Secure Freight Initiative (SFI)

Overview

The Secure Freight Initiative (SFI) is a key provision of the U.S. SAFE Port Act and is part of the International Container Security scanning project. It builds on its current partnership between the Container Security Initiative (CSI) and the Megaports Initiative.

SFI expands the use of scanning and imaging equipment to examine more U.S. bound containers, than just containers determined to be high risk. The program uses integrated technology which includes radiation portal monitors, non-intrusive imaging equipment and optical character recognition. By using this technology to scan more cargo, SFI ports should achieve a higher level of security without impeding the flow of commerce.

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