According to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) press release, the port of Cortes, Honduras has become the 44th operational Container Security Initiative (CSI) port allowing cargo to be screened for terrorist and terrorist weapons.
CBP has added three additional answers to question cards submitted at the CBP Trade Symposium that was held November 2-4, 2005 in Washington D.C. Answers have been added to:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted its new Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) minimum-security criteria for sea carriers, which are effective as of March 1, 2006.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued its implementation plan for the new minimum-security criteria for sea carrier participants in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its website a new document entitled "Supply Chain Security Best Practices Catalog: Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT)."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted its new Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) minimum-security criteria for highway carriers, which are effective as of March 13, 2006.
CBP has posted a summary of changes to the Automated Export System (AES) Trade Interface Requirements (AESTIR) on its Web site, indicating that Version 1.0 was changed on March 9, 2006 as follows:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued its implementation plan for the new minimum-security criteria for highway carrier participants in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT).
According to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) press release, the port of Salalah, Oman became the 43rd Container Security Initiative (CSI) port to target and pre-screen maritime cargo containers destined for U.S. ports on March 7, 2006.
Shippers' NewsWire reports that the Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has said that she plans to push the Green Lane Maritime Cargo Security Act, which would provide $835 million in each of the next five years to expand the Container Security Initiative (CSI) and the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT), provide extra funds for port security grants, create a cargo security policy office in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and implement other measures to protect ports and cargo from terrorists. According to the article, the Chairman plans to have the Committee vote on the bill in April 2006. (SNW dated 03/07/06, www.americanshipper.com )