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Maritime Security All Set Tracking Launches New Electronic Seal In order to meet upcoming require- ments for container security, All Set Tracking has developed the ALLTrack e- Seal that will make electronic sealing easy and flexible. The completely new design takes into account the needs of ocean carriers, port operators and ship- pers both in terms of technical perfor- mance and cost efficiency. The new e-Seal is permanently installed on the container and does not use the traditional door locking mecha- nism at all, which can continue to be sealed using a simple, wire seal in wide use today. The e-Seal uses the same ultra-low power radio "Bluetooth Lite" transmitter used in the ALLTrack Tag and Reader. As opposed to traditional electronic seals the ALLTrack e-Seal will use a single globally available radio frequency band, which is license-free. Since the ALLTrack system uses low cost Read- ers, at a fraction of traditional RFID Readers, the reading infrastructure will be cost efficient to roll out. Due to its small size and high flexibility, the ALL- Track Reader could easily be connected to a standard mobile phone and thus become a "mobile" reader. The new ALLTrack e-Seal will be installed permanently in the container, and by the door hinge a small sensor registers door-opening events. Circle 24 on Reader Service Card www.maritimereporterinfo.com BIMCO Advises Vulnerability Evaluation BIMCO has expressed concern by the recent revelations indicating that the explosion on board the supertanker Lim- burg was caused by an act of terrorism — the first attack on a merchant vessel since the Achille Lauro incident in 1985. The French tanker, owned by BIMCO members CMB, was en route to Yemen when it was apparently rammed by a motorboat packed with explosives — similar to the attack on the U.S. naval ship Cole at Aden on October 12, 2000. The Limburg incident illustrates well the dire consequences created by acts of terrorism, placing the lives of seafarers in grave danger with fatal consequences, causing severe material damage and, not least, causing significant environmental harm. It also raises questions as to which, if any, of the maritime security initiatives now under development at the IMO and elsewhere could have helped to prevent such an attack. November, 2002 Singapore Joins U.S. Customs CSI Robert C. Bonner, Commissioner of the U.S. Customs Service, announced the signing of a declaration by the gov- ernment of Singapore to join the Con- tainer Security Initiative (CSI), a key U.S. Customs initiative designed to pre- vent global sea cargo from being exploited by terrorists to inflict harm on America and other nations of the world. Launched by U.S. Customs in January 2002, the CSI is designed to enhance the security of global maritime shipping, a vital link in world commerce. Some 200 million sea cargo containers move annu- ally among the world's top seaports, and nearly 50 percent of the value of all U.S. imports arrive via sea cargo containers every year. 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