What is the current situation at WCO in relation to container security?
When adopting the amendments to the 1974 SOLAS Convention and the new ISPS Code concerning special measures to enhance maritime security in 2002, the SOLAS Conference, being aware of the competencies and work of the World Customs Organization (WCO), also adopted a resolution (Conference resolution 9), which, inter-alia, invites the WCO to consider, urgently, measures to enhance security throughout international movements of closed cargo transport units (CTUs). In response to the call for action from the Group of eight (G8) and IMO, the WCO adopted the Resolution on Supply Chain Security and Trade Facilitation in 2002, which addresses a series of steps to protect the international trade supply chain from acts of terrorism.
