Scarbrough has a further obligation as a C-TPAT certified and validated Customs Broker to inform all business partners about Container and Trailer Security. Please review the following security imperatives that each business partner must follow:

It is critical that importers and/or their business partners have security procedures in place at the point of stuffing to include procedures to inspect, properly seal and maintain the integrity of shipping containers and trailers. This includes utilization of the seven-point inspection process for empty containers prior to the loading of cargo as well as the seventeen-point inspection process for all trailers/tractors.

Further, seals used to secure loaded containers and trailers bound for the US must meet or exceed the current PAS ISO 17712 standards for high security seals. All loaded containers bound for the US must have these seals affixed. Importers and/or their business partners must institute procedures for recognizing and reporting compromised seals the CBP or the appropriate international authority.