Ryder First in Supply Chain Industry to be Awarded SAFETY Act Certification
Ryder System, Inc. today announced that it is the first third-party logistics provider to be awarded SAFETY Act Certification from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Ryder System, Inc., a leader in commercial fleet management and supply chain management solutions, today announced that it is the first third-party logistics provider to be awarded SAFETY Act Certification from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for its global supply chain security program.
The SAFETY (Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies) Act provides important liability protections for providers of products and services with anti-terrorism benefits.
The SAFETY Act award is not only a validation of Ryder’s effective anti-terrorism security practices, but it also affords liability protections from third-party claims arising from an act of terrorism to Ryder customers who employ the company’s certified supply chain services. This certification places Ryder on the DHS “Approved Product List for Homeland Security.”
Ryder received the Certification for the physical, technical and procedural security measures the company has put in place to ensure the secure shipment of goods transported across international borders into the United States.
This includes conducting supply chain risk assessments; policies and procedures for selecting and monitoring business partners; a detailed record-keeping and shipment monitoring program; vetting new hires and training Ryder personnel on global supply chain security threats; and a comprehensive auditing program.
The Certification also recognized Ryder’s risk assessment processes; cargo security methods; physical security systems; on-board technologies; and suspicious activity targeting program.
“The SAFETY Act Certification validates Ryder’s industry-leading supply chain security program,” stated John Williford, President, Global Supply Chain Solutions for Ryder. “We remain committed to collaborating with government agencies and law enforcement, through participation in programs such as the SAFETY Act, to improve homeland security and ensure the safety of our people, customers, operations, and communities.”
Earlier this year, Ryder was also the first company in the truck rental and leasing industry to be awarded SAFETY Act Designation for its customer screening process for vehicle rental, lease and sales, as well as for enhanced security measures the company takes to secure its fleet during times of heightened security threats.
Ryder is certified as a Third Party Logistics Provider (3PL) in the Customs-Trade Partnership against Terrorism (C-TPAT) for its operations across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Asia, as well as in the Canada Partners in Protection (PIP) program. C-TPAT is a joint U.S. government-business initiative supported by the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection that promotes global supply chain security and reduces border vulnerabilities.
PIP is a Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) program that enlists the cooperation of private industry to enhance border and trade chain security, combat organized crime and terrorism and help detect and prevent contraband smuggling. These customs security programs aim to prevent the use of the supply chain to facilitate a terrorist attack and the smuggling of drugs, illicit goods, people and money.
National Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security
Securing the global supply chain, while ensuring its smooth functioning, is essential to our national security and economic prosperity. This vital system provides the goods that feed our domestic critical infrastructures and support our way of life. Other nations worldwide also rely upon the goods transported by the global supply chain system – in that sense it is a truly global asset that all stakeholders must collaboratively work to strengthen.
As a number of recent events have shown us, the global supply chain is dynamic, growing in size and complexity, and is vulnerable to a host of threats and hazards such as natural disasters, accidents, or even malicious attacks. A common approach, involving the range of stakeholders with supply chain roles and responsibilities, is necessary.
The Strategy, focused on the worldwide network of transportation, postal, and shipping pathways, assets, and infrastructures (including communications and information infrastructures) is an important step forward. It provides strategic guidance to departments and agencies within the United States Government and identifies our priorities to stakeholders with whom we hope to collaborate going forward.
The Strategy
The Strategy establishes two goals. The first is to promote the efficient and secure movement of goods and the second is to foster a global supply chain system that is prepared for and can withstand evolving threats and hazards, and rapidly recovery from disruptions. As we work to achieve our goals, we will be guided by two overarching principles established in the Strategy. First, we will work to galvanize and integrate efforts across the United States Government and with other key stakeholders. And second, we will continue and enhance our risk management efforts. The Strategy also identifies a number of priority areas upon which we will focus our immediate implementation efforts. We invite creative and smart ideas on how to improve policies and activities relevant to these priorities or other areas of interest.
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