Re: [egov] ebXML, Hutchinson Holdings, Terror Threats and ContainerShipment Tracking

[David RR Webber <david@drrw.info>]

Duane,

Good thought.  That factor was brought up in the 60 minutes peice - but 
the tracking is crucial - since having a secure container saves you 
against possible tampering in-transit, and that works seems to be well 
underway, but obviously if it is a Trojan in the first place - it just 
ensures you have an even better Trojan being more securely delivered!

The 60 minutes piece also made the point that it is the port authorities 
and governments that really need to drive this.  If they are apathetic 
then there is no amount of calls for standardization that will actually 
cause anything to happen.  Again - if you have Hutchinson involved - 
then you know that 44% of container traffic will need to conform - and 
that's a huge head-start.

But you are right - we do need to reach out to the stakeholders and the 
authoritative sources here to understand how we can move things forward.

Thanks, DW

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Duane Nickull wrote:

> David et al:
>
> World Customs Organization are the people to pitch this to I believe.  
> They are a UN org.  They have something called the Secure container 
> initiative or something like that they are working on.
>
>
> Duane
>
> David RR Webber wrote:
>
>> I just saw the peice on 60 Minutes tonight - where the CEO of 
>> Hutchinson, who had
>> 44% of container traffic worldwide - is desperately looking for 
>> support from
>> governments to help turn around the current vulnerability situation.  
>> Having been
>> ignored here in the USA.
>>  
>>