ATLANTIC RO-RO CARRIERS, INC.

1051 BLOOMFIELD AVE. CLIFTON, NEW JERSEY 07012

Phone: 973-815-1000, Fax: 973-815-1050

C-TPAT Profile Questionnaire

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FEIN/tax number: / / FMC No.: / if applicable!
Company Name: / / Years in Business: /
Address: / / # of employees: /
City, State & ZIP / / Type of Company: /
Country: /
Contact Name: / / Your C-TPAT status: / Certified*
Contact Phone: / / Accepted by CBP*
Contact Mobile: / / Applied for recently*
Contact Fax: / / C-TPAT not applicable to our type of company.
Contact E-Mail: / / Non, but please contact me about C-TPAT
Security Programs: / Does your company participate in any of the below mentioned Customs Industry Partnership Programs or is signatory to any other cargo security programs (Please check mark item(s) applicable below):
Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism?
Carrier Initiative Program?
Super Carrier Initiative Program?
Business Anti-Smuggling Coalition?
Free and Secure Trade?
Member of the International Cargo Security Council ?
Other, please describe:
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If your company already is, or is in the process of becoming C-TPAT certified, please e-mail us your SVI number and a copy of your initial C-TPAT Agreement-, Acceptance letter or your C-TPAT Certificate to . In affirmative, you don't need to continue this questionnaire, but go to end and submit your above information by clickinghere.
Does your company have any policy or procedure established related to the following?
Please check mark any item, which is applicable to your company:
Conveyance: / Vessel/aircraft integrity should be maintained to protect against the introduction of unauthorized personnel and material. Conveyance security procedures should include the physical search of all readily accessible areas, security all internal/external compartments and panels, and reporting cases in which unmainfested materials, or signs of tampering, are discovered.
Does your company have and/or utilize:
Cargo seals on all containers/trailers?
Verification- procedures and/or systems for Container cargo seals?
Physical search procedures in place for your facility?
Employee color photo IDs and uniforms/T-Shirts
Warning signs?
Special security search devices (In affirmative, please elaborate below)?
Other, please describe:
Access Control: / Unauthorized access to the vessel should be prohibited. Controls should include the positive identification of all crew, visitors and vendors as well as procedures for challenging unauthorized/unidentified persons.
Does your company have and/or utilize:
Visitor/Vendor Log book or verification system in place?
Employee procedures in place for challenging unknown persons?
Employee owned vehicles not allowed next to cargo area?
Other, please describe:
Procedural Security: / Procedures should be in place to protect against unmanifested material being introduced aboard the aircraft.
Does your company have and/or utilize:
File AMS under own bond and SCAC code (NVOCCs only!)?
Inspection of all empty containers prior to loading?
Recording of all container and seal numbers in?
Overage and shortage procedures in place?
Reporting procedures for suspected illegal activities?
Verification that cargoes properly marked, weighed, counted and stowed?
Other, please describe:
Manifest Procedures: / You should ensure that manifests are complete, legible, accurate, and submitted in a timely manner to Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
Does your company have and/or utilize:
Manifest review prior to submission to CBP?
Does your manifest system accept EDI manifests from 3rd parties?
Does your service call other port in the Americas apart from U.S. ports?
Does your service call ports within 24 hours steaming from first U.S. Port?
Other, please describe:
Personnel Security: / A company should conduct employment screening, back ground check and interviewing of prospective employees, prior to employment.
Does your company have and/or utilize:
Employment Application?
Interviewing procedures?
Reference checks?
Criminal history checks?
Drug Screening and ongoing random drug testing of all employees?
Fingerprinting?
Credit reference?
Other, please describe:
Training & Education: / A security awareness program should be provided to all employees including, but not limited to: Recognizing internal conspiracies, maintain cargo integrity, and determining and addressing unauthorized access. These programs should encourage active employment participation in security controls preferably supported with an incentive program.
Does your company have and/or utilize:
Awareness program?
Security seminars for employees on continuous basis?
Incentive program (In affirmative, please describe below)?
Security training of all new employees?
Other, please describe:
Physical Security: / All buildings, warehouses, and on/off port- or container- yard facilities should be constructed of materials that deter unlawful entry and protect against outside intrusion. Physical security should include adequate locking devices for external and internal doors, windows, gates and fences. Perimeter fencing should also be provided when appropriate, as well as adequate lighting inside and outside the facility; including parking areas. There should also be segregation and marking of international, domestic, high-value, and dangerous goods cargo within the warehouse by means of a safe, cage, or otherwise fenced-in area.
Does your company have and/or utilize:
Adequate locking devices for doors, window, gates and fences?
Adequate lighting around the vessels while in port and cargo loading facility?
Segregation of international, domestic, high-value and dangerous goods cargo within the facility by means of a safe cargo or other fenced areas?
Dedicated Security personnel on board of the vessels or at the facility?
Other, please describe:
By submitting this questionnaire, I hereby certify that the information given by me in completing this questionnaire is true and correct to the best of my knowledge. Should significant changes occur in our program, we will provide our supply chain partner notification in writing of these changes.

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