Security In Logistics

   Security has become increasely important.Even legitimate business people must be aware of the regulations.This is because every shipper must comply with the same laws,and because one does not want to become accidentally involved in illegal activity.One of the main concerns with government agencies,and particularly customs,is corruption.Corruption is the misuse of entrusted power for private benefits.While many agencies are highly professional, there are also many where corruption is likely, or even the standard operating procedure.This becomes a major problem for buyer and society.

   Second is dangerous good for example is more than three billion tons of hazardous materials are transported by air,rail,vessel or highway, annually in US,more than 800,000 shipments every day.There is now a large industry of logistics and transport professionals specializing in this area.Buyer and society need to be aware of what they are shipping and the regulation that apply.In most industries logisticians do not need to worry about much of technical aspect of their transportation ,but that is not the case with dangerous goods.

     Security also in this case refer to threat of attack to both cargo and the people involved in logistics process.Issues of security in business can become quite broad,so discussion will be limited to matter of transport security and incidental threats to personnel managing the transport such as vessel. The importance of security can be seen in the variety of threats that are presented in the supply chain:

              Cargo theft is one cause of loss where a lot can be done to control it,yet it has been called the transportation industry’s ‘dirty little secret’.Two things put cargo at its greatest risk ,dwell time and changes in control.

              Dwell time is when the cargo is not physically moving .It is extremely difficult to steal cargo while it is moving.Besides,when difficult to move the good to transportation,the carriers have limited personnel on transportations and it would be hard for anyone to get away with cargo stolen while enroute.For that we know if vessel not move from port,the vessel can be easy to dissapears.

              Changes in control refer to those points in shipment where cargo is being passed from one party to another. This may be at port, where different modes of transport connet. It may also be when drivers are switched. Every transaction is risk point. The receiving party should check the cargo, but often this does not happen. Often it is impossible to check the transportation when the transportation is handed off. The cargo may taken at port by someone posing as buyer or the seller.

    For the last is smuggling that is defined as “conveing goods or persons,without permissions, across the border of country or other political entity. This means that only international transfer are smuggling. Earlier we discussed corruption and security issues. Corruption is the relationship between the seller and government official. Smuggling refers to the relationship between a smuggler and government. Trafficking,unlike smuggling, is the buying or selling and transport of something, yet the term has become synonymous with smuggling.