Ports: Sea, Land, & Air

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 The most important factors business travelers and travel buyers consider when choosing ground transportation is traveler and vehicle safety, followed by availability for a timely pick-up and convenience of payment methods, according to The2015 Ground Transportation Study, sponsored by Dav El/Boston Coach Chauffeured Transportation Network and Empire CLS Worldwide Chauffeured Services.  

Security on Europe's rail networks will be stepped up with cross-border armed patrols and increased spot checks on trains.

The Metropolitan Transit System announced that its acting director of security, Manuel Guaderrama, has been given the permanent job.

Alaska Airlines just completed a test program that allowed passengers to use their fingerprints instead of government-issued IDs and boarding passes.
 

More than 1,000 security officers, baggage handlers and wheelchair attendants at New York’s LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy International Airports voted unanimously to authorize a strike starting Wednesday night.

Travel groups are objecting to a House of Representatives plan to divert revenue from airline passenger fees paid to the TSA to pay for a highway trust fund.

A federal lawsuit said the TSA should develop formal regulations for its full-body scanners. 

 The Transportation Security Administration has paid passengers $3 million for losing, damaging or stealing items.

Ports – sea, air and land – handle people and cargo. And they need to be secured. Dr. Daniel J. Benny knows the need. At Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Dr. Benny now offers a Bachelor of Science degree in aviation security. This program is designed to produce graduates qualified to enter aviation security, intelligence, military, homeland defense and corporate aviation security communities, either as entry-level career professionals or as mid-level managers.