The terms 'scanning' and 'screening' might be better associated with the medical world than shipping, but since the 9/11 terrorist attacks they have become synonymous US cargo security policy.rnAs policy-makers recoil from December's failed bomb attempt on a transatlantic flight, debate rages on plans to scan all US-bound ocean containers and shippers grapple with new mandatory importer filing regulations.rnThe future direction of these initiatives hangs in the balance. In December the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it was postponing till 2014 the requirement for foreign ports to scan 100% of all US-bound containers.rnWhile new Importer Security Filing (ISF) rules (better known as '10+2') became mandatory on January 26, 2010, there are claims that many shippers remained ill-prepared, despite a year of being able to plan for the legislation.
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