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Standard Bolt Seal for All Containers in Transit to U.S. Effective October 15, 2008

Posted on: 2008-04-17

Standard Bolt Seal for All Containers in Transit to U.S. Effective October 15, 2008 The CBP Deputy Commissioner's written statement said that: "The 9/11 Act amended the SAFE Port Act by establishing that if an interim final rule [on container security] was not issued by the Secretary of DHS by April 1, 2008, all containers in transit to the U.S. would be required to be secured with a bolt seal by October 15, 2008. (According to the Implementing Recommendations of 9/11 Act of 2007 (9/11 Act), the containers would be required to meet the requirements of the International Organization for Standardization Publicly Available Specification (ISO PAS) 17712 standard for sealing containers.)