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Security Net * USA - Unease as truckers not included in
Washington,DC,USA -Cargonews Asia (V/Toronto,Ont,CAN), by Ian Putzger -26 May 2008: -- With a deadline of having to screen all bellyhold air cargo by the summer of 2010 looming, the US Transportation Security Agency (TSA) has begun to flesh out details of its air freight security strategy. Some of the elements, plus the absence of any government funding for operators' efforts to comply, have forwarders worried... At first glance, the TSA's strategy came as a relief for industry executives who had warned about bottlenecks at airports as a result of mandatory screening... At this point, forwarders are understandably hesitant because there are still no clear indications how much the new security regime will cost. The TSA currently has no cost estimates for companies considering CCSF registration... According to estimates from the Congressional Research Service, the full screening mandate could cost the industry up to US$3.7 billion. Experts on the airline side consider that figure conservative...
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