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Apr 27, 2011(newstodate): No immediate end is yet in sight for a solution to the cargo security issue at Copenhagen Airport.
-The issue remains pending as we have not yet received the final decision from the airport's largest cargo handling operator, SAS Spirit, says Johnnie Muller, Copenhagen Airport head of security.
-All other parties, including the airport, have finalized their stand, but it goes without saying that we cannot move further until SAS has made up its mind.
-The issue remains the key to sharing of the costs from implementing a CCTV monitoring system. All technical issues have been cleared up and once the parties have agreed on their proportional share of the total costs, the project can in principle be implemented.
-But implementation will require a three-month period that should be kept clear of the coming summer traffic peak. So realistically, even if the economic issues were reached solved now we would still wait till after the peak season before implementation could start, meaning that the CCTV will not be in place before autumn, at the earliest, says Mr Muller.
The decision to opt for a CCTV solution was landed in January 2011, overturning an earlier decision from summer 2010, reached after a prolonged discussion among the parties involved, to go for a low-tech and inexpensive alternative in the form of net-covered cargo vehicles.
The issue has thus been on the agenda for over two years by now, with little hope for an immediate end.
-The issue remains pending as we have not yet received the final decision from the airport's largest cargo handling operator, SAS Spirit, says Johnnie Muller, Copenhagen Airport head of security.
-All other parties, including the airport, have finalized their stand, but it goes without saying that we cannot move further until SAS has made up its mind.
-The issue remains the key to sharing of the costs from implementing a CCTV monitoring system. All technical issues have been cleared up and once the parties have agreed on their proportional share of the total costs, the project can in principle be implemented.
-But implementation will require a three-month period that should be kept clear of the coming summer traffic peak. So realistically, even if the economic issues were reached solved now we would still wait till after the peak season before implementation could start, meaning that the CCTV will not be in place before autumn, at the earliest, says Mr Muller.
The decision to opt for a CCTV solution was landed in January 2011, overturning an earlier decision from summer 2010, reached after a prolonged discussion among the parties involved, to go for a low-tech and inexpensive alternative in the form of net-covered cargo vehicles.
The issue has thus been on the agenda for over two years by now, with little hope for an immediate end.