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SECURITY ASPECTS OF MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT . PAPER PRESENTED BY . ISLAM SALIM CHAIRMAN SECURITY PACKERS PAKISTAN. AT. UNCTAD EXPERT MEETING ON DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS SERVICES. 24 TH - 26 TH SEPTEMBER, 2003. AT. GENEVA. .
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SECURITY ASPECTS OF MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT PAPER PRESENTED BY ISLAM SALIM CHAIRMAN SECURITY PACKERS PAKISTAN AT UNCTAD EXPERT MEETING ON DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS SERVICES 24TH - 26TH SEPTEMBER, 2003. AT GENEVA.
POWER POINT PRESENTATION • CONTAINER CARGO SECURITY HAS BECOME AN IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL ISSUE IN THE AFTERMATH OF 11TH SEPTEMBER 2001 TERRORIST ATTACK IN USA. • EXTRA VIGILANCE AT ALL AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PORTS. • CONTAINER SECURITY INITIATIVE (CSI) INTRODUCED AT US PORTS NOW EXTENDED TO UAE, SRI LANKA, MALAYSIA AND TURKEY. • ELECTRONIC SCANNING OF ALL EXPORT CONTAINER AT PORT OF LOADING IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE SECURITY SOLUTION. • MODERN USER FRIENDLY CUSTOMS PROCEDURES SHOULD BE INTRODUCED, MAKING FULL USE OF I.T. FOR ADVANCE TRANSFER OF CARGO INFORMATION.
CARGO SECURITY SENARIO IN PAKISTAN. • PORTS UNDER GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT. • DRYPORT (ICDS) MANAGED BY PRIVATE TRUSTS. • INLAND HAULAGE OF CONTAINERS MOSTLY BE TRUCKS (BONDED CARRIERS) PARTIALLY BY PAKISTAN RAILWAYS. • INLAND HAULAGE UNDER CUSTOMS SEAL. • G.O.P ASSIGNED TASK TO NLC FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRONIC SCANNING DEVICE AT KPT FOR EXAMINATION OF CONTAINERS. (MATTER UNDER CONSIDERATION). • ARMED GUARDS FOR ESCORTING EXPORT CONTAINER BLOCK TRAINS MAY BE CONSIDERED. • CARGO SECURITY POSITION, GENERAL SATISFACTORYCARGO SECURITY SCENARIO IN PAKISTAN
INLAND DRY PORTS OFPAKISTAN STATIONDISTANCE FROM KARACHI PORT • Hyderabad 164 Km • Quetta 675 Km • Lahore 1268 Km • Rawalpindi/Islamabad 1546 Km • Peshawar 1706 Km • Faisalabad 1179 Km • Sailkot 1406 Km • Multan 934 Km
PAKISTAN ENTRY / EXIT POINTS • Karachi Port • Port Qasim • Peshawar • Chamman • Taftan • Wagah
TRAINING • Training of mid-level managers on interdiction of Weapons of • Mass Destruction (WMD). It should be a combination of class • room training with practical exercises with specialized / • modern equipments. • Non Proliferation Investigative Training should be imparted to • trainers from Customs, who could further train the staff in • investigation of illegal trafficking in WMD and related materials • Higher and mid-level officials of Customs may be included for • Radiation Academy Programme.
EQUIPMENT • Equipment to detect false compartments in containers • Large scanning machines to Scan Export/Import/Transit Cargo • at point of Entry & Exit. • Imaging vans which contain mobile X-ray and gamma ray • equipment for screening Export/Import cargo -container along • with radiation detector for sensing radioactive source. • Other mobile and stationery devices for screening (X-ray or • gamma ray) of containers and truck trailers at Sea Port and • Border Points.