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After months of working with the cargo and aviation industries, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced last week that it has met a key requirement of the 9/11 Act by screening 100 percent of air cargo on domestic passenger aircraft.

That’s welcome news, considering Congress had established an August 1, 2010 deadline for this requirement.

To meet the mandate, TSA created the Certified Cargo Screening Program (CCSP), which allows certified facilities across the country to screen cargo before it reaches the airport. Prior to the August 1 deadline, over 900 facilities became CCSP certified, and according to the TSA, this distributed screening effort has enabled over half of the more than 9 million pounds of cargo loaded onboard passenger-carrying planes each day to be prescreened, avoiding potential bottlenecks at airports. (This is an important point, because as you may recall, TSA has been criticized for not developing strategies sufficient to prevent supply chain disruptions that would disturb the flow of commerce. )

The CCSP initiative is part of TSA’s multi- layered approach to air cargo security. The agency’s program now includes: (more…)

While there’s no doubt that US port security has improved significantly since 9/11, we still have a long way to go.

Of course, it’s no small task to assure goods move effectively and securely through our ports –which last year serviced some 7.8 billion tons of cargo, valued at $8.6 trillion, according to the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA).
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Earlier this month, the Air Transport Association of America (ATA) sent a letter to air cargo shippers reminding them that the congressionally-mandated August 2010 deadline for 100% screening of all cargo on passenger planes is now less than a year away.

The ATA also urged shippers to learn more about the benefits of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Certified Cargo Screening Program (CCSP). The letter states:
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