CN SAYS ITÆS FIRST NORTH AMERICAN RAILROAD TO JOIN C-TPAT
Canadian National said Wednesday it has become the first North American railroad to gain membership in the U.S. Customs Service's Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program.
C-TPAT is a joint government-business initiative designed to build cooperative relationship to bolster supply chain and border security.
CN said its membership in C-TPAT is an extension of its participation in U.S. Customs' Carrier Initiative Program that is directed at countering narcotics and smuggling.
C-TPAT participants must agree to a series of initiatives, including a comprehensive self-assessment of supply chain security, completing a supply chain security questionnaire, developing a program to enhance security throughout the supply chain in accordance with C-TPAT security recommendations, and communication of C-TPAT security recommendations to other companies in the supply chain and working toward building the security recommendations into relationships with those companies.
CN SAYS IT’s FIRST NORTH AMERICAN RAILROAD TO JOIN C-TPAT
