Port officials say funding level is inadequate to ensure security. (Up Front).(Brief Article)

Los Angeles Business Journal | May 20, 2002| | Copyright

More than eight months after the Sept. 11 attacks, a federal program designed to beef up security at the nation's ports is way under-funded, port and industry officials claim.

Executives from the nation's ports, its shipping and other maritime-related companies -- including those in Los Angeles and Long Beach -- have inundated the Department of Transportation with requests for a combined $691.5 million -- far more than the $92.3 million that Congress has allotted immediately for port security.

The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach alone applied for $56 ...

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