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By Steve Hall |
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November 23, 2010 - ComSec International, an independent
provider of cargo screening services and consultation,
has started advising shippers, carriers, freight
forwarders and other companies involved in supply chain
management to begin tentative planning for new federal
air cargo screening requirements.
When passed, the Air Cargo Security Act proposed last
week by Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA) extends
the 100 percent requirement currently mandated for cargo
being shipped on passenger flights to include all air
cargo, whether shipped on cargo freighters or included
on scheduled passenger service.
This move is essential to providing levels of safety that begin to align with current threats being made to the U.S. economy by the targeting of the freight industry, according to cargo security professional Jason Watson. |
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?For a
host of reasons, air cargo is viewed as a viable in-road by
those who would cause damage to our nation and its residents,?
said Jason Watson, a cargo security consultant and cofounder of
ComSec International.
Under the
Markey bill, the Department of Homeland Security is being
directed to address three key areas of dedicated air cargo
shipping:
- Creation
of a set of regulations for screening 100 percent of cargo
transported on all-cargo aircraft within three years, achieving
50 percent of all cargo being screened within 18 months of
passage of the legislation.
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Establishment of a system for the regular inspection of shipping
facilities and associated security procedures for the handling
of air cargo transported on all-cargo planes to ensure that
appropriate security controls, systems, and protocols are being
used. - Creation of arrangements with government authorities of foreign countries ensuring that inspections are conducted on a regular basis at shipping facilities for cargo being transported by air to the United States. |
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