British Forwarders Slam 100% Scanning

(Journal of Commerce Online – R.G.Edmonson)

Group calls for risk assessed, practical, feasible approach

An official of the British International Freight Association says the United States should scrap its 100% scanning program and adopt a “risk assessed, commercially practical and technologically feasible” approach to container security.

BIFA Director John O’Connell said the Department of Homeland Security had underestimated the enormity of scanning all containers, not to mention the costs to governments and the limitations of the available technology. Read more here.