DHL and American Airlines Cargo have started offering joint training to educate pharmaceutical customers on how best to comply with the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Certified Cargo Screening Program (CCSP). The training includes discussion on the required process for becoming a Certified Cargo Screening Facility (CCSF). Facilities that volunteer to participate in the CCSP program will be able to tender cargo directly to a passenger air carrier or freight forwarder. … [Read more...] about Security training for pharma customers
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Rapiscan awarded US$3M contract
Rapiscan Systems, Inc., a leading global supplier of security inspection systems, announced recently that it has received a US$3 million contract from an undisclosed US-based freight forwarder for multiple Rapiscan MVXR5000 multiview hold baggage screening systems. The systems are to be used to screen air cargo aboard passenger planes within the US under the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Certified Cargo Screening Program (CCSP). Under the CCSP in accordance with the … [Read more...] about Rapiscan awarded US$3M contract
Certified Cargo Screening Program (CCSP) Update
Following the signing into law of the Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007 legislation requiring the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a system for industry to screen 100 per cent of cargo transported on passenger aircraft at a level of security commensurate with the level of security of passenger checked baggage, within three years. In addition, the legislation set an interim milestone to screen 50 per cent of all cargo shipped on passenger aircraft within … [Read more...] about Certified Cargo Screening Program (CCSP) Update
