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Correct. I think the main reason is that this "security" is geared more around Customs & Border enforcement than anything else.
by fatnoah 5y ago
Correct. I think the main reason is that this "security" is geared more around Customs & Border enforcement than anything else.
- kqr 5y agoIt helps with customs, but it's a big deal for private businesses too. Before containers, you effectively had to have one trusted person's eyes on the cargo at all time -- and still people along the way lightened the load as they handled the stuff. It was almost considered part of the compensation for a longshoreman. With tamper-evident containers, you have a trusted person watch the container being loaded and locked, and then a trusted person watch as its unloaded at its final destination, and you don't have to care what happens at every point in between.
- fatnoah 5y agoMakes sense. 99% of what I know about container shipping comes from the movie Contraband and Season 2 of The Wire. ;)