Koch seeks seal regulation to augment C-TPAT

November 23, 2004

23 November 2004

Koch seeks seal regulation to augment C-TPAT

The following article is excerpted from the 23 November 2004 edition of “American Shipper”.

The Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism is "a very creative" program to get the private sector to improve supply chain security, "but it's not a substitute for regulations" in some areas to protect against terrorist smuggling of weapons or people into the United States in shipping containers, said Chris Koch, president of the World Shipping Council.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection should continue to use C-TPAT as a tool to get at importers to pressure their foreign suppliers, who are outside U.S. regulatory jurisdiction, to ensure the integrity of shipments at their source, Koch told a Transportation Table luncheon gathering of journalists…. But the recent implementation of the Maritime Transportation Security Act and related international ship and port facility security codes by the Coast Guard lessens the need to overlay C-TPAT requirements on terminal and vessel operators, said Koch, whose organization represents ocean carriers.

Security measures such as verifying proper use of container seals should be imposed on the entire industry through regulation… he added.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is developing a proposed rule that would mandate the use of some type of high-security seal and methods to verify it is properly applied.


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