Intermodal maritime supply chains: assessing factors for resiliency and security

Much of the value exchanged in international trade is transported as containerized freight. While this transport mode has become ubiquitous for manufactured goods, offering a fast and efficient service, it does pose security threats in the post-9/11 era. Even though containerization offers security...

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Published in:Journal of transportation security 2020-12, Vol.13 (3-4), p.231-244
Main Authors: Young, Richard R., Gordon, Gary A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air and Outer Space
Business and Management
Containers
Contraband
Economic Policy
Innovation/Technology Management
Intermodal
International trade
Law of the Sea
Logistics
Manufactured products
Marine transportation
Maritime industry
National security
R & D/Technology Policy
Regulatory agencies
Reliability analysis
Security
September 11 terrorist attacks-2001
Shipping industry
Supply chains
Terrorism
Transportation
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Summary:Much of the value exchanged in international trade is transported as containerized freight. While this transport mode has become ubiquitous for manufactured goods, offering a fast and efficient service, it does pose security threats in the post-9/11 era. Even though containerization offers security from pilferage, it provides a means for obscuring contraband as well as opportunities to tamper with goods in shipment. Although the Container Security Initiative (CSI) and the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-PAT) are high profile initiatives seeking to improve the security of global supply chains, vulnerability still remains from the port of origin and on the high seas to the port of discharge. This research is based on interviews from a wide range of supply chain participants that includes regulatory agencies, transportation providers, importers, exporters, and trade intermediaries. These provide the basis for a decomposition of the global maritime supply chain into those elements up to that point when goods are cleared by U.S. Customs. Analysis of the informational and physical flows suggests that the greatest vulnerabilities lie in those transportation segments between the origin of the goods and that point when they await shipment at a foreign port.
ISSN:1938-7741
1938-775X
DOI:10.1007/s12198-020-00224-0