The equipment includes state-of-the-art X-ray equipment, two explosive trace detection units and an electro-magnetic detection (EMD) machine, making Perth the only Tigers location in Australia with the capacity to conduct export screenings internally.
“Tigers Australia has purchased the equipment to support our customer base with the new legal requirements, which will impact all air cargo export commodities,” said Jason Radford, General Manager, Tigers Perth. “At the Perth facility, we operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, so we will also offer the service to the entire Perth airfreight market.
“This will allow export cargo screening to be completed after-hours, therefore reducing the need for customers to deliver directly to the Cargo Terminal Operator, where wait times can be in excess of six hours.”
The investment in the equipment will ensure that Tigers Perth remains efficient as well as fully compliant with the Australian government’s new air cargo security legislation, in time for the implementation date of March 1, 2019.
The Perth facility will also become an accredited Regulated Air Cargo Agent (RACA), an additional legal requirement to conduct physical examinations of export cargo, ahead of the nationwide changes being introduced.
The new X-ray machine at Tigers Australia will allow shipments up to 1,810 millimetres by 1,872 millimetres to pass through the tunnel with minimal handling to speed up processing time.
The EMD machine will enable a full skid of cargo to be scanned, which will reduce the physical handling of cargo and ensure shipments arrive at destinations in premium condition.