Known shipper & supply chain security - how to keep freight moving

Since September 11th 2001, the need to ensure the security of the global supply chain has become a foremost priority of governments. Policy makers have identified transport supply chains as the weak link in national security and particularly vulnerable to use by terrorist groups to achieve their aims. A dramatic tightening of transport security and customs requirements has already begun, demanded by the United States and being developed in the context of international organisations such as the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), World Customs Organisation (WCO) and the European Union.

AIMS OF THIS DOCUMENT

• TO STIMULATE A KNOWN SHIPPER DEBATE WITHIN INDUSTRY
• TO PROPOSE A VISION OF A KNOWN SHIPPER REGIME
• TO EXAMINE THE BENEFITS AND REQUIREMENTS OF A KNOWN SHIPPER REGIME
• TO ENCOURAGE SHIPPERS TO BEGIN TO PREPARE AND SECURE THEIR SUPPLY CHAINS NOW!