Head of port says cargo scanners won't solve the issue of exported stolen vehicles

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OTTAWA — Scanning more shipping containers for stolen cars may do little to curb auto theft, the head of the Halifax Port Authority said this week at a House of Commons committee.

Port president Allan Gray appeared before the national security committee to testify for a study into rising car thefts.

He explained that even if they were to identify a shipping container with a car in it, it doesn't necessarily indicate if the car is stolen if shipping paperwork is falsified. He said verifying if a vehicle were stolen would require opening the container and verifying the VIN number.

Last month, the Canada Border Services Agency seized 600 stolen vehicles in Montreal, all of them destined for overseas markets. He said there is limited ability for ports to verify shipping documents, which are produced by the shipper. "The more you could do to validate the security credentials of people involved in handling the cargo along the chain, the more likely you are to reduce the number of trusted insiders in the system," he said.

 

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