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"Europe has not woken up to 100% scanning - Por Justin Stares Customs officials fear European ports have been ‘too passive’. Europe has buried its collective head in the sand over the US threat to force scanning of all inbound containers, according to the World Customs Organization. Further delays for US port workers’ biometric ID - Por Rajesh Joshi Implementation of biometric identification credentials for workers at US ports could face further delays due to a hold-up in card production. Bennie Thompson, Democratic chairman of the US House of Representatives committee on homeland security, has claimed that only four of the 12 machines that produce the Transportation Worker Identification Card are currently working, and card production will not return to normal capacity “for several weeks”. Convention on recycling ships could yet be viable New timetable to overcome shortage of capacity. The thorny question of the timely availability of sufficient capacity to recycle ships in accordance with the International Maritime Organization’s proposed convention on ship recycling may yet find a solution. US Senate Committee to hear 100% box scanning trial results - By Roger Hailey Secure Freight Initiative would hit inbound ships at more than 700 ports worldwide from 2012. Room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington is scheduled to be the focus of attention today for the world’s container logistics industry, as it seeks to learn more about US plans for 100% screening of inbound containers at foreign ports from July 2012. "