Port of Shenzhen, China Becomes Operational in CSI
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a press release announcing that the Port of Shenzhen, China will be the 37th operational Container Security Initiative (CSI) port.
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CBP states that the U.S. and China signed a declaration of principles on CSI in July 2003 to target and pre-screen cargo containers from the ports of Shanghai and Shenzhen destined for U.S. ports. (See ITT's Online Archives or 07/30/03 news, 03073030, for BP summary.) In April 2005, CBP issued a press release announcing that Shanghai, China was becoming CSI-operational. (See ITT's Online Archives or 05/02/05 news, 05050215, for BP summary.)
According to the press release, CBP will deploy a team of officers to be stationed at the port of Shenzhen to target maritime containers destined for the U.S. Shenzhen Customs officials, working with CBP officers, will be responsible for screening any containers identified as a potential terrorist risk.
Shenzhen is the 37th CSI Operational Port
According to CBP, Shenzhen is the 37th CSI operational port. The Port of Shenzhen joins the already operational ports of: Halifax, Montreal, and Vancouver, Canada; Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Le Havre and Marseille, France; Bremerhaven and Hamburg, Germany; Antwerp and Zeebrugge, Belgium; Singapore; Yokohama, Tokyo, Nagoya, and Kobe, Japan; Hong Kong; Gteborg, Sweden; Felixstowe, Liverpool, Southampton, Thamesport, and Tilbury, United Kingdom; Genoa, La Spezia, Naples, Gioia Tauro, and Livorno, Italy; Busan, Korea; Durban, South Africa; Port Klang and Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia; Piraeus, Greece; Algeciras, Spain; Laem Chabang, Thailand; Dubai, UAE; and Shanghai, China.
CBP notes that CSI will continue to expand to strategic locations around the world and that the World Customs Organization (WCO), the European Union (EU), and the G8 support CSI expansion and have adopted resolutions implementing CSI security measures introduced at ports throughout the world.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 05/02/05 news, 05050215, for BP summary of CBP's announcement of the 36th CSI operational port (Shanghai, China). See ITT's Online Archives or 06/24/05 news, 05062410, for BP summary of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on CSI.)
See ITT's Online Archives or 05/31/05 and 06/20/05 news, 05053115 and 05062010, for BP summaries of a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on CSI and C-TPAT, as well as an expert's testimony on these programs' weaknesses, respectively.)
CBP press release (dated 06/24/05) available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/press_releases/06242005.xml.