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Scanning for a solution to US freight security
The deadline for the Coinciding with publication of
compulsory scanning of
that report, DHS Secretary Janet
containers bound for the
Napolitano publicly admitted
USA has been pushed back,
that certain technological issues
in the face of technological
associated with 100 percent
scanning still need to be
and financial difficulties.
overcome.
Whether it will ever be “Technology does not exist
enforced is the subject of
right now to effectively and
much debate. Phil Hastings
automatically detect suspicious
reports.
anomalies in cargo,” she said.
“This makes scanning difficult
and time-consuming.”
A
new European Diederick de Vroet, Kuehne
Commission (EC) report + Nagel’s director seafreight,
claims US plans to Diederick de Vroet believes the US
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano has
northwest Europe, said he
introduce 100 percent security
authorities are now reconsidering their admitted there are still technological
assumed from such comments
scanning of all inbound ocean
initial plans for 100 percent scanning. problems with 100 percent scanning.
that the US authorities are now
freight containers by mid-2012 reconsidering their initial plans
could increase transport costs for Meanwhile, direct transport developing a package of measures for 100 percent scanning and
such consignments by costs for US-bound to cope with the wide diversity of weighing up whether it is
ten percent. consignments would increase by security risks and addressing feasible.
Meanwhile, there are strong about ten percent. “If, for supply-chain security as a global “I can only hope that they
indications in the USA that example, all containers that were and complex challenge.” perhaps come to a different
project forwarders, heavy lift shipped from the EU to the USA conclusion and go for another
carriers, and everyone else in 2007 had been subject to
Foreign ports
process which is easier to
moving boxes to that country will scanning, the total extra implement, but which at the
now not have to comply with transport bill would have In fact, a US Government same time gives them a greater
such requirements until at least amounted to between EUR243 Accountability Office report, sense of security,” he told HLPFI.
2014. In fact, some – but not all million (USD331 million) and published last December, says Susanne Oud, operations
– freight industry sources suspect EUR440 million that DHS (Department of director, Europe, for project and
that 100 percent scanning will (USD599.5 million). This Homeland Security) and CBP general multimodal forwarder
never be implemented, at least estimate does not include the (Customs & Border Protection) Bellville Rodair International,
in its currently proposed form. extra operational scanning costs officials now acknowledge that suggested one way forward
and the indirect costs,” most, if not all, foreign ports will could be an expansion of the
Costs
according to the report. be unable to implement EU’s Authorised Economic
It adds: “The EU does not 100 percent scanning by July Operator (AEO) accreditation
The recent EC document, a staff contemplate implementing 2012. As a result, it states, the scheme.
working paper headed ‘Secure 100 percent scanning of DHS has decided to extend the “To obtain full certification,
Trade and 100 percent Scanning containers at export. It advocates target date for compliance to you need to adhere to strict
of Containers’, assesses the likely shifting the policy focus towards July 2014. security guidelines and audit by
impact of 2007 US legislation Customs,” she pointed out.
mandating the scanning at Laurance Langdon, group
foreign ports of all maritime
containers destined for that
While scanning of
project logistics manager for
GAC, took a slightly different
country, from July 2012.
all containers may
tack, suggesting that while it was
On the financial side, the
not be realistic
“highly unlikely” 100 percent
report claims such a
development would require
today, it is
scanning in its current form
would be possible by 2012, it
EUR430 million
inevitable, whether
would come in at some point.
(USD586 million) of investment
it occurs in 2012 or
“While scanning of all containers
in European scanning and
radiation detection operations,
2014.
may not be realistic today, it is
inevitable, whether it occurs in
while operational costs in
– Laurance Langdon,
2012 or 2014,” he suggested.
European ports would rise by
GAC
“Just exactly how and with what
more than EUR200 million technology, though, is not yet
(USD272.5 million) annually. completely clear.” HLPFI
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