All cargo entering the US on ships would have to undergo thorough screening at foreign ports under new legislation agreed by key congressional committees - a move attacked last week by the shipping industry as a recipe for chaos.The bill has been supported by US Congress members who believe previous legislation such as last year’s Safe Ports Act has been too weak in addressing the risk that a terrorist attack might be mounted on the US from within a shipping container.
It calls for all air freight to be examined within three years and all sea containers within five years, although it allows for extensions to the deadlines.
This, and other maritime security developments, will be discussed in the forthcoming Maritime Security Management Course, 13-17 August.
Transport and Distribution Security is one of the subjects addressed on Security Management Stage 2, 15-26 October.
