U.S. Customs and Border Protection Achieves CSI...

October 1, 2007

1 October 2007

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Achieves Container Security Initiative Milestone with 58 Operational Ports

The following news release is excerpted from the US Customs and Border Protection website of 28 September 2007.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced today that it has reached its fiscal year 2007 goal of initiating Container Security Initiative operations at 58 oversees ports to target and pre-screen maritime cargo containers destined for U.S. ports.

CSI addresses the threat to border security and global trade posed by the potential for terrorist use of a maritime container to deliver a weapon.

CSI proposes a security regime to ensure all containers that pose a potential risk for terrorism are identified and inspected at foreign ports before they are placed on vessels destined for the United States.

"We are committed to using high-tech equipment and a smarter, more secure container to safeguard the supply chain, but realize that cooperation from our friends around the globe is our most potent weapon," said W. Ralph Basham.

CBP’s Container Security Initiative, launched months after the terrorist attacks of 2001, is a cooperative effort with host country governments to identify and screen high-risk shipments before they leave participating ports. More than 85 percent of all cargo containers destined for U.S. shores originate in or are transshipped through 58 CSI ports in North, South and Central America, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East….


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World Economy & Politics
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International News Channel / U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
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