THE theft of automobiles in developed nations for export to customers in underdeveloped countries has prompted customs officials to consider inspecting the contents of export containers, reports Fort Lauderdale's Maritime Executive.
It will likely become imperative over the next few years that inspections of export containers become standard practice at major international ports, said the report.
Customs in most countries monitor the contents of import containers arriving from overseas. They rarely if ever inspect the contents of export containers destined for overseas ports.
The epidemic of theft of upscale automobiles in developed Western nations is causing major economic loss in those nations. Police forces and customs departments are under pressure to intercept export containers that carry automobiles.
However, most western police forces and customs agencies are presently ill-equipped to rapidly and accurately inspect the contents of thousands of export containers that arrive daily at major ports.
The epidemic of car theft for export has imposed an urgency on Western customs agencies to develop methods by which to rapidly and accurately inspect the contents of containers for export.
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It will likely become imperative over the next few years that inspections of export containers become standard practice at major international ports, said the report.
Customs in most countries monitor the contents of import containers arriving from overseas. They rarely if ever inspect the contents of export containers destined for overseas ports.
The epidemic of theft of upscale automobiles in developed Western nations is causing major economic loss in those nations. Police forces and customs departments are under pressure to intercept export containers that carry automobiles.
However, most western police forces and customs agencies are presently ill-equipped to rapidly and accurately inspect the contents of thousands of export containers that arrive daily at major ports.
The epidemic of car theft for export has imposed an urgency on Western customs agencies to develop methods by which to rapidly and accurately inspect the contents of containers for export.
SeaNews Turkey
