SA’s ‘green’ status official

The SA airfreight industry
has been officially granted
“green” status under the
European Union (EU)
ACC3 air cargo security
regime which became
effective on July 1.
This was announced at an
SA Civil Aviation Authority
(CAA) meeting last week,
where the authority also
noted that SA air cargo
agents were no longer
required to implement the
expensive validation process
to have free movement of
cargo to Europe.
“For the industry to
take full advantage of this
status,” David Alexander,
GM of compliance services
at Professional Cargo
Security, told FTW, “it
needs to fully comply with
SA’s Part 108 security
rulings. And the members
should all be known
consignors or regulated
agents.”
This, he added, would
prevent the delays to air
cargo that occur when
shipments originate with
non-compliant sources,
and need to be X-rayed and
cleared by a third party
body before the carriers
will accept them.
“And just remember,”
said Alexander, “the more
who participate in these
security regimes, the more
secure the supply chain
becomes.”