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Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco

CGAS San Francisco also supports a wide range of other Coast Guard operations such as Maritime Law enforcement, port security, Aids to Navigation support and Marine Environmental Protection to approximately 300 miles of coastline from Point Conception to Fort Bragg 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Orca-class patrol vessel

Two of the craft were temporarily fitted with .50-cal machine guns for port security during Op PODIUM the Canadian Forces' support of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.


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Fishermans Bend, Victoria

Fishermans Bend is a primarily industrial centre at the foot of the West Gate Bridge and contains major establishments for the Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Holden Australia, Hawker de Havilland, the Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures, Kraft Foods, Toyota Australia, and port security.

Joseph Abruzzo

Abruzzo graduated from Lynn University with a degree in international communications in 2003, and joined the United States Coast Guard Reserve later that year, where he worked as a port security specialist.

SAFE Port Act

The port security provisions were one of 20 bills introduced to Congress in the wake of the Dubai Ports World controversy that aimed to block Dubai Ports World acquiring P&O Ports, and more generally to stop key US ports falling into the hands of foreign owners by changing the Exon-Florio Amendment.