Container Security Initiative
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The Container Security Initiative (CSI) is a security program of the United States Customs Administration .
After the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 in the USA , the state organs in the USA began to rethink their thinking. As a result, the United States has launched a range of measures to combat international terrorism. This includes u. a. the increased surveillance of the movement of goods by the US Customs Administration. Since March 2003, the US Customs Administration - as United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) - is part of the newly created Department of Homeland Security . In addition to protecting purely economic interests, the issue of security is now moving more and more into the focus of customs.
The US Customs Security Program has been in effect since December 2, 2002. The aim of this is to identify and check dubious container loads before they reach US territory, so that a. to prevent the importation of weapons of mass destruction.
In order to create a risk profile for the supplier that is required for this, all security-relevant freight data must be reported to CBP 24 hours before loading in the country of origin; this regulation is known as the 24 hours rule . In addition, the containers must be closed with a special seal.
The CSI operates abroad in accordance with contract law with the respective states. The CSI works in the following European ports:
- Port of Rotterdam , Netherlands
- Container Terminal Bremerhaven and Port of Hamburg , Germany
- Ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge , Belgium
- Ports of Le Havre and Marseille , France
- Gothenburg harbor , Sweden
- Ports of La Spezia , Genoa , Naples , Gioia Tauro and Livorno , Italy
- Ports of Felixstowe , Liverpool , Thamesport , Tilbury and Southampton , UK
- Piraeus port , Greece
- Algeciras port , Spain
- Lisbon port , Portugal
Web links
- Keeping Cargo Safe: Container Security Initiative Information on the homepage of the US Customs Agency (English)
- " At the origin of the container security initiative in the USA " - In: Zoll aktuell H. 1/2004 (PDF)