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TSA Presses Shippers On Screening
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has voiced concern about footdragging and shippers’ lack of awareness on issues tied to
the stricter cargo screening levels set to begin in August 2010.

TSA is worried shippers may wait “until it is too late” to “surmount the challenges” of August 2010, when 100 percent of all cargo transported on passenger aircraft must be screened at the piece level, according to a July 20 TSA notice posted by OAG Inforwarding.
While it may appear that the 50 percent cargo screening level mandated by Congress that began in February was “met without significant challenges,” TSA said, shippers should consider the following issues:
■ The economic downturn caused a 35 percent drop in the movement of cargo compared with 2007.
■ Airlines still lack the space and facilities to “de-palletize,” screen, and reconfigure large shipments.
■ Some commodities were excluded for a limited time frame (until August 31st, 2009).
Eight-five percent of current screening entities (airlines and CCSF freight forwarders) utilize ETD (explosives trace detection) screening. Alarm resolution for ETD other than physical search is challenging. “There is a high risk of a physical inspection (opening boxes and removing content) resolution as a result of “contamination” while shipments are in forwarder or airline vehicles/docks.”
Overall, airlines would not have attained the required percentage without the screening percentages contributed by Certified Cargo Screening Program (CCSP) freight forwarders, who also use ETD as primary method of screening.
Citing a “decline in applications” for the Certified Cargo Screening Program, TSA said in its notice that it will provide incentives for shippers to join the program as well as additional benefits to those who apply and commit before September.
Other issues shippers should keep in mind are that screening the “difficult, complex, skidded cargo” still lies ahead, TSA said. Most shipments screened today “are not skidded/move on narrow body aircraft.”
Also, an economic rebound will lead to increased cargo volume. “Screening 100 percent of 15 million pounds per day in 2010 vs. screening 50 percent of nine million pounds per day now represents a 300 percent increase in cargo screening (a return to 2007 levels),” the agency said.
If too many shippers wait until the “last minute” to apply for CCSP, TSA would not have resources to certify them in time for August 2010 mandate, the agency said. Facilities that volunteer to participate in the CCSP program “will be able to tender cargo directly to a passenger air carrier or freight forwarder. This includes: Manufacturers, Warehouses, Distribution Centers, Third Party Logistics Providers, and other similar facilities,” TSA said.