Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Lima Mark Wells and Canadian Ambassador Gwyneth Kutz on Friday started the implementation of a project to enhance container security at Callao Port's DP World terminal.
Peru plays a vital role in ensuring that
shipments to U.S. and Canada —through its ports— are free of illicit material, thus reducing the risk of a nuclear incident.
Today's handover of 12 radiation detection monitors to the Government of Peru is the first step in the project lifecycle.
The National Customs and Tax Administration (Sunat) and Peruvian Nuclear Energy Institute (IPEN) will be able to scan all containers through the DP World terminal, thus conducting searches and seizures of any illicit material.
The United States shall complete a transfer of two Mobile Detection Systems to IPEN to enable rapid detection of harming radiological elements all over Peru.
The project's final stage involves a donation of six additional detection monitors by the United States and Canada to
Sunat, so that the entire cargo passing through Callao Port's
APM terminal can be scanned by the end of 2019.
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Published: 8/17/2018