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Also, there is no US government agency that regulates cruise ships, like the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Transportation which regulate air and land travel.
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"There was no information that indicated where troops were or ships were, " he told the Associated Press news agency.
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Safety standards for cruise ships are set by the International Maritime Organization, a United Nations agency, with enforcement falling to individual countries.
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He is also asking the US State Department and the International Maritime Organization, the United Nations agency responsible for overseeing maritime safety, to pressure foreign countries that host ships serving Americans to adopt the proposed bill.
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The head of the province's port authority, Alejandro Berola, said that the decision to turn away the ships was made following "express instructions" from Gov. Fabiana Rios, the news agency said.
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At the time, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said it was a "fairly common chemical" carried aboard ships which was produced in a large number of countries.
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Mr. Cheng rejected Tokyo's protest, and instead complained about Japanese Coast Guard ships operating in what Beijing considers its territorial waters, according to Xinhua, China's state-run news agency.
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