This year it went up the Atlantic coast, stopping at ports along the way.
The spokeswoman advised freight customers to try and arrive at ports as early as possible.
Funding homeland security on a needs rather than a political basis, for example, or scanning all freight at ports.
But the ships themselves kept calling at ports around the globe, from Iran to the Far East, from Malta to Mexico.
The number of forged passports detected at ports and airports across the UK has almost halved in the past five years.
On homeland security, Democrats tried to double the number of containers at ports and airports checked for weapons of mass destruction.
Health monitoring has been stepped up at ports from Kenya and Ethiopia in East Africa to Senegal and Mauritania in the west.
Brodie Clark, head of the agency's Border Force, said the concealed drugs were all found during searches at ports, airports and postal sorting depots last year.
Citizens have been advised not to make tourist trips to Mexico and body temperature checks on passengers and crew at ports of entry have been re-introduced.
Under the new plan, security and surveillance will be stepped up at ports, airports and major highways, which are used to smuggle drugs into Sao Paulo.
While the numbers of people coming through the traditional entry points at ports and the Channel Tunnel may be down, there remains anecdotal evidence that illegal immigrants are entering the UK by other means.
Distrust of the GDP numbers has prompted Capital Economics, a research firm based in London, to create its own proxy of economic activity, which includes electricity output, domestic freight volumes, cargo traffic at ports, passenger transport and floor area under construction.
The report said that UK ports appeared not to have learnt lessons from accidents at other ports.
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Low water levels on Lake Malawi have forced the steamers to anchor offshore at most ports along the lake.
Federal mediators negotiated extensions to avert possible strikes that could have crippled operations at major ports along the East Coast.
The email also informed Smedley and other passengers that the propulsion problem would prevent them from docking at two ports.
Sending containers through a central hub allows ships to pick up cargo at smaller ports for a variety of destinations.
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CSK's delay fees climbed at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California because its trucks were missing loading times.
CSK's delay fees climbed at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif. because its trucks were missing loading times.
English Heritage historian Paul Pattison said the troops who disembarked at the ports of Dover were given a warm and compassionate welcome.
New one-stop shops were launched for traders at the ports, cutting the time to import by seven days and the time to export by five.
Specifically, this situation arises from the U.S. belief that Japan restricts the ability of U.S. firms to operate terminals or provide stevadore service at Japanese ports.
Travellers were also warned to expect delays on arrival at UK ports and airports on Thursday as hundreds of immigration and customs officers joined the action.
The policing was visible but low key, but it was apparent that some people with a history of football violence had evaded scrutiny at the ports.
There are ships carrying heavy equipment and aid that are being held at the ports of Port-au-Prince and Saint-Marc and they can't unload because people are demanding payoffs.
Individual officers have enormous discretion at the ports of entry.
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An even more troubling prospect arises from a bid Hutchison Whampoa and two partners (one an American company called Savi Technology) are making to win U.S. government contracts to enhance security at American ports.
The UK Home Office says that in the year 2011-12 about 9, 000 attempts to cross the English Channel illegally were thwarted by British officers at Channel ports in continental Europe, the BBC's Maddy Savage reports from Paris.
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