TSA to exempt ‘secure’ exporters from new air cargo screening

A forklift moves wooden pallets of goods at an airfreight warehouse.

Three weeks before new security rules go into effect for all export cargo moving by air, the Transportation Security Administration has finalized plans giving businesses the ability to opt out of screening every shipment prior to loading if their facilities have approved security controls. The air cargo industry is splintered over whether an alternative approach will provide the same protection and be fairly applied. 

The TSA said manufacturers, suppliers, warehouses, vendors, e-commerce...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tsa-to-exempt-secure-exporters-from-new-air-cargo-screening

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