David FielderDavid Fielder

- Corporate Security Manager: Asia Pacific, China and S. Asia- Corporate Security Manager: Asia Pacific, China and S. Asia

- Chairman: FIATA Advisory Body on Security Matters- Chairman: FIATA Advisory Body on Security Matters

- FAPAA: Security Advisor- FAPAA: Security Advisor

- Director: TAPA Asia- Director: TAPA Asia

Enhancing Cargo Security:Moving Forward

What do you understand by Cargo Security?

• Government: ensuring nothing is added in such as WMD (do they exist?) or drugs

• Carrier: nothing inserted into cargo which might damage the carrier and ensure no pilferage

• Forwarder: No theft to our cargo

But are we all on the same page or & working together?

TSA want clear plastic so that carrier knows what is on the pallet

Forwarder wants a secure pallet to prevent theft.

The two are diametrically opposed?

To move forward positively we must learn from then past: what worked

and what did not work

Without the Road Map for the future, and without a target there can only be one result>>

100% Screened cargo on PAX carrier into USA

First announcement to Forwarders only days before deadline

Confidential data to carriers said to be much earlier

Restriction on data release due to SSI rules (Secure and Sensitive Information)

Yet we all have interest to protect cargo!!!!

THIS DID NOT WORK WELL

Can we really secure cargo by regulations alone?

Regulations must be practical to achieve the results

Regulators MUST ensure industry collaboration

ICAO Security Secretariat has established a working group on Aviation Supply Chain Security which includes regulators, carriers and forwarders

But what is the definition of a “Supply Chain?”

Shipper

Freight Forwarder

Secure carrier

Ground Handler

Transhipment Airport

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Departure Airport

A chain is a serious of links from one end to the other, but what defines the ends?

IATA CONCEPT OF A SUPPLY CHAIN

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Destination Airport

What is missing?

Lockerbie Bombing – enhanced security checks on luggage

9/11 : Various US Acts to enhance aviation security including amendment 10 to Annex 17

Shoe Bomber: taking shoes off when passing airport security

Bomb in underpants: full body scanners to be introduced

Person found hiding in cargo: ACSIP Rules (Jack in the Box rules)

Security initiatives MUST change from Reactionary to Pro-active

So what is next?

The right strategy with the correct linked partners will bring results

BUT : what if there is a break in the chain?

We Fail and are Exposed to risk,

THE FUTURE: CYNICAL COMMENT - WHAT IS THE INCENTIVE TO STOP THE WAR ON TERROR AND DO GOVERNEMNETS REALLY WANT TO?

The war on terror:

Ensures employment globally for millions of people at borders

Ensures jobs for millions of people producing Security Equipment

Helps country’s GDP in developing the Security Business which was not badly affected by the recession

Helps reduce unemployment

The future is inevitable and Security enhancement / growth is inevitable, so where are we going?>>>>>>>>

Further developments in bio chips and even in-bedded chips

Change of cargo types being placed on carriers

Body scanners at aircraft doors

100% screening of cargo

Bigger x-ray equipment

Carriers with built in ETD sniffers in cargo holders

My doomsday Theory on Aviation Security

• Volcanic issue closed airspace over Europe• Shippers sought alternatives which worked• Cargo trialed by train and ship may not return as costs savings

found• Carbon footprint better with rail than air• Cost of produce declines so cost of cargo in transit fall• More buffer storage at destination to compensate for longer transit

times• Switch to alternative transport to avoid huge security nightmares

in rules and costs• Carrier lose freight income• PAX costs increase• Less Passengers, further reduced revenue• Carrier go bust• Regulators revise and reduce rules

With so much pre-advice data being required and transmitted on individuals before a flight and with ever increasing data storage, are we heading towards a Unique Passenger Code which one day might also replace or augment the passport or be a worldwide standard ID Card for aviation travel issued by the UN?

Acceptance by Regulators that forwarders know best how to secure their cargo against theft (and at same time intrusion).

Accepting the question: Does the known shipper process really work?

Will IATA Secure freight program really take off or be needed in light of likely 100% screening?

I would like to see:

Less Bureaucracy and rules and regulations.

The more the red tape and rules being clearly Black and white, the less common sense and initiatives happen by individuals to thwarting terrorism.

The more solid the rules sets the framework for the terrorist to breach without hidden surprises.

Are we tying ourselves in notes over regulatory compliance that doesn’t work?

THANK YOU