/24-7PressRelease/ - WESTON, FL, July 23, 2008 - Container Security Inc, the South Florida company that recently introduced the ContainerShield, a tamper-evident conveyance security device at the Florida Customs Brokers and Forwarders Cargo Theft seminar, is now debuting a new and improved version of the product in the July 21 special "Warehousing" edition of Florida Shipper magazine.
The concept of the ContainerShield is similar to the tamper-evident seal found on a new bottle of Tylenol or Advil. The ContainerShield is framed by two proprietary, embossed, steel bands that run laterally around the container's inner keeper bars and are pulled tight by a compression tool. The bands are covered with a numbered transparent shrink wrap shield, made taut with a heat gun, and finished off with identically numbered tamper evident seals. Tampering with container doors compromises the shrink wrap, which unlike other security devices on the market, can not be repaired or disguised with glue or paint. Also of significance, a replacement shield would require the criminals to duplicate a client's proprietary embossed and numbered components. The net result is a device that allows all personnel along the supply chain to detect any effort to gain access through the doors of the container.
David Beiner, designer of the patent-pending ContainerShield explains, "The beauty of the new ContainerShield is that it's smaller and less expensive than the original, and can be installed in just minutes. We discovered that the product achieves the same theft deterrent, tamper-evident results even when shrunk from its original 8 foot by 8 foot size down to its current 16 inch by 8 inch size. And the components for each shield come in a small sealed and numbered kit that contains exactly enough materials to apply to one container, with no components left over - making it a very tidy, efficient system."
Cargo security is a major problem worldwide, and an especially heinous one in South Florida. Last year alone, $30 million worth of stolen merchandise from cargo containers was recovered in Miami-Dade County, and it is estimated that another two to three times that amount was stolen and not recovered. Industry experts say that as much as 40% of the cost the consumer pays for a new television is spent on security to protect it through transit and warehousing. The FBI estimates that cargo theft costs America between $10 and $30 billion a year, the equivalent of $100 stolen for every person living in the United States.
Container Security's Chief of Security, Keith Prager, retired from the U.S Customs Service as the Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge of the Miami Office and was instrumental in establishing a U.S Customs Cargo Theft initiative in South Florida. Prager stated, "Over my many years of investigating cargo crimes and cross border security breaches, I have seen many types of bars, locks and electronic devices, none as tamper as this product. The government has been asking for a tamper-evident security device, and we've answered the call."
For more information contact Deb Eyerdam at 954-306-9038 or Deb@containershield.com.
For more information visit http://www.containershield.com.
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