The Port of Singapore will participate in the US Customs & Border Protection’s Secure Freight Initiative, initially in a limited capacity, scanning US-bound cargo in an effort to prevent radioactive weapons reaching the US.
Singapore is a key location for this scanning, being the world’s biggest transhipment port and sixth in terms of total volume of shipments and containers destined for the US. In 2006, Singapore processed more than 375,000 US-bound shipments.
Singapore’s initial limited participation in the SFI goes beyond the mandate of the Security & Accountability For Every Port Act (SAFE Port Act) of 2006, which required that the US evaluate, at three initial ports, the possibility of scanning 100% of US-bound cargo for radiation.
The port of Singapore is part of the second group of international ports evaluating integrated cargo radiation detection and non-intrusive imaging capabilities in Phase 1 of the SFI. Fully operational testing of SFI equipment began in October at Port Qasim, Pakistan; Puerto Cortés, Honduras; and the UK’s Port of Southampton.
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