The International Warehouse Logistics Association (IWLA) recently announced a C-TPAT compliance program for third-party warehouses. The IWLA says its program is based on security best practices ...

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Acquiring C-TPAT membership will just get your business in the C-TPAT front door. In order to maintain C-TPAT membership status, and all the benefits that flow from the membership, your business must ...

Global supply chain security has been a hot topic for years. Containerized shipping has been identified as one of the weak points in border security. After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, ...

In a June 12 post, I told you about U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) plan to expand the previously importers only Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) certification program ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border protection says it will take a hard line against carriers or shippers and immediately remove those who don’t comply with the program’s minimum security criteria.

OTTAWA — Export Development Canada is offering trucking carriers and shippers a Security Compliance Loan to help Canadian companies finance the upgrades required to ...

C-TPAT membership status will open the door to several benefits. For instance, C-TPAT members are less likely to incur a security or compliance examination compared to a non-member. For the C-TPAT ...

The roughest aspect of C-TPAT compliance may be committing the resources needed to maintain certification over the long haul. “C-TPAT certification will give us quicker clearance at the Mexican and ...

A program designed to expedite trucking's passage across American borders has provided a way for Mexican drug smugglers to get drugs over the border, according to the Associated Press. The ...

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina, Oct. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Marken announced today that it was recently inspected by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and designated as a C-TPAT ...