A container seal is a device inserted into the handle assembly on the door of the container.  It is numbered and coded and should be referenced on the bill of lading and manifest.

 

All commercial shipping containers that are fitted with Container Seal receive priority customs clearance through USA Customs and ports.  

Container seal gives protection for exporting products via road, rail or sea freight containers.

 

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A customer is advised to conduct their own verification to make sure the container seal is the same as the number on Bill Of Lading before the delivery of the container.

 

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How can a container be tampered within a glimpse of an eye?

1. Be aware. With the use of a regular or cordless drill, the rivet that connects the handle with the locking rod can be destroyed in just a minute.

2. By pushing down the handle, the doors can be opened without touching the bolt seal.

3. And then, after tampering was made, the container’s doors are closed, and by inserting a replacement rivet and paint, a perfect tampering has been made, leaving no evidence.

 

What types of container seal are there?

 

A container seal can be either a High Security container seal or an Indicative container seal.  Cable seals and bolt seals are High Security seals as per C TPAT and ISO17712 and plastic and tin seals are Indicative seals as per ISO17712.   The High Security container seal has to have an H on it and the Indicative seal should have an I on it.

 

The seals are there to determine if the container has been tampered with.  The seal will have to be cut or removed in order to gain access to the container.   The more sturdy the seal is the more effort is required to tamper with it.   The Indicative plastic and tin seals are not used much anymore on containers as it was found that they could be tampered with and put back together to appear still secure.  

 

A high security seal will have to be cut or destroyed in order to gain access to the container and this will then show the shipper and the customer that the container seal was breached.  

 

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A container seal is not meant to prevent access to the container – it is meant to show if someone tampered with the container , that is it’s job.

 

A container seal can be used in refrigerated and non-refrigerated containers. They can be supplied with molded as well as non-molded corners.

 

New United States Container Seal Requirements:

     The United States Customs and Border Protection issued a notice reminding shippers and importers that all loaded containers entering the United States beginning October 15, 2008 are required to be sealed with a container seal meeting the ISO/PAS 17712 standard.

 

This standard requires that the container seal should meet or exceed certain standards for strength and durability to prevent accidental breakage or undetectable tampering under normal usage. The ISO/PAS 17712 requires that each seal be clearly and legibly marked with an identification number.

     

 Tanks and open top containers that cannot accommodate a seal meeting the ISO/PAS 17712 standard are not subject to the statutory requirement but members of Customs and Border Protection and Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program are required to use seals meeting the ISO/PAS 17712 standard for mechanical seals.