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01-23-2007, 04:00 PM
The United States government has lifted a ban on Dominican commercial ships travel to US ports that had been in effect since 2003. American Coast Guard Rear Admiral D.W. Kunkel commended the Specialized Port Security Corps (CESEP) efforts that lead to the lifting of the ban that benefits six of 12 Dominican ports. Armed Forces spokesman Rear Admiral Hector A. Lizardo explained that Dominican ships from Haina (Oriental and Occidental), La Romana, Cayo Levantado (Samana), Multimodal Caucedo and Molinos Modernos (Santo Domingo) are now cleared for ships to depart to the United States without their crew or cargo needing a previous inspection by the US authorities. Lizardo said that these checks had damaged the country's maritime trade. He added that CESEP's agenda for June and July includes the certification of the remaining ports so that they too can be accepted into US ports without the checking requirement. These restrictions were imposed on the Dominican Republic together with many other nations as a counterterrorism measure after the 9/11 attacks on the United States.
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