INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION (ISO) AND
SMART AND SECURE TRADELANES (SST) FORGE STRATEGICPARTNERSHIPTO SECURE THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS

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Smart and Secure Tradelanes’ Will Form a Basis of Future ISO Standards forIntermodal Supply Chain Security.
Geneva, Switzerland, April 2003 – Alan Bryden, Secretary-General of the

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partner with the Strategic Council on Security Technology in their Smart and Secure
Tradelanes initiative as a basis for the international pilot programme announced by ISO's

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technical committee on ships and marine technology (ISO/TC8) in November 2001 at the22nd Assembly of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and updated at theSOLAS Diplomatic Conference of IMO in December 2002. The programme wasconceived and launched by ISO/TC 8 and will address the identification of existing
security gaps as well as propose solutions to global intermodal supply chain security
concerns through the development of standards for implementation by the international
trade community which will also be presented to the International Maritime Organization
for consideration in their Circulars and Conventions. The ISO/TC8 programme includes
an International Advisory Group comprised of senior management of major internationalorganizations, such as, IMO, ILO, WCO, ICS, IAASP, ICC, IICL, ICCL and WNTI; theAmbassador to IMO from Panama; the European Union Commission; the Council on
Foreign Relations; several Offices of the United Nations; and others. The intermodal

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supply chain standards will be developed under the guidance of an InternationalStandards Group led by the Chair of ISO/TC8 and comprised of several Chairs of other
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dealt with separately by ISO/TC20). ISO selected Smart and Secure Tradelanes (SST)

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promise of the initiative to influence how technology is deployed to enhance the securityand visibility cargo shipments within and between countries.

ISO's technical committee on ships and marine technology will examine the technologies,
processes, business practices, data and operational results of the initial phase of the SST
initiative as it has been implemented in over 12 of the world’s busiest tradelanes as ameans to baseline current practices, identify security gaps and propose standards-based
solutions that address the security concerns over the movement of cargo containers as acore element of shipping goods through global supply chains and likewise in the followon phases of SST. The technical committee plans to use the information gathered

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and as authorized basis and training requirements.

More than 40 SST partners are building a global information network and infrastructurethat enables them to have real-time visibility of the location and security status tracking
infrastructure and from their point of origin to their final destination. SST is designed tocomplement U. S. Homeland Security initiatives, including the Container Security
Initiative (CSI), Customs Trade Partners Against Terrorism (C-TPAT), and Operation
Safe Commerce (OSC).

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international business practices, (2) producing data, process and technology solutions
supporting intermodal security and effectiveness that enhance cargo security by providing
confidence in container status, location and history while (3) preserving ‘company
proprietary information’ and minimizing commercial disruption. Our work with SST will
be key to both accelerating the standards development process and to forming a working
industry/government coalition to implement the standards," said Captain Charles Piersall,
Chair of ISO/TC 8.

“From the outset, SST was designed to be an open platform adopting best-of-breed
technologies that comply with international standards to ensure excellence, seamless
communication and interoperability,” said General John Coburn (US Army, Ret.),Chairman of the Strategic Council on Security Technology (SCST), a global advisory
resource and sponsor of the SST initiative. “No single technology can eliminate thevulnerabilities in today’s complex supply chain,” he added. “That’s why it’s soimportant to adopt a holistic approach to security – one that can address the complexity
and scale of today’s global supply chain by incorporating multiple best-of-breed
technologies that inter-operate under a common set of international standards.”

Since SST was launched last summer during a joint press conference by the Strategic
Council on Security Technology and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WASH), Smart and Secure
Tradelanes has begun implementing infrastructure in major seaports in Asia, Europe andthe United States, and shipped several hundred containers affixed with electronic seals
that communicate with a global information network bridged by the Internet. SST is
composed now of more than 40 partners, including the world’s largest port operators,major shippers, a number of transportation service providers and solution providers. Aclear goal is to further increase participation from additional international firms.

About ISO
ISO is the International Organization for Standardization. It is made up of 146 national
standards institutes from countries large and small, industrialized and developing, in all
regions of the world. ISO develops voluntary technical standards which contribute to

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9000 and more than 13 700International Standards forbusiness, government and society.
ISO is a network of national
standards institutes from 145
countries working in partnershipwith international organizations,governments, industry, businessand consumer representatives.
Standards are documented
agreements containing technicalspecifications or other precise
criteria to be used consistently as
rules, guidelines, or definitions ofcharacteristics, to ensure thatmaterials, products, processes andservices are fit for their purpose
globally. International Standards
thus contribute to making life
simpler, and to increasing theworld wide reliability andeffectiveness of the goods andservices we use. For more
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trade between countries easier and fairer. ISO standards also serve to safeguard
consumers and users in general of products and services, as well as to make their lives
simpler. More information can be obtained at www.iso.org.

About the Strategic Council on Security Technology
The Strategic Council on Security Technology is an international assembly of top
executives from the world’s largest port operators, major logistics technology providers,retired senior general and flag officers, former public officials and prominenttransportation consultancies. Acting as an international resource, the Strategic Council
on Security Technology is committed to helping ensure greater intermodal supply chain
security through best-of-breed practices and technologies while working with a variety ofother industry associations. More information can be obtained at www.scst.info.

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