Document: 10 CFR Part 73
Document ID: 7d8269bd-54a2-4d5a-9b84-85dfab2746cc
Document Type: cfr
Title: Transportation physical protection systems, subsystems, components, and procedures.
Source: 10 CFR Part 73
Source URL: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/part-73/section-73.26
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Section ID: 73.26
CFR Part: 73
CFR Title: 10

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been approved for incorporation by reference by the Director of the Federal Register. A copy of each of these standards is available for inspection at the NRC Library, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852-2738. ( 2 ) All shipments shall be accompanied by two armed escorts who shall be able to converse in a common language with the captain of the ship. ( 3 ) Minimum domestic ports of call shall be scheduled and there shall be no scheduled transfer to other vessels after the shipment leaves the last port in the United States. Transfer to and from other modes of transportation shall be in accordance with paragraph (f) of this section. ( 4 ) At all ports of call the escorts shall ensure that the shipment is not removed. At least two armed escorts or other armed personnel shall maintain continuous visual surveillance of the cargo area where the container is stored up to the time the ship departs. ( 5 ) Export shipments shall be accompanied by two armed escorts from the last port in the United States until the shipment is unloaded at a foreign terminal and prime responsibility for physical protection is assumed by agents of the consignee. While on foreign soil, the escorts may surrender their weapons to legally constituted local authorities. ( 6 ) Import shipments shall be accompanied by two armed escorts at all times within the geographical limits of the United States. These escorts shall provide physical protection for the shipment until relieved by verified agents of the U.S. consignee. ( 7 ) Ship-to-shore communications shall be available, and a ship-to-shore contact shall be made every six hours to relay position information, and the status of the shipment. ( 8 ) Arrangements shall be made at the foreign terminals at which the shipment is to be unloaded to assure that security measures will be taken upon arrival. [ 44 FR 68190 , Nov. 28, 1979, as amended at 46 FR 2025 , Jan. 8, 1981; 53 FR 19257 , May 27, 1988; 57 FR 33430 , July 29, 1992; 57 FR 61787 ,