1. And President Jacques Chirac of France balked at the prospect of NATO sailors using force to board and inspect ships bound for Yugoslavia. 2. But after so many passengers became ill on the Regal Princess cruises from Vancouver to Alaska this summer, Canadian authorities inspected the ship after the first two cruises. 3. If the Coast Guard inspects the ship and finds illegal immigrants on board, it calls the INS. 4. Kennedy imposed a quarantine on Cuba and ordered the U.S. Navy to inspect all ships headed for the island. 5. On Thursday, officials inspected the ship after it docked in Savannah and discovered a secret hatch that was welded shut to conceal the Chinese immigrants. 6. The Coast Guard inspects cruise ships like the Ecstasy every six months or so, Philbin said. 7. The money could also be used to increase security at nuclear power plants and to inspect ships arriving at American seaports. 8. The search will be limited to nations that have volunteered to stop sending shipments of oil to Yugoslavia and allow their registered ships to be inspected. 9. The ship was last inspected in February. 10. After the tragedy, shipping lines and governments in Sweden, Finland, Estonia and other countries ordered ships inspected and bow doors sealed on many ferries. |