As maritime containers are very popular transport units in the system of global trade, more and more international governments and container service providers are concerned about the safety and security of container flows. Events of September 11th changed the view on the security of container trans-portation. Improvement of the container security in supply chains became a global task.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) created the Container Security Initiative (CSI) and Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT) to protect the global container trading system and the trade lanes between CSI ports and the U.S. A requirement for these programs is the “24-Hour Rule” which means manifest infor-mation must be provided 24 hours prior to the container being loaded onto the vessel in the foreign port. It provides CBP with more time to identify high-risk containers...............
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