South African Port Joins Container Security Initiative

The South African port of Durban has joined the U.S. Container Security Initiative, U.S. and South African officials announced yesterday (see GSN, Nov. 21).

Under the program, U.S. Customs agents will be stationed in South Africa to screen high-risk shipments to the United States for weapons of mass destruction. Durban is the 17th international port to join the initiative.

“By implementing the Container Security Initiative, the government of South Africa is helping to make a safer, more secure world trading system,” said Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Robert Bonner. “CSI is essential in securing an indispensable, but vulnerable link in the chain of global trade, containerized shipping,” he added (Jerry Seper, Washington Times, Dec. 3).

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