Key to success will be getting more shippers to use it
With the snap of a bolt cutter, the lock pin on the door of the 40-foot cargo container fell loose. Within seconds, an alarm sounded in a nearby laptop computer.
In real life, the computer would have called a dock attendant to check the container.
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 | Ron Wurzer / P-I | |
| Sen. Patty Murray says the initiative is the first in the region to provide computer-tracked, tamper-resistant seals on containers coming here. | ||
But yesterday, it was just a demonstration to show that the new, post-Sept. 11 world of cargo container security is in place -- at least for the time being -- at the ports of Seattle and Tacoma. The next step: to persuade more shippers to join in.
Officials introduced the new end-to-end cargo container security system at Seattle's Terminal 5 yesterday. The system, developed by Savi Technologyof Sunnyvale, Calif., includes the sealing of cargo container doors with electronic data boxes accessible only by authorized shippers' employees.
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