The notion of transport security is very important internationally (especially
after the recent terrorist attacks of 11th of September 2001). Nowadays, there is a
need to enhance the security of the entire maritime transport logistics chain from
the supplier to the consumer. Consequently, since the security of a transport chain
depends upon its weakest link, an approach addressing the multimodal dimension
in parallel will make it possible to improve the security of transport as a whole.
Towards to this direction the companies involved to the different levels of a
supply chain will be encouraged to take measures for ensuring high security levels
in the whole supply chain. This consideration will help in eliminating the time and
money spent in the key- nodes of the supply chain (such as port, borders etc) by
facilitating the process of security control