COMPANIES that ship oversize or liquid products could be prevented from using air transport if by October 31 they don't adopt security measures to check for explosives, reports New York's FreightWaves.
That's when a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) exemption from 100 per cent cargo screening ends. Two years ago the US implemented a scan-all requirement for international outbound shipments moving on freighter aircraft, raising the security bar to the same level in place for a decade for cargo carried on passenger aircraft.
Airlines, logistics companies and other entities can use X-ray, explosives trace detection machines, canine detectors or physical search to comply.
The tsa granted a temporary allowance for unique shipments that are difficult to screen, such as drums with chemicals, large machinery and jet engines. Shippers essentially can vouch on paperwork that the goods are secure.
That allowances end in four months and the TSA is urging shippers to quickly sign up for the Certified Cargo Screening Facility (CCSF) programme, which allows non-airline companies that follow TSA-approved criteria to inspect cargo and tender it to the airlines following strict chain-of-custody requirements.
The programme was created to prevent backlogs at crowded airline warehouses by pushing more security checks upstream.
'We are encouraging industry participants to move into the CCSF programme because what we don't want, come November, are problems in the supply chain,' said John Beckius, executive director of the TSA's air cargo division.
Manufacturers essentially will need to get facilities certified by the TSA so they can screen themselves at locations where the products are built. The TSA's proposal is similar to UN-recognised 'known consignor' programmes in many countries, which allow companies that ship goods to demonstrate they have secure facilities and common security protocols to prevent tampering in lieu of physical detection.
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That's when a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) exemption from 100 per cent cargo screening ends. Two years ago the US implemented a scan-all requirement for international outbound shipments moving on freighter aircraft, raising the security bar to the same level in place for a decade for cargo carried on passenger aircraft.
Airlines, logistics companies and other entities can use X-ray, explosives trace detection machines, canine detectors or physical search to comply.
The tsa granted a temporary allowance for unique shipments that are difficult to screen, such as drums with chemicals, large machinery and jet engines. Shippers essentially can vouch on paperwork that the goods are secure.
That allowances end in four months and the TSA is urging shippers to quickly sign up for the Certified Cargo Screening Facility (CCSF) programme, which allows non-airline companies that follow TSA-approved criteria to inspect cargo and tender it to the airlines following strict chain-of-custody requirements.
The programme was created to prevent backlogs at crowded airline warehouses by pushing more security checks upstream.
'We are encouraging industry participants to move into the CCSF programme because what we don't want, come November, are problems in the supply chain,' said John Beckius, executive director of the TSA's air cargo division.
Manufacturers essentially will need to get facilities certified by the TSA so they can screen themselves at locations where the products are built. The TSA's proposal is similar to UN-recognised 'known consignor' programmes in many countries, which allow companies that ship goods to demonstrate they have secure facilities and common security protocols to prevent tampering in lieu of physical detection.
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