By David Jones, CPP, elected Chairman of National Cargo Security Council, International Cargo Security Council (ICSC)
SubscribeMembership Roll Soars Since 9/11. ANNAPOLIS, MD--April 22, 2004--In February 1999, the 35-year-old National Cargo Security Council (NCSC) had 135 members. Today, it registered its 1,000th member, an increase of 740 percent.
The 1,000th member is Richard McCloskey, senior consultant, MRL, Inc. of Longhorn, Penna.
NCSC Chairman David Jones attributes the huge membership increase to “the terrorists’ attacks of September 11, 2001 and to stronger collaborations with government and industry as well as a proliferation of NCSC’s educational programs and member services.
“The loss from cargo theft in the U.S. amounts to $18 billion annually. Our members have coalesced with 27 government agencies and private sector associations to reduce cargo crime and, since 9/11, to protect our borders and assure the safe and secure movement of global trade,” said Jones, who is VP of Corporate Loss Prevention and Security for Tommy Hilfiger USA, Inc., Cranbury, NJ.
Members of the Annapolis, Md.-based NCSC are security professionals from carriers ---air, truck, rail, maritime and intermodal--plus law-enforcement agencies, mass retailers, solution providers, and manufacturers of pharmaceuticals, drugs, electronics and clothing.
To accommodate burgeoning memberships, NCSC last October announced a new corporate class of membership, which allows a corporation to register an unlimited number of employees to NCSC’s membership roll. To date, 40 major corporations, such as Target, Best Buy, Sony, Pfizer, Nike, Xerox and Walgreens, have taken advantage of the corporate membership discount.
NCSC’s 2004 annual conference and exhibition will be held in Las Vegas, Nev., June12-16. It will feature 60 government and private sector experts on cargo theft, loss prevention, anti-terrorism and border security. Keynoters include Marine Lt. Col Oliver North and Army Major General Dennis K. Jackson, who led U.S. military logistics operations in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Afghanistan.
To learn more about NCSC, call (410) 956-0941 or log on to www.cargosecurity.com.
Contact:
Joe Baker/NCSC/Ph. 410-956-0941/E-mail ncsc@cargosecurity.com
W. Roderic Covey/Covey & Koons, Inc./Ph. 330-456-7381/E-mail wrcovey@covey-koons.com
