Tracking Cargo Containers and Freight Mobility In The Pacific Northwest

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Tracking Cargo ContainersandFreight Mobility In
The Pacific Northwest

• Northwest Freight ConferenceSeattle, Washington
• October 7, 2001

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Bob Holliday

• United States Customs Service
• Northwest Area Technical Director

1000 Second Ave Suite 2300 Seattle, WA 98104-1048
[phone] [phone] (FAX) Robert.o.holli
day_at_customs.treas.gov
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Commissioner of Customs Robert Bonner
Assistant Commissioner Office of Information and
Technology Sam (Woody) Hall
Executive Director Applied Technology
Division John Pennella
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Seattle, Washington
Seattle Harbor
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Basics of Cargo Containers o History o
Describe Them o What the Bad Guys Conceal in
Them o Why Theyre Always on Our Mind Customs
and the Intelligent Transportation
System Overview of In-Bond Shipments
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In The Old Days
Material Handling Equipment
Hatches
Bulk Cargo
Ship Models Courtesy of American President Lines
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Transition
First Container mid 50s
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Forty Ft. Can (2 TEUs)
Twenty Ft. Can (TEU)
Ships Beam ?
Ships Length ?
Todays Largest Container Ship?
Maersk-Sealand 6600 TEUs
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Just About Everything is Shipped in Containers
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We Examine Containers
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The Magnitude of the Problem
Long Beach sees 176,000 cans per month on average
Thats 5,867 cans per day
Or, 244 per hour
Or, 4.1 cans per minute
Or, 1 can every 15 seconds
24 hours per day, 365 days per year
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If We Can Facilitate Cargo Movement, AND
Appropriately Enforce Customs Regulations, Our
Inspectors Will Have More Time To Focus On Higher
Risk Matters.
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We are a partner in a demonstration project that
integrates Intelligent Transportation System
technology with Customs Information Systems to
facilitate the movement of In Bond shipments
between Puget Sound ports and British Columbia.
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Government Participants o WADOT o USDOT o
Transport Canada o WSP o Canada Customs o
USCS o BC Provincial Government o USDA
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Phase I Status o Readers Installed at
Ports o Readers Installed at Blaine o Most of
the Infrastructure is complete o Awaiting Final
Software for Bond Closure o Expect to reach
Initial Operating Capability this week.
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Were not Entirely Satisfied o The Tags are on
the Power Unit not the Can o Wed like to
have control of the Container Were testing an
e-seal - a seal/tag o This is Phase I-B
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Phase II

• Electronic Information Transfer North and South

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Three Categories of In Bond Shipments o
Immediate Export (IE) o Immediate
Transportation Without Entry (IT) o Transport
and Export (TE)
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• IT Immediate Transportation Without Entry
• - Cargo Arrives at a port of entry (Seattle) in
  an In Bond status
• - Cargo is transported to another location in
  the United States.
• Cargo is entered into commerce at that location.
• Bond is closed.

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• TE Transport and Export
• - Cargo arrives at a US Port of Entry (Seattle)
  in an In Bond Status
• Cargo is transported to a US Port of
  Debarkation (Charleston)
• Cargo is exported to another country (Germany)
• Bond is closed out.
• Cargo is never entered into the commerce of the
  United States.

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• IE Immediate Export
• Cargo arrives at a US Port of Entry (Seattle) in
  an In Bond Status.
• Cargo is moved to another mode of transportation
  in close proximity to the POE (Sea Tac Airport)
• Cargo is exported
• Bond is closed out
• Cargo is not entered in the commerce of the US

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In Bond Rules Bond holders have thirty days
to report to Customs and close out the bond.
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• In Bond Numbers
• 2.8 million containers arrived at US west coast
  ports in the last twelve month period.
• 750,000 of those containers moved from the ports
  in an In Bond Status.
• - Thats one container every 40 seconds.

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