCI TRGY EINV EPET ETRD
07HANOI55	VIETNAM READY TO SIGN MARITIME AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) The Director General of the Vietnam Ministry of Transport (MOT) Pham Thanh Tung informed Econoff on January 10 that the Government of Vietnam was ready to sign the U.S.-Vietnam Maritime Transport Agreement (MTA). "Internal formalities have been finalized and we are ready for signing," he [...]	2007-01-11 06:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ECON ETRD EIND EINV VM
07HELSINKI549	OIL SPILL EXPERT VISITS FINLAND [...] (U) Embassy Helsinki organized a two-day visit by Dr. John Devens, Executive Director of the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council (PWSRCAC),on May 18-19, 2007. Dr. Devens was Mayor of Valdez, Alaska during the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. One of the first NGOs of its kin [...]	2007-07-19 09:13:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV OIIP EWWT EPET KPAO EN FI
07HELSINKI730	FINLAND SUPPORTS CARGO SCANNING, CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the new U.S. law on maritime cargo scanning to Jyrki Linna, Olli Tuomisto and Erik Dannback, all from the Finnish National Board of Customs. Already aware of the U.S. requirement to scan all cargo by the end of 2012, Finnish officials are generally s [...]	2007-09-26 13:44:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER FI
07HELSINKI816	FINLAND "POSITIVE" ABOUT U.S. IMO CANDIDACY [...] (SBU) In response to the demarche on re-election of the U.S. to the IMO Council in category "A," Ann-Christine Kivela, Secretary for International Affairs at the Finnish Maritime Administration said Finland "acknowledges the United States will be seeking re-election to Category 'A' of the Coun [...]	2007-11-02 07:33:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK FI
07HONGKONG111	SFI: HKG CONFIRMS JANUARY 25 MEETING [...] (C) During a January 12 meeting with DPO Sakaue, Trade and Industry Department (TID) Director General Joseph Lai (who assumed office on January 5) confirmed that the HKG would host U.S. - Hong Kong discussions on Secure Freight Initiative (SFI) on January 25 (reftel A). Assistant Director Ge [...]	2007-01-12 11:39:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EWWT PREL HK
07HONGKONG1579	HKSAR - AFTER THE FIRST DECADE: ECONOMIC OUTLOOK [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the ten-year anniversary of its reversion to the PRC, Hong Kong's economy is strong, led by a potent services sectors and robust consumer demand. Over the past decade, Hong Kong has solidified its position as a regional transportation hub, an international interface for the m [...]	2007-06-13 01:31:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI EWWT SENV
07HONGKONG2790	CONSUL GENERAL AND TRANSPORT SECRETARY CHENG [...] (SBU) Summary: Transport and Housing Secretary Eva Cheng told CG Cunningham that the Transport Bureau is focused on six-large scale infrastructure projects that will strategically shape Hong Kong's future competitiveness, while expanding land, sea and air links to mainland China. She stated t [...]	2007-11-08 09:28:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR EWWT ELTN CH HK
07ISTANBUL115	TURKISH STRAITS AT CAPACITY [...] Summary: On February 11, Capt. Salih Orakci, General Director of the Coastal Safety and Salvage Administration briefed A/S Sullivan and members of the EPC delegation on the hazards of navigating the Turkish Straits and the operation of the Vessel Traffic System (VTS) in the Bosphorous Straits. [...]	2007-02-15 09:56:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EPET SENV TU
07JAKARTA2363	ISPS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) We formally demarched on August 24, Director General of Sea Transportation, H. Harijogi, Secretary Ajiph Anwar, and Director of Sea Transport Djony Algemar that the U.S. has determined Indonesia is not significantly implementing the International Ship and Port Facility (ISPS) code. Failur [...]	2007-08-28 08:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER EWWT KHLS ECON ETRD ID
07JAKARTA3086	INDONESIA PORT SECURITY ADVISORY UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Port Security Advisory (PSA) for Indonesia will go into effect on or about November 24, 2007. In an October 22, 2007 meeting with Embassy and U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) officials, Directorate General of Sea Transportation (DGST) officials told the Embassy they would not attempt [...]	2007-11-06 09:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EWWT PBTS ID
07JAKARTA3255	INDONESIA PORT SECURITY ADVISORY DELAY [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Visiting regional Coast Guard liaison officer informed Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials and representatives from U.S. companies with private port facilities that the Port Security Advisory (PSA) for Indonesia would not be issued November 24 as originally [...]	2007-11-27 09:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EWWT ID PBTS
07KATHMANDU1979	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN SUPPORT OF U.S. [...] On November 14, Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary of UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),informed Emboff that the Government of Nepal was still considering its vote for the International Maritime Organization (IMO) council. Emboff on November 5 had met wit [...]	2007-11-15 07:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK NP
07KATHMANDU2026	NEPAL: NUCLEAR TERRORISM DETECTION GUIDELINES [...] On November 28, Emboff delivered Ref A non-paper on detection architecture model guidelines for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism to Mani Bhattarai, Section Officer for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). After reviewing the document, [...]	2007-11-29 01:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PTER EAIR ETRD EWWT PREL PINR PINS KNNP
07KINGSTON1170	JAMAICAN REACTION TO GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY [...] (SBU) The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) is required to report on security related aspects of Caribbean Basin Ports. On June 29, 2007 the GAO released a report, "Information on Port Security in the Caribbean Basin", in which they identified three likely modes of attack an [...]	2007-07-27 13:55:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ASEC EWWT PGOV GAO JM XL
07KINGSTON1171	JAMAICAN AND FEDERAL AGENCIES REACTION TO [...] (U) The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) is required to report on security related aspects of Caribbean Basin Ports On June 29, 2007 the GAO released a report, "Information on Port Security in the Caribbean Basin", in which they identified three likely modes of attack and th [...]	2007-07-27 14:24:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER ASEC EWWT PGOV GAO JM XL
07KINGSTON133	JAMAICA: FORMER PRIME MINISTER PATTERSON BELIEVES [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-26 19:37:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EINV EIND ETRD ECON EWWT EFIN ECIN
07KINGSTON1604	JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON US CANDIDACY FOR IMO DELIVERED [...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton was receptive to supporting the U.S. candidate, as Jamaica has sought U.S. support for its candidate for categor [...]	2007-10-29 17:28:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA JM XL
07KINGSTON1605	JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON US CANDIDACY FOR IMO DELIVERED [...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton was receptive to supporting the U.S. candidate, as Jamaica has sought U.S. support for its candidate for categor [...]	2007-10-29 17:28:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA JM XL
07KINGSTON1625	JAMAICA: LETTER TO TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS re [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 19:18:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK JM XL
07KINGSTON1656	JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR SUPPORT OF JAMAICAN CANDIDATE TO IMO [...] Per Reftel B, on October 30, Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) requesting the U.S. officially support the Jamaican candidate for Category "C" of the Council. 2. On November 5, the Embassy received a follow-up phone call from the Bilat [...]	2007-11-09 16:10:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA JM XL
07KINGSTON1665	JAMAICA: CLEARANCE FOR R/V CORWITH CRAMER [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-15 18:02:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT JM KRVC TPHY XL
07KINSHASA339	COAST GUARD FINDS DRC PORTS STILL NOT SECURE [...] Summary. The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has determined the DRC's international maritime ports do not comply with U.S. or international security requirements. The main causes are inadequate funding and political will, and upper-level mismanagement. The USG will re-introduce restrictions on ships [...]	2007-03-21 12:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ECON PTER ASEC CG
07KINSHASA340	PORT AUTHORITY CLAIMS CHINESE RAIL OFFER STILL ON [...] (SBU) DRC's port authority, ONATRA, claims to be discussing plans with the Chinese government for rehabilitation of the Matadi-Kinshasa railroad system. ONATRA's CEO, Daniel Bikindu, shared these plans with EconOff and a visiting USTDA representative on March 6. 2. (SBU) During his four-day [...]	2007-03-21 12:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN EWWT EINV ECON PGOV CH CG
07KINSHASA784	RIVER TRANSPORT IN THE DRC [...] (SBU) Summary: River transport will likely play a pivotal role and become very lucrative in the event of economic recovery in the DRC. There is a very high demand for river transport, but corruption, lack of government services and other obstacles limit growth. End summary. ---------- BAC [...]	2007-07-10 15:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EAID ECON EINV CG
07KUALALUMPUR1005	SURFING IN SINGAPORE'S WAKE: MALAYSIA'S ISKANDAR [...] (SBU) Summary. Malaysia's government hopes to accelerate investment in the southern state of Johor with its planned Iskandar Development Region (IDR). The government's public statements portray IDR as a new approach that will attract global firms for "knowledge-based" investment, but econoff' [...]	2007-06-08 08:21:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EWWT EAIR MY
07KUWAIT1310	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NEW U.S. LAW ON MARITIME CARGO [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-29 12:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER KU DEMARCHE
07KUWAIT240	KUWAITI REFINERIES SHUT DOWN FOR ONE HOUR DUE TO [...] (SBU) On February 18, all three of Kuwait's refineries temporarily shut down after an electrical substation unexpectedly ceased to provide power between approximately 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. local time (0700-0800 GMT). The power failure affected the entire Shuaiba industrial area which, in addit [...]	2007-02-19 13:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EWWT OIL SECTOR
07KYIV1825	UKRAINE: SHIPMENT OF WEAPONS FROM UKRAINIAN PORT [...] (C) We delivered ref A inquiry regarding the destination of the St. Vincent-flagged vessel Slavyanin July 27 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov. When doing so, we emphasized the urgency of the request. Belashov said he would immediat [...]	2007-07-27 12:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL EWWT MARR UP TU IZ
07KYIV183	UKRAINE: PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE AND [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: After a year-long hiatus (refs A and B were transmitted in January 2006),a Ukrainian MFA official said Ukrainian comments on a draft PSI ship-boarding agreement might be provided by the end of January, after which the Ukrainian [...]	2007-01-25 13:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM KNNP PHSA KTIA EWWT PL UP
07KYIV2272	UKRAINE: GOU AGREES IN PRINCIPLE TO SCANNING [...] On September 6, EconOff delivered reftel points to Viacheslav Voloshyn, Director of Ukraine's Maritime Security Agency. Voloshyn stated that in principle the State Maritime Agency, under the direction of the Ministry of Transport, supported future cooperation with the Departments of Homeland [...]	2007-09-12 06:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ETRD EWWT PTER UP
07KYIV2810	UKRAINE: Black Sea Strategy Presented to German Marshall [...] (SBU) Summary: Academics and NGO representatives considered the Euro-Atlantic community's approaches to the "Eastern European neighborhood" during a conference held in Kyiv October 26-27. Despite the theme, conference participants were focused on Ukraine and particularly Ukraine's prospects fo [...]	2007-11-13 10:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO PBTS SENV EWWT PARM EUN UP
07KYIV2871	UKRAINE: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism -- [...] This is an action cable. See para 6. 2. We used talking points and delivered the proposed outline for a global nuclear detection architecture model guidelines document November 21 to MFA Political Department Political Planning Division chief Oleh Klynchenko. In doing so, we emphasized the n [...]	2007-11-26 11:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM PTER EAIR EWWT KNNP KGIC US UP
07KYIV3039	UKRAINE: PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE AND [...] On December 11, we delivered ref A non-paper providing U.S. plans to sponsor a 5th anniversary Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) conference to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Counselor Oleksandr Bondarenko and Attache Maryna Stroga. Bondarenko opined that Deputy Fore [...]	2007-12-11 12:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KNNP PHSA KTIA EWWT UP
07KYIV3087	UKRAINE: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism -- [...] The Ukrainian MFA responded to the delivery of the proposed outline for a global nuclear detection architecture model guidelines in diplomatic note 411/20-011-2060 dated December 14, 2007. The diplomatic note observed that the Ukrainian side supported the draft guidelines. The diplomatic note [...]	2007-12-18 13:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM PTER EAIR EWWT KNNP KGIC US UP
07KYIV3088	UKRAINE: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism -- [...] The Ukrainian MFA responded to the delivery of the proposed outline for a global nuclear detection architecture model guidelines in diplomatic note 411/20-011-2060 dated December 14, 2007. The diplomatic note observed that the Ukrainian side supported the draft guidelines. The diplomatic note [...]	2007-12-18 13:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM PTER EAIR EWWT KNNP KGIC US UP
07LAPAZ2746	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NEW MARITIME CARGO SCANNING [...] Emboff demarched Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of International Organizations Ruben Vidaurre on October 11th regarding The SAFE Port Act. Vidaurre acknowledged the new law and understood that all cargo leaving foreign ports for the US would need to be scanned for the presence [...]	2007-10-12 13:38:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER BL
07LAPAZ2921	DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR IAAC CANDIDACY [...] Ecoff delivered demarche to the MFA Director of International Organizations, Ruben Vidaurre on October 30. He was unaware of the upcoming election to the UN Independent Audit Advisory Committee (IAAC). Vidaurre said that he would bring David Walker's candidacy to the attention of Bolivia's [...]	2007-10-30 20:52:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EWWT AMGT BL
07LAPAZ2933	BOLIVIA ON U.S. CANDIDACY TO IMO [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 19:02:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK BL
07LIMA1884	NOAA R/V R.H. BROWN PERMITTING IN PROGRESS [...] (U) Summary: ESTHoff delivered request for R/V Ronald H. Brown to conduct research in Peruvian waters in October 2007, via diplomatic note to the MFA on May 11, with copies to relevant GOP agencies. In discussions with GOP agencies over the past several days, all agreed to make the permit proc [...]	2007-05-30 14:36:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KVRC TPHY EWWT SENV PE
07LIMA3577	PERU RESPONSE: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION - DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF U.S. CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-06 21:01:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EWWT PE PHSA
07LISBON2368	PORTUGAL: 9/11 ACT COSTLY TO IMPLEMENT & [...] On September 7, Pol/Econ Officer delivered reftel talking points on Title XVII of the 9/11 Act which calls for 100% scanning of all US-bound shipping containers by 2010 to Jose Figueiredo, Deputy Director-General for Customs and Special Taxes. Figueiredo stated that Portugal does not have the [...]	2007-09-13 10:01:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER PO
07LISBON46	PSI: URGING BRAZILIAN PARTICIPATION [...] (C) Emboff notified MFA Director for Security and Disarmament Joao Corte-Real about the U.S. interest in including Brazil in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) community by engaging in a direct dialog through our Embassy in Brasilia. Portugal would welcome Brazil's inclusion, accordi [...]	2007-01-05 15:51:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP MNUC PARM EWWT PHSA PO
07LJUBLJANA687	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION - DEMARCHE IN [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 15:13:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA IMO SI
07LONDON314	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): [...] SUMMARY: The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) held its 82nd session at the Polat Renaissance Istanbul Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey from 29 Nov ? 8 Dec 2006. The meeting was chaired by MSC vice chairman Mr. N. Ferrar (Philippines) as the Acting Ch [...]	2007-01-25 15:18:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO UK EWWT PHSA SENV KTIA ASEC ORTA
07LONDON317	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): [...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) met at Central Hall Westminster in London, UK from 06-09 November 2006, to hold the ninety-seventh session of the Council (C97) chaired by Mr. Johann Franson (Sweden). Topics of significant interest included: Condolences for the recent pa [...]	2007-01-25 16:18:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA EWWT ECPS MOPS AORC IMO KTIA
07LUANDA782	DEMARCHE - R/V KNORR MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-31 21:19:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KRVC TPHY EWWT AO WA
07MADRID1001	MFA DEMARCHES ON ODYSSEY'S NEW SHIPWRECK FIND [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Summary. A recent discovery by Odyssey Marine Exploration company of an unidentified shipwreck, currently referred to as the "Black Swan", has created some controversy in the Spanish press and in GoS days before the local elections. [...]	2007-05-24 17:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SP PREL EWWT SCUL PHSA
07MADRID1030	MEGAPORTS INITIATIVE: WORKING OUT THE KINKS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Megaports program to scan for nuclear or radiological materials in shipping containers was implemented March 2006 in Algeciras with respect to scanning import and export traffic. During meetings May 18, USG and host nation officials agreed on a plan to implement the transshi [...]	2007-05-25 16:33:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EWWT ENRG PARM PREL SP
07MADRID1275	BRITISH AMBASSADOR TALKS ABOUT ODYSSEY [...] (C) In a June 26 courtesy call, newly arrived British Ambassador to Spain Denise Holt (strictly protect) told the Ambassador that tensions with Spain over Odyssey were continuing to pose an unnecessary threat on the two countries' bilateral relationship. Holt stated for the record that the Br [...]	2007-06-28 15:26:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SP PREL EWWT SCUL PHSA PBTS
07MADRID1281	BRITISH AMBASSADOR TALKS ABOUT ODYSSEY [...] (C) In a June 26 courtesy call, newly arrived British Ambassador to Spain Denise Holt (strictly protect) told the Ambassador that tensions with Spain over Odyssey were continuing to pose an unnecessary threat on the two countries' bilateral relationship. Holt stated for the record that the Br [...]	2007-06-28 16:35:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SP PREL EWWT SCUL PHSA PBTS
07MADRID1285	WHEN WILL ODYSSEY SHIPS SAIL OUT? [...] (C) Odyssey Marine Exploration representatives Marie Rogers and Ali Nasser requested a meeting with EconOff June 26 to informally update the Embassy on the American company's plans to sail out from Gibraltar. Despite assurances that the Spanish would indeed attempt to execute the warrant against Od [...]	2007-07-02 07:10:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SP PREL EWWT SCUL PHSA PBTS
07MADRID1331	SPANISH POLDIR ON KOSOVO, HIZBALLAH, YEMEN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 5 meeting on a separate issue, Spanish MFA Political Director Rafael Dezcallar and the DCM discussed key bilateral issues going forward. Dezcallar said that a crucial priority in coming months should be avoiding a unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo. [...]	2007-07-06 14:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHSA PBTS EWWT SP LE YM VE YI
07MADRID1670	ODYSSEY UPDATE: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS ODYSSEY [...] (C) Summary. On August 29, the Ambassador delivered reftel A dipnote to Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, who promised to provide a subsequent diplomatic note incorporating the necessary information and assurances. Post's DHS-ICE Attache, who already has in hand the import documentatio [...]	2007-08-31 14:08:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EWWT PBTS PHSA SCUL SP CA
07MADRID1722	ODYSSEY UPDATE: DHS DELIVERS CUSTOMS INFORMATION [...] (SBU) On September 6, DHS-ICE Attache delivered the Odyssey Customs import documents to Director of Aduanas Nicolas Bonilla, as requested by GOS via the Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement (CMAA) on July 24. The DHS-ICE Attache advised Bonilla that the information was confidential and to be u [...]	2007-09-07 10:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EWWT PBTS PHSA SCUL SP CA
07MADRID1723	ODYSSEY UPDATE: DHS DELIVERS CUSTOMS INFORMATION [...] (SBU) On September 6, DHS-ICE Attache delivered the Odyssey Customs import documents to Director of Aduanas Nicolas Bonilla, as requested by GOS via the Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement (CMAA) on July 24. The DHS-ICE Attache advised Bonilla that the information was confidential and to be u [...]	2007-09-07 10:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EWWT PBTS PHSA SCUL SP CA
07MADRID1909	SPAIN: UPDATE ON MEGAPORTS NON-PROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 17-18, representatives from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) visited Spain to assess the implementation of the Megaports program at the Port of Algeciras and negotiate a cost-sharing expansion to Spain's other leading ports: Barcelona and Valenci [...]	2007-10-01 17:44:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT ENRG PARM PREL SP
07MADRID2044	SPAIN CONCERNED WITH NEW U.S. MARITIME CARGO [...] (SBU) Summary. Although GOS officials are in favor of increasing security measures at Spanish ports, they are concerned that their ports will be unable to comply with the new scanning requirements mandated under Title XVII of the 9/11 Act. Spanish officials have told Post that the requiremen [...]	2007-10-29 10:44:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ETRD AMGT PTER SP
07MADRID2048	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SPAIN IN SUPPORT OF U.S. [...] EconOff relayed reftel demarche on October 29 to Juan Luis Munoz de Laborde, MFA's Deputy Director for Economic Multilateral Relations. EconOff asked that Spain support the U.S. candidacy for Category A membership to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) council. Munoz de Laborde exp [...]	2007-10-30 10:22:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK
07MADRID2216	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - DECEMBER [...] (U) The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) held its 19th Business Roundtable with the GOS in Madrid on December 4. The EIU tried with mixed success to get the high-level participants to talk about the prospects of a hard landing versus a soft landing scenario for the Spanish economy. President [...]	2007-12-10 09:43:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT KIPR PARM PGOV SP
07MADRID75	SPAIN ON URGING BRAZILIAN PSI PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-12 18:35:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM KNNP EWWT PHSA BR PO SP
07MANAGUA1265	NICARAGUA: NICARAGUA'S COASTAL LAND LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the last decade, there has been a significant increase in Nicaraguan beachfront property investments, including many investments by American citizens. Land laws do not discriminate between foreign and domestic owners, but investor uncertainty in the face of a history of tang [...]	2007-05-15 22:28:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EWWT USTR KIDE NU
07MANAGUA2152	Nicaraguan Port Authority signs grant with USTDA [...] (U) Summary: On August 23, the National Port Authority (EPN) signed a $510,000 grant agreement with the United States Trade Development Agency (USTDA) for technical assistance in drafting a National Ports Law. The new law will allow, for the first time, public-private investment in the country [...]	2007-09-20 16:06:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EWWT PREL ECON PGOV NU
07MANAGUA2203	SWEDEN ENDS COOPERATION WITH NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 27, the Embassy of Sweden announced that the country will end its foreign assistance program in Nicaragua as part of a global strategy that aims to focus its international aid to countries in Africa and Eastern Europe. Members of the Nicaraguan National Assembly and in [...]	2007-09-25 23:03:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EWWT PREL ECON PGOV NU
07MANAGUA327	NICARAGUA: WEAK INFRASTRUCTURE HAMPERS TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary. A 2006 World Bank study characterized Nicaragua's infrastructure as the least developed in Central America. Nicaragua,s poor national road network compounds the challenge of bringing products to market and presents "the greatest obstacles to export led economic growth." At ti [...]	2007-02-05 19:19:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN EWWT EAIR ECON EIND EINV NU
07MANAGUA453	NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador called on the new Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Pablo Fernando Martinez Espinoza on February 7 to introduce himself and discuss transportation and infrastructure issues in Nicaragua. The Ambassador explained that the Millennium Challenge Corpora [...]	2007-02-20 21:54:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN EWWT EAIR EIND EPET ECON ETRD PINR NU
07MANAGUA889	NICARAGUA: MARINA PUESTA DEL SOL, S.A. INVESTMENT PROPERTY [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 24 2007, a band of armed men forcibly assumed control of a strip of land owned by Marina Puesta del Sol, S.A. in the department of Chinandega. Ostensibly, the man behind the invasion is Mr. Jerez Lacayo, who has asserted ownership by virtue of a debt incurred by the s [...]	2007-04-09 20:28:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON EWWT USTR KIDE NU
07MANAMA987	BAHRAIN UNDECIDED ON IMO VOTE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 14:50:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK BA
07MANILA2050	Building Capacity in Disaster Response [...] Embassy Manila capped its assistance for the worst oil spill in the Philippine history by sponsoring a workshop for Philippine stakeholders to upgrade and update planning, response, and damage mitigation processes for oil spills and other disasters. Two oil spill experts from the U.S. Coast Gu [...]	2007-06-20 08:14:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EWWT OTRA EAID RP
07MANILA3044	NEW U.S. LAW ON MARITIME CARGO SCANNING REQUIREMENTS [...] Econ officers presented reftel talking points to Philippine Bureau of Customs Attorney James F. Enriquez and Attorney. Ramon G. Cuyco on 8/29. Econ officers also sent letters to American President Line, Maersk Line and the Association of International Shipping Lines. 2. The initial respo [...]	2007-09-10 05:41:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER RP
07MANILA3615	PHILIPPINE VIEWS ON M/V GOLDEN NORI PIRACY [...] (S) As relayed to Department via ref B telcon, poloff on November 2 delivered to the Department of Foreign Affairs reftel C points regarding the actions of U.S. naval vessels that responded to the Panamanian tanker M/V Golden Nori's call for assistance off the coast of Somalia. The DFA was u [...]	2007-11-07 08:38:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	EWWT IMO KCRM PBTS PGOV PHSA PM PREL RP SO
07MAPUTO1319	MOZAMBIQUE'S EVALUATION OF THE EAST AFRICA SOUTH [...] The Mozambican delegates found the exchange of information between their African counterparts at the conference beneficial. The exchange of information will aid them in implementing the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS). They found particularly useful the presentatio [...]	2007-11-14 15:16:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL EWWT MZ
07MONROVIA1293	LIBERIA: REHABILITATING A TROUBLED BUT PROPITIOUS MARITIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Liberian maritime sector has a unique and vibrant past, but years of war and neglect have taken a toll on the fishing industry (ref A),the port (ref B),and overall maritime control and security inside Liberia's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Although Liberia's U.S.-based [...]	2007-10-29 10:58:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT EFIS PHSA SENV LI
07MONROVIA610	SHIP "STOLEN" FROM LIBERIAN WATERS NOT AN [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 11, unknown assailants "stole" the Saint Vincent-flagged M/V "Tahoma Reefer" from its anchorage in Liberian waters and proceeded to tow the vessel towards the Ivory Coast. United Nations Police (UNPOL) and the Liberian National Police (LNP) arrested two individuals (one o [...]	2007-05-23 09:56:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EWWT LI PGOV PHSA
07MONROVIA902	VISIT TO LIBERIA BY DAS TODD MOSS - JULY 11 - 17, [...] (U) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Todd Moss visited Liberia July 11-17, and met with leaders from the Government of Liberia (GOL),business and banking representatives, members of the legislative opposition, UNMIL and international partners, and directors from key se [...]	2007-07-25 18:50:00	Embassy Monrovia	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAID ECON EFIN ENRG EWWT LI MAS MCAP
07MOSCOW4725	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RUSSIA SEES INCREASED U.S. [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to Black Sea Economic Cooperation Division Second Secretary Aleksandar Fedorinov on September 26. He told us that Russia sees the Black Sea Economic Forum as the best way to increase multilateral cooperation in the region, noting that some of its working gr [...]	2007-09-26 14:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PARM PBTS PHSA SENC ECON EWWT BU
07MOSCOW5481	GICNT: DETECTION ARCHITECTURE MODEL GUIDELINES [...] (SBU) We met November 21 with Senior Counselor Vladimir Prokhorov of the MFA's New Challenges and Threats Department to present reftel nonpaper regarding the proposed January 22 Detection Architecture Model Guidelines conference. Prokhorov said that he would pass the nonpaper to relevant agen [...]	2007-11-23 04:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PTER EAIR ETRD EWWT PARM RS
07MUSCAT171	SOHAR PORT OFFICIALS THINKING BIG [...] Port of Sohar officials continue to think big in terms of port expansion as industrial projects for the complex continue to come on-line. The Port is positioning itself as a convenient economic alternative to ports within the Arabian Gulf, with its dry, liquid, and container terminals already [...]	2007-02-20 12:12:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EWWT PREL MU
07MUSCAT771	MINISTER PREDICTS SLOWER GDP GROWTH FOR OMAN [...] (U) On August 7, Omani Minister of National Economy Ahmed bin Abdulnabi Macki announced that Oman's Gross Domestic Product would grow by 7% over 2007, a projected 8% decline from the 15% growth rate recorded in 2006. Macki highlighted that the economy would continue to expand in spite of the [...]	2007-08-08 10:35:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EWWT MU
07MUSCAT900	RESPONSE TO 100% SCANNING REQUIREMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Contacts at Port of Salalah expressed concern that new scanning requirements for maritime cargo under the USG's 9/11 Act will negatively affect trade at the port. They mentioned specifically that scanning 100% of U.S.-bound cargo for radioactive material and components of weapo [...]	2007-09-19 12:33:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER MU
07NAIROBI1393	Somalia Requests Anti-Pirate Assistance [...] (SBU) Under cover of Diplomatic Note ESR/1381/N/07 dated March 16, 2007, the Somali Embassy transmitted the following letter from Foreign Minister Hurreh to Ambassador Ranneberger: TFG MFA letterhead Quote. Ref: FA-IC/010097/07 Date: 14/03/2007 Mr. Michael E. Ranneberger Ambass [...]	2007-03-28 08:36:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EAID PREL MOPS SO US
07NAIROBI1407	Somalia--Kenya Requests Anti-Pirate Assistance [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-28 14:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EAID PREL MOPS SO US
07NAIROBI2209	Somalia--Security a Long Way Off [...] (C) Summary. The level of violence has risen in Mogadishu and the provinces since the Ethiopian/TFG action against the Ayr sub-clan and Courts' radicals in late April 2007. Attacks tend to be more focused than earlier in the year. While this violence could be laid at the feet of Islamic ex [...]	2007-05-23 14:58:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC EWWT EAID SO ET UG KS
07NAIROBI3591	Kenya Requests Support for IMO Council Re-election [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. For internal USG distribution only. 2. (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 3. (SBU) The GOK sent a diplomatic note to the Embassy requesting USG support for Kenya's re-election to the Council of the Internation [...]	2007-09-10 13:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KE
07NEWDELHI5098	TORRES STRAITS PILOTAGE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOI [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MEA Director (United Nations Political) Aveg Agarwal on November 26. He had no substantive comment at this time and offered to reply after consulting within the Ministry. MULFORD [...]	2007-11-27 06:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA PBTS EWWT PREL KTIA SENV AS IN
07NICOSIA877	CYPRUS: IMO MEMBERSHIP DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 11:20:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT CY

07NICOSIA884	CYPRUS TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 14:16:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT CY
07NICOSIA970	CYPRUS SUPPORTS ARCHITECTURE MODEL GUIDELINES [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-11 14:43:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PTER EAIR ETRD EWWT PREL PINR PINS CY
07OTTAWA133	CANADA KEEN TO PARTICIPATE IN U.S.-UKRAINE [...] (C) Responding to reftel, on December 24 Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Global Partnership Program Director General Troy Lulashnyk told us that Canada would be pleased to participate in any non-proliferation discussions with the Ukrainians that the U.S. thinks a [...]	2007-01-25 17:05:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM EWWT CW PHSA EAID PINR UP UK PL CA
07OTTAWA1651	NEW U.S. LAW ON MARITIME CARGO SCANNING [...] (U) Although Embassy Ottawa is so far unaware of any official Canadian reaction to the new U.S. law, media reports indicate that administrators of Canada's posts are meeting this week in Montreal to figure out how exactly the law will affect their operations. George Malec, vice president of o [...]	2007-08-28 20:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER CA
07PANAMA1111	PANAMA: NEW CANAL MINISTER DISHES [...] (C) While ostensibly reaching out to make himself available to address concerns U.S. firms may have concerning the canal expansion project, recently appointed Minister of Canal Affairs (and former Comptroller General) Dani Kuzniecky was more intent on dishing on the Panama Canal Authority (AC [...]	2007-07-02 22:15:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EWWT ECON PM
07PANAMA1236	PANAMANIAN FIRM WINS FIRST CANAL EXPANSION CONTRACT [...] (U) SUMMARY. On July 6, 2007, the Panamanian company, Constructora Urbana S.A. (CUSA),presented the lowest bid on the Panama Canal expansion project's first construction contract, and was awarded the contract on July 16. CUSA is Panama's largest highway/heavy construction contractor. The co [...]	2007-07-23 12:37:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EWWT FCSC PM
07PANAMA1346	PANAMA POST: EDITION VIII [...] (C) The latest edition of the Panama Post reports on a relatively slow week in Panamanian politics, though with some important movement on efforts to block a terrorist from becoming National Assembly President. Highlights include: -- President Torrijos gets message on Pedro Miguel Gonzalez, [...]	2007-08-10 20:04:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KJUS KCRM EWWT PM
07PANAMA1424	U.S. COAST GUARD BILLET IN PANAMA CANAL TO END [...] (U) SUMMARY. On August 17, 2007, Charge and EconOff told Panama Canal Authority (ACP) Administrator Alberto Aleman Zubieta that the USG cannot absorb the $60,000 in additional yearly costs to keep USCG billet embedded at the ACP under existing terms (Ref. A). Charge explained that Post had co [...]	2007-08-24 18:09:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ECON ETRD PM
07PANAMA1669	PANAMA SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR IMO COUNCIL SEAT [...] (U) On October 10, 2007, Post received a diplomatic note from the GOP's Ministry of Foreign Relations requesting USG support for Panama's reelection to the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Member Council during the 25th Regular Session of the IMO Assembly to be held November 19-30, 2 [...]	2007-10-12 21:00:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT IMO IO
07PANAMA1739	SOMOLIA PIRACY: PANAMA "PREPARED TO ASSUME CASE" [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 5. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) "Panama is prepared to assume the case" to prosecute the alleged pirates who have seized the GOLDEN NORI off the coast of Somalia, Public Ministry Secretary for International Affairs Greta Marchovsky told POLC [...]	2007-11-04 22:25:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KCSY PHSA PBTS PGOV PREL EWWT UN UNSC
07PANAMA1782	PANAMA SUPPORTS U.S. IMO COUNCIL REELECTION [...] (U) On November 19, 2007, Post received a letter from the Panamanian Maritime Authority AMP) stating that it will support the re-election of the U.S. to the International Maritime Organization as a Category A member. The AMP letter stated that such voting instructions have been transmitted. [...]	2007-11-20 16:25:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT IMO PHSA PM
07PANAMA1797	GOP REQUEST USG SUPPORT FOR REELECTION TO IMO [...] (U) On November 20, 2007, Post received a diplomatic note from the GOP's Ministry of Foreign Relations, dated November 16, 2007, requesting USG support and vote for Panama's re-election as a Category A member to the International Maritime Organization's Council. On November 19, 2007, the GO [...]	2007-11-21 17:46:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT IMO PHSA PM
07PANAMA181	PANAMA PROPOSES CANAL TOLL INCREASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On February, 2, 2007, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced its proposed toll increases for the Panama Canal. The proposed toll increases run through 2009. The ACP is holding a public comment period through March 12, 2007 and a public hearing on March 14, 2007. The full tex [...]	2007-02-06 13:18:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON FCSC EFTA ETRD EWWT PM
07PANAMA1812	SECOND PANAMA CANAL EXCAVATION CONTRACT GOES TO [...] (U) SUMMARY. Consorcio Cilsa Minera Maria, a unit of Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim's Grupo Carsa, was the low bidder on the second dry excavation contract for the new Pacific lock access channels portion of the Panama Canal expansion project. It what has become a trend, the sole U.S. bidd [...]	2007-11-27 16:00:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EWWT FCSC PM
07PANAMA1898	POTENTIAL SEISMIC RISKS MAY THREATEN PANAMA CANAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. The historical view that Panama does not experience earthquakes was wrong, geological experts employed by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) told EmbOffs. These experts said emerging geologic research suggests that Central Panama -- including the Panama Canal and Panama City area -- [...]	2007-12-20 23:00:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV AMER EWWT ELTN TPHY PM
07PANAMA1899	BIDDERS ON PANAMA CANAL DESIGN/BUILD CONTRACT FACE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 15, 2007, four consortia submitted Statements of Qualification in order to qualify to bid on the contract to design and build the Panama Canal's third set of locks and water recycling basins. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) is expected to announced the qualified bi [...]	2007-12-21 12:23:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ECON ETRD PM
07PANAMA47	PANAMA CANAL AUTHORITY EYES TOLL INCREASES [...] SUMMARY. On December 18, 2006, DCM and EconOff met with Panama Canal Authority (ACP) Administrator Alberto Aleman Zubieta and ACP Chief of Planning Javier Sabonge to discuss the ACP's planned toll increases. The ACP has not yet determined the magnitude of the toll increases. Aleman hinted th [...]	2007-01-12 18:01:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFTA ETRD EWWT FCSC PM
07PANAMA563	TORRIJOS TO MOVE COMPTROLLER KUZNIECKY TO CANAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 12, 2007, President Martin Torrijos announced that Dani Ariel Kuzniecky would be the new Minister for Canal Affairs and President of the Panama Canal Authority's (ACP) Board of Directors replacing Ricaurte "Catin" Vasquez. Kuzniecky is currently Panama's highly-regarded [...]	2007-04-13 19:43:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EWWT
07PARAMARIBO492	SURINAME: DEMARCHE ON NEW MARITIME CARGO LAW [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-14 20:09:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EWWT NS
07PARIS3423	DJIBOUTI/PSI: GOF INFORMED [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-16 13:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL EWWT DJ FR
07PARIS4258	PSI DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO FRENCH MFA [...] (C) On October 12, Embassy DutyOff transmitted reftel NIACT demarche to Martin Briens, MFA DAS-equivalent for Nuclear Non-Proliferation. PolOff followed up with Briens during business hours to answer any questions; however, the MFA requested no additional information. Please visit Paris' C [...]	2007-10-15 12:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM EWWT GR FR KN SY
07PARIS4356	PSI UPDATE DELIVERED TO FRENCH MFA [...] (C) On October 24, PolOff transmitted reftel A demarche to Luis Vassy and Melanie Rosselet, MFA desk officers for nuclear non-proliferation. Vassy thanked us for the close cooperation, including the reftel A update. He said that the GOF is still evaluating whether UNSCR 1718 will apply, and [...]	2007-10-26 10:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ETTC EWWT KNNP GR SY TU FR
07PARIS585	FRANCE: FUEL TAX EXONERATION FOR U.S. RESEARCH VESSELS [...] Embassy received from the MFA diplomatic note number 82/AME dated 24 January 2007 (Ref A). Informal Embassy Translation follows. 2. QUOTE: In its Diplomatic Note number 460 dated 14 September 2006, the Embassy had asked the Ministry whether U.S. vessels conducting scientific research co [...]	2007-02-14 16:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KRVC EWWT FR
07PORTAUPRINCE1559	PORT DIRECTOR REACTS TO U.S. LAW ON MARITME CARGO [...] Poloff and USAID officer met with Jean Evans Charles, Director General of the National Port Authority (APN) in Port-au-Prince on September 20. Poloff referred to talking points provided in reftel, and told Charles that President Bush has signed into law the 9/11 Act of 2007, which mandates t [...]	2007-09-24 18:53:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER
07PORTAUPRINCE477	LAVALAS CLASHES WITH CAP HAITIEN PORT AUTHORITY [...] (C) Summary: Lavalas demonstrations began on February 24 at the Port of Cap Haitien in response to an incident in which a port security guard pepper sprayed a Fanmi Lavalas deputy mayor-elect, Fritz Joseph. Joseph was attempting to gain entry to the port without proper identification as part [...]	2007-03-09 18:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PINR SNAR EWWT HA
07PORTOFSPAIN1206	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - [...] Prime Minister on Climate Change 2. Central Bank Governor on inflation, currency value 3. Rising food prices 4. Laqtel fined by TATT 5. Increasing tourism traffic on Tobago 6. Trinidadian appointed UNEP Assistant SecGen Â [...]	2007-12-21 18:05:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KGHG EIND ETRD EWWT ECPS KHIV
07PORTOFSPAIN947	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - AUGUST PART 2 [...] Caribbean Airlines flying high 2. Copa Airlines to fly to Trinidad 3. Inflation on the rise 4. Central Bank's authorized capital increased 5. Credit Unions' assets top US$1 billion 6. GOTT looks to financial services, investments 7. More hotels opening 8. Rapid Rail contract a [...]	2007-09-18 21:11:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EFIN EIND ETRD EWWT SOCI TD ECON ELTN
07PRAGUE1189	CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 06:57:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA EZ
07PRETORIA3914	IMO - U.S. CANDIDACY - AND EASWIO MARITIME [...] Transportation Officer transmitted Ref A demarche in support of U.S. candidacy to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council to SAG Multilateral International Department of Transportation Deputy Director Dumisani Mthembu on October 30. He promised to provide a response "in due cou [...]	2007-11-08 14:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT MARR PREL PHSA SF UK
07QUITO2556	THE MANTA PORT, ECUADOR'S POSSIBLE LINK TO ASQAND BRAZIL [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong-based port operator Hutchison Port Holdings, now a year into its concession agreement, has ambitious plans to turn Manta, Ecuador's second (but only natural deep-sea) port, into a world-class seaport. The port is a key element in the GOE's plans to build a Manta-Manaus [...]	2007-11-28 10:58:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ETRD ELTN EAIR PREL MARR MOPS PGOV EC CN
07QUITO639	AMBASSADOR JEWELL MEETS ECUADOR,S NEW TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 13, the Ambassador paid an introductory call on Trajano Andrade, Minister of Transportation. Andrade explained the GOE's strategic vision for the ministry, stressing that ground transport and port management are priorities. He said the Ministry wanted to fight corru [...]	2007-03-19 16:26:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR EWWT ELTN EC
07RABAT1677	MOROCCAN RESPONSE - U.S. IMO CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 13:09:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EWWT PHSA MO
07RABAT1774	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 18:01:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PTER EAIR ETRD EWWT PREL PINR PINS KNNP
07RANGOON1089	DEMARCHES ON PIRACY DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-05 10:54:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KCSY PHSA PBTS PGOV PREL EWWT UN UNSC
07RIGA700	LATVIA TO FOLLOW EU'S LEAD ON NEW U.S. LAW ON MARITIME [...] (SBU) Summary: Latvia is seeking guidance from the European Union in response to the new U.S. law requiring 100 percent scanning for all U.S.-bound maritime cargo prior to loading at a foreign port by 2012. GOL representatives expressed concern about the cost of meeting the new requirement and [...]	2007-09-20 10:26:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER LG
07RIYADH960	SAUDI ARABIA REQUESTS USG VOTE FOR IMO COUNCIL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (U) Post received a diplomatic note numbered 42867/25/97 on 8 April from the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting USG support in 2008 for the SAG to be re-elected as a member of the International Maritime Organization Council [...]	2007-05-08 12:38:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT IO ECON SA
07ROME1787	ITALY ACCEPTS 46 AFRICAN MIGRANTS RESCUED AT SEA [...] (SBU) On August 20 Embassy Rome made an urgent request per Secstate 116313 for assistance with the 46 African migrants, rescued at sea by the U.S. Navy August 19 in international waters 60 nautical miles off the coast of Libya. The GOI decided late August 20 to take custody of the migrants, [...]	2007-08-21 16:26:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MOPS PHSA PHUM PREF SMIG LY TS IS MT
07ROME2494	ITALY SUPPORTIVE OF GLOBAL INITIATIVE NUCLEAR [...] (U) Poloff followed up on Reftel Non-Paper and invitation with the Italian MFA Special Adviser on Nonproliferation Finance and Acting Coordinator for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, Gianluca Alberini, on December 18. (Note: Alberini is slated to replace outgoing GI Coordinato [...]	2007-12-19 17:04:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PTER EAIR ETRD EWWT PREL PINR PINS KNNP
07SANJOSE1934	COSTA RICA POSITIVE BUT NONCOMMITAL ON U.S. [...] On October 31, we delivered reftel request to support the U.S. candidacy for re-election to category "A" of the International Maritime Organization to Montserrat Vargas of the MFA. Vargas told us that although the GOCR could not commit to supporting the U.S. candidacy yet, she indicated that [...]	2007-10-31 22:55:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK CS
07SANSALVADOR50	EL SALVADOR RESPONSE TO U/S JOSEPH LETTER [...] (U) On December 28, 2006 post received the following dipnote in response to reftel A. 2. (SBU) Begin Text (unofficial translation): Mr. Under-Secretary: With great interest we received your message which makes reference to the role that the countries that participate in the Prolifer [...]	2007-01-11 21:10:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS ES
07SANTODOMINGO1988	R/V CORWITH CRAMER MARINE RESEARCH VESSEL [...] Per reftel action request, a diplomatic note requesting clearance of the R/V Corwith Cramer was delivered on August 17. Confirmation of clearance will be sent as soon as received from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. For additional information or follow-up please contact Economic Officer Ha [...]	2007-08-23 19:55:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KRVC TPHY AC CJ HA HO JM MH NL SC UK
07SANTODOMINGO2181	R/V CORWITH CRAMER CLEARANCE GRANTED [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-20 15:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KRVC TPHY AC CJ HA HO JM MH NL SC UK
07SANTODOMINGO2370	R/V CORWITH CRAMER CLEARANCE GRANTED [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-22 19:21:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT BF CJ HA TK UK DR
07SANTODOMINGO2547	DEMARCHE ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO DELIVERED [...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on the U.S. candidacy for the International Maritime Organization to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Pedro Blandino, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations, took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any [...]	2007-11-09 19:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK DR
07SAOPAULO161	CONSUL GENERAL VIIT TO THE PORT CITY OF SANTOS [...] (U) ConsulGeneral (CG) and Econoff recently visited the port city of Santos, which lies 60 kilometers southwes of Sao Paulo across the Serra do Mar mountain rnge. Santos serves the industrial and agricultual trade needs of Sao Paulo and neighboring stats and is the most active port by volume [...]	2007-02-28 13:37:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EINV ETRD ECON SENV OEXP BR ELTN SNAR
07SAOPAULO598	SANTOS PORT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT: WHERE IS THE MONEY? [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff and Econ FSN visited the Port of Santos recently to follow up on several news stories relating major infrastructure investment. Interviews with municipal and GoB Port Authority (CODESP) officials revealed that there are several privately-funded projects under way, and [...]	2007-07-11 14:33:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP EWWT BR
07SAOPAULO71	RIO GRANDE DO SUL: AN ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT [...] (U) Summary: Econoff and Econ Specialist traveled recently to Rio Grande do Sul (RGS),the southernmost state in Brazil located approximately 1100 km south of Sao Paulo. The state, which borders both Argentina and Uruguay, has a population of 10.3 million inhabitants, which represents 5.1 pe [...]	2007-01-30 19:08:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV EWWT EAGR ELAB KIPR ETRD ECON ECIN SOCI
07SAOPAULO766	INFRASTRUCTURE IN BRAZIL: THE TIETE RIVER [...] (U) The Brazilian Transportation Ministry hosted the first Bilateral Brazil-U.S. Inland Waterways Navigation Conference August 28-30 in Brasilia that brought together experts to discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by inland waterways. The U.S. delegation included representativ [...]	2007-09-14 17:50:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD ECON SENV ELTN BR
07SEOUL3266	ROK WILLING TO PROSECUTE PIRATES, SEEKS [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche and non-paper, Park In-kook, Deputy Foreign Minister for International Organizations and Global Issues, agreed on the need for stronger multilateral enforcement mechanisms against piracy. In a November 6 meeting with the DCM, Park asked in particular about th [...]	2007-11-06 06:26:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KCSY PHSA PTER PREL EWWT UN UNSC IMO PM
07SHANGHAI762	2ND CHINA-U.S. MARITIME CONSULTATIVE MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 28 and 29, members of the U.S. Maritime Administration delegation led by Maritime Administrator Sean Connaughton met with the Chinese Ministry of Communications delegation led by Vice Minister Xu Zuyuan in Shanghai. The two sides discussed a wide range of bilateral [...]	2007-11-29 11:13:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ELTN CVIS EINV ETRD OVIP CH
07SINGAPORE1612	GOS LETTER TO DHS REGARDING NEW CARGO SCANNING LEGISLATION [...] (U) Transportation Minister Raymond Lim recently sent the letter in paragraph 2 to Secretary Chertoff highlighting Singapore's concerns about our new cargo scanning legislation. Per State 119837, we will report other local reactions septel. 2. (SBU) Begin text of letter: MINISTER FOR T [...]	2007-08-31 00:20:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PHSA ETRD EWWT SN
07SINGAPORE1960	GOS RE-ELECTION TO IMO COUNCIL: SECOND REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided the following diplomatic note concerning its candidacy for re-election to the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Note: This is the second diplomatic note w [...]	2007-10-25 01:47:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IMO PREL EWWT AORC UK SN
07SINGAPORE2150	100-PERCENT SCANNING "UNWORKABLE," SAYS SINGAPORE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Singapore government remains opposed to the "100-percent" scanning provision of the 9/11 Act, calling it "unworkable" in its current form. Senior GOS officials have urged in meetings, formal letters, and public fora that the USG reconsider the legislation. Singapore-based [...]	2007-12-05 06:36:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EWWT ETTC PTER ECON USTR SN
07SINGAPORE2205	SINGAPORE-U.S. SIGN SECURE FREIGHT INITIATIVE DECLARATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-17 13:30:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD ECON ETTC PTER SN
07SINGAPORE249	SINGAPORE HOSTS FIRST-EVER ARF EXERCISE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Singapore hosted a multilateral Maritime Security Shore Exercise (SHOREX) January 22-23 -- the first exercise conducted under the auspices of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF). The exercise appeared to fulfill its goals of building capacity and demonstrating the advantages of close [...]	2007-02-06 09:51:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHSA EWWT MARR ASEAN SN MY ID
07SOFIA1160	BULGARIAN REACTION TO NEW U.S. LAW ON MARITIME CARGO [...] (SBU) Post sent reftel guidance on the new U.S. law on maritime cargo scanning to the MFA, Maritime Administration, Nuclear Regulatory Agency, Customs, as well as AmCham and the Association of Cargo Carriers. We received one response -- from the Nuclear Regulatory Agency (NRA) -- which stated [...]	2007-09-25 10:29:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER BU
07SOFIA1181	DEMARCHE ON BLACK SEA STRAGEGY [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-02 13:28:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM PBTS PHSA SENC ECON EWWT BU
07SOFIA1274	ADDITONAL BULGARIAN RESPONSE TO NEW U.S. LAW ON MARITIME [...] (SBU) As reported in ref B, Post sent ref A guidance on the new U.S. law on maritime cargo scanning to the MFA, Maritime Administration, Nuclear Regulatory Agency, Customs, as well as AmCham and the Association of Cargo Carriers. On October 3 we received an additional response -- from the Bulg [...]	2007-10-30 15:00:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER BU
07SOFIA1295	BULGARIA SUPPORTS US CANDIDACY TO THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-08 10:12:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK BU
07STATE148514	(S) MILITARY-RELATED GOODS FROM DPRK TO IRAN VIA [...] (S) ACTION REQUEST: Post is requested to approach appropriate Chinese officials and deliver talking points below regarding a shipment of military-related goods from North Korea to Iran via Beijing, China. Post should draw from background and objectives below as appropriate. Post is requeste [...]	2007-10-24 22:12:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL KNNP ETTC EWWT KN CH
07STATE167346	SOMALIA - INSTRUCTIONS FOR DECEMBER 17 DEBATE [...] This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 2. 2. USUN is requested to draw from the following points for the December 17 debate on Somalia Begin text: -- We thank UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah for his insightful SIPDIS briefing this a [...]	2007-12-14 23:46:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT XA XW SO
07SUVA169	KIRIBATI NEW FLAG OF CONVENIENCE SHIP REGISTRY; [...] (C) Ship owners looking for a flag of convenience can now hoist the colors of the tiny Pacific island nation of Kiribati, which amended its maritime shipping act in June 2006 to allow creation of a foreign ship registry. Singapore-based Sovereign Ventures Limited is the agent, as it is for Tuv [...]	2007-03-18 21:30:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT PHSA KR SN
07SUVA397	KIRIBATI'S SHIP REGISTRY SYSTEM -- MORE DETAIL [...] (SBU) The Republic of Kiribati has hired a Singapore company as agent to license commercial ships under the Kiribati flag. When we raised the matter with Kiribati President Tong on July 20, he acknowledged that traditionally Kiribati had handled its own ship-registry service which only dealt [...]	2007-08-07 16:47:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT PTER KCRM ASEC KR
07TAIPEI1014	MEGAPORTS KAOHSIUNG - PROGRESS SO FAR AND PROSPECTS FOR THE [...] (U) Summary: The Megaports Program in Kaohsiung has made notable progress toward implementation over the last year. Support for the program is strong among Taiwan agencies, and AIT sees no substantial obstacles to successful implementation in the near future. As the world's sixth busiest cont [...]	2007-05-04 08:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ETTC ENRG KNNP PARM PTER TW
07TAIPEI152	CLOSING THE FINAL LINK - SHIPPING (PART 1 OF 2) [...] (SBU) Summary: Measures to liberalize cross-Strait shipping have fallen well short of direct maritime links between Taiwan and Mainland China. Offshore transshipment at Taiwan's major harbors and traffic through the "mini-links," which connect Taiwan-controlled islands off the Fujian coast di [...]	2007-01-19 09:01:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ECON PREL CH TW
07TAIPEI1937	Port of Kaohsiung's Container Volume Eclipsed by Mainland [...] (U) Summary. With geographic advantages and new long-term leases from major shipping carriers, Kaohsiung will likely hold on to its status as a transshipment hub in the Asia-Pacific region, even as it continues to fall behind in world rankings. The completion of a s)QD'Qolume is expected to r [...]	2007-08-24 01:46:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD PGOV ECON TW ELAB
07TAIPEI308	Two State-Owned Enterprises to Drop "China" from Name [...] (U) Summary: Chinese Petroleum Corporation (CPC) and China Shipbuilding Corporation (CSBC) announced on February 1 that they would change their names to "CPC, Taiwan" and CSBC, Taiwan." CPC and CSBC have estimated the cost of the change at US$2 million and US$600,000, respectively. They are t [...]	2007-02-08 05:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EWWT PREL CH TW
07TAIPEI403	Taiwan Determined to Prevent PRC-Linked Investor from [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 9, the boards of two state-controlled shipping companies, Taiwan Navigation and Yang Ming Marine, voted to swap stocks in order to prevent privately held Chinese Maritime Transport from taking control of Taiwan Navigation's board. Chinese Maritime's chairman has clos [...]	2007-02-16 06:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EINV ECON PREL CH TW
07TALLINN134	EMBASSY TALLINN TO HOST OIL SPILL SPEAKER; [...] Summary. In response to reftel, post is enthusiastic to report that our Public Affairs and PolEcon Sections are planning to host Alaskan oil spill cleanup expert John Devens, Ph.D., under IIP's U.S. Speaker Program in May. Dr. Devens will meet with Estonian government, industry, and private [...]	2007-03-02 07:32:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EN SENV ENRG EWWT EPET EUN
07TALLINN712	IMO: ESTONIA SUPPORTING U.S. CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 10:56:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	IMO EWWT PHSA UK AORC EN
07TBILISI2501	GEORGIA: DEMARCHE ON BLACK SEA STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-05 11:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PARM PBTS PHSA SENC ECON EWWT GG
07TELAVIV2522	EMBASSY TEL AVIV CONTACTS GOI TO REQUEST URGENT [...] (SBU) DCM Luis Moreno conveyed reftel request for assistance to Alon Ushpiz, head of the Foreign Ministry's Bureau of Coordination. (Ushpiz is equivalent of Deputy Director General to Foreign Ministry Director General Aaron Abramovich.) Following internal GOI discussion, Ushpiz informed DCM [...]	2007-08-21 04:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PHSA MOPS EWWT SMIG LY TS IS IT
07THEHAGUE1386	ROTTERDAM PORT RADIOLOGICAL MONITORING SYSTEM IN PLACE [...] Summary: The port of Rotterdam recently completed the installation of 40 new radiation portal monitors (RPMs) at all container terminals. Dutch Customs, which operates the monitoring program, demonstrated the new system July 10 for officials from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Megaport [...]	2007-07-20 15:40:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KHLS KRAD PTER NL
07THEHAGUE1492	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PASTOR VISIT TO THE NETHERLANDS, [...] Embassy The Hague warmly welcomes Congressman Ed Pastor and his delegation to the Netherlands August 23-26. Your visits to the Energy Center of the Netherlands, Wind Turbine Laboratory, and a wind farm present an ideal opportunity to learn first hand how the Dutch are tackling the issue of in [...]	2007-08-13 14:26:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EWWT ECON PREL PGOV OREP NL
07THEHAGUE5	DUTCH GRANT CLEARANCE FOR R/V NANCY FOSTER [...] Embassy received MFA Diplomatic Note Number DES/TO-693/06 granting approval for the Nancy Foster Marine Research Vessel to conduct marine scientific research. 2. Following is the text of the diplomatic note: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to the Embassy of the U [...]	2007-01-04 09:17:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EWWT NL
07TUNIS1085	SCENESCETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL COSTELLO [...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Representative Jerry Costello and accompanying members of CODEL Costello to Tunis from August 18 - August 20, 2007. Tunisia proudly -- and justifiably -- calls itself a "country that works." Despite Tunisia's relatively small economy and lack of natural reso [...]	2007-08-10 14:53:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP EWWT TS
07TUNIS192	MOVING FORWARD WITH PLANES AND TRAINS AND MARITIME [...] (C/NF) During Ambassador's January 29 courtesy call on Abderrahim Zouari, Minister of Transport, discussion ranged from modernization of Tunisia's transportation infrastructure to the Minister's desire for a stronger relationship with US counterparts. The Minister expressed GOT interest in Op [...]	2007-02-07 13:10:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD EAIR ELTN EWWT ECON TS
07ULAANBAATAR109	List of Mongolian Registered Ships [...] Mongolia's Ministry of Roads, Transportation and Tourism (MRTT) has provided post with a list of 283 "active ships" currently registered under the Mongolian flag. Ministry officials define "active" as those vessels operating on a regular, long-term basis with a normal or permanent registration [...]	2007-02-20 02:59:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PHSA PINR PREL ETRD MG
07USUNNEWYORK794	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST: CONSTANCE ARVIS TO [...] Country Clearance request (reftel) granted for Constance Arvis, Deputy Director for Law of the Sea, Office of Oceans Affairs to visit USUN, New York to attend the UNGA negotiations on the Oceans Omnibus Resolution to be held from September 30 to October 6, 2007. 2 POC is James Donovan at [...]	2007-09-25 13:47:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ASEC EFIS EWWT UNGA
07VIENNA2709	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION: AUSTRIA SUPPORTS U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 09:47:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK AU
07VIENTIANE312	AES MOVES FORWARD WITH INVESTMENT PROPOSAL FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph seven. 2. (SBU) Summary: Econoff met March 29 with AES representatives Flora Zhao and Jasper Camacho to discuss their proposal for a run of the river hydropower project on the Mekong River. AES submitted the proposal March 29 to the G [...]	2007-04-17 09:54:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETRD EINV EWWT ECON SENV PREL LA
07VIENTIANE351	PRESSING THE AES HYDROPOWER BID WITH SENIOR LAO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Committee for Planning and Investment (CPI) President Soulivong Daravong April 30 to continue her personal support for the bid by AES on the first run-of-the-river hydropower project on the Mekong River in Laos. Soulivong was clear that CPI had not made [...]	2007-04-30 08:54:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG ETRD EWWT LA PHUM PREL SENV EINV
07VIENTIANE390	AES LOSES BID FOR MEKONG HYDROPOWER PROJECT IN [...] (C) Summary: CH Karnchang Public Company of Thailand (CK) was awarded the right conduct a feasibility study to develop a 1260 megawatt (MW) run of the river hydropower plant in Xayabury by the Government of Laos (GOL). According to an article in the Vientiane Times May 8, the GOL and CK signe [...]	2007-05-11 08:58:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD EINV EWWT ECON SENV PREL LA
07VIENTIANE567	POWER COMPANY RESPONDS TO CRITICAL REPORT AT THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 27-28 the Government of Laos (GOL) and the Nam Theun Power Company (NTPC) held the second annual Nam Theun II (NT II) stakeholders' meeting in Thakek, Laos to discuss the situation at the World Bank funded project. The GOL and NTPC provided a large amount of information, [...]	2007-07-13 09:47:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ENRG EWWT ECON PREL LA
07VILNIUS792	LITHUANIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR [...] (C) On October 30 we met with Dr. Irena Skardziuviene, Head of the MFA's UN and Council of Europe Division and on October 31 we saw the Ministry of Transport's Director of the Water Transport Department, Juozas Darulis and Deputy, Livita Kretkovskiene to discuss reftel. Skardziuviene said the [...]	2007-11-02 15:43:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EWWT PHSA LH
07WARSAW1932	POLAND'S MARITIME MINISTRY: ADRIFT AT SEA [...] (U) Classified by Economic Counselor Richard Rorvig, reasons 1.4 b, d 2. (C) Ambassador Ashe, accompanied by econoff, paid a courtesy call on new Minister of Economy Grobarczyk on September 5. During the meeting, Grobarczyk seemed unfamiliar with basic facts about Polish shipping. He [...]	2007-09-12 15:14:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ETRD PREL PO PINR
07WARSAW1934	DEMARCHE REQUEST: POLAND WILLING TO SCAN SHIP [...] Econoff presented Reftel points on August 29 to Tadeusz Gorecki, assistant director of the Department of Maritime Transportation. While noting that Poland shipped almost 38,000 containers directly to the U.S. in the year ending April 30, Gorecki said he foresaw no problems with Poland's abli [...]	2007-09-13 05:38:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EWWT PL PTER
07WELLINGTON17	NOAA KA'IMIMOANA MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE REQUEST, [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-05 02:10:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
07WELLINGTON400	EAP/ANP DIRECTOR MCGANN'S MAY 21 VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: During his May 21 visit to Wellington, EAP/ANP Office Director C. Steven McGann and GNZ counterparts agreed to work towards firm messages on Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Pacific Island Forum (PIF) reform, and other regional issues at October's PIF meetings in Tonga. They also exch [...]	2007-05-29 22:35:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD MARR EAGR OVIP KCMR EWWT KTIA
07WELLINGTON419	PROPOSED MARITIME LAW ENFORCEMENT AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) On June 7, Acting PolEcon Counselor and Poloff delivered to Sonya Kamana, Deputy High Commissioner, Cook Islands High Commission the proposed maritime law enforcement agreement (Ref A). Kamana positively received the agreement, and said she will share it with appropriate officials in Ra [...]	2007-06-07 05:22:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EWWT KTIA PBTS PREL SNAR XB XV NZ CW
07WELLINGTON44	R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER, FILE NO. 2004-139 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-10 23:49:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
07WELLINGTON480	R/V KILO MOANA, FILE NO. 2006-099 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-28 02:16:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
07WELLINGTON493	R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER, FILE NO. 2004-139 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-05 21:23:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
07WELLINGTON501	R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER, FILE NO. 2006-032 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-09 04:17:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
07WELLINGTON502	R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER, FILE NO. 2006-103 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-09 04:35:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
07WELLINGTON503	R/V MELVILLE, FILE NO. 2006-083 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-09 05:42:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
07WELLINGTON680	DISCUSSION WITH COOK ISLANDS DEPUTY PM ON MARITIME [...] (C) During a recent visit to Auckland, Cook Islands Deputy Prime Minister Sir Terepai Maoate, along with Associate Minister Junior Maoate (his son) and CEO Ratu Mato, met with the Ambassador and Auckland CG. Maoate explained that the Cooks are anxious to expand their thin economic base beyon [...]	2007-09-17 23:50:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT EMIN KTIA PBTS PREL SNAR XB XV NZ SW
07WELLINGTON80	R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER, FILE NO. 2006-077 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-25 04:37:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
07YAOUNDE1112	CAMEROON LIKELY TO OBJECT TO COST OF MARITIME [...] (U) Poloff met with Chantal Nama, Sub-Director in the Bureau of UN Affairs at the Foreign Ministry on August 31 and to discuss reftel talking points. Nama promised to pass the information to the Department of Customs at the Ministry of Economy and Finance to assess Cameroon's capacity to adh [...]	2007-09-10 13:51:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER CM
07ZAGREB1017	CROATIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. FOR IMO COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 08:23:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK HR

07ZAGREB1034	GLOBAL INITIATIVE - DETECTION ARCHITECTURE [...] Post delivered reftel document to Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Pjer Simunovic November 20 and he repeated GoC support for the Global Initiative. Just ahead of November 25 Parliamentary elections, he was unable to name a definitive POC or commit to attendance at the proposed January w [...]	2007-11-23 15:19:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PTER EAIR ETRD EWWT PREL PINR PINS HR

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