International Plant Protection Convention FORUM2011/SCDF/DOC010 IPPC SEA CONTAINER DISCUSSION Monitoring Research and Pathway Review: Sea Containers Biosecurity Monitoring Group Monitoring Research and Pathway Review: Sea Containers July – September 2006 BMG 06-07/03 0 International Plant Protection Convention FORUM2011/SCDF/DOC010 IPPC SEA CONTAINER DISCUSSION Monitoring Research and Pathway Review: Sea Containers International Plant Protection Convention FORUM2011/SCDF/DOC010 IPPC SEA CONTAINER DISCUSSION Monitoring Research and Pathway Review: Sea Containers Biosecurity Monitoring Group Monitoring Research and Pathway Review: Sea Containers July – September 2006 BMG 06-07/03 C. Whyte, G. Knight, T. Mavengere, S. Eccersall, S. Wedde, S. Tohovaka, J. Chirnside, V. Allison and V. Song MAF QS Project Lead: J. McLaggan International Plant Protection Convention FORUM2011/SCDF/DOC010 IPPC SEA CONTAINER DISCUSSION Monitoring Research and Pathway Review: Sea Containers International Plant Protection Convention FORUM2011/SCDF/DOC010 IPPC SEA CONTAINER DISCUSSION Monitoring Research and Pathway Review: Sea Containers Contents 1 Executive Summary.....................................................................................................1 2 Terminology..................................................................................................................4 3 Introduction..................................................................................................................8 3.1 Sea container pathway ...........................................................................................8 3.2 Origins of New Zealand containers .......................................................................9 3.3 Risks associated with sea containers......................................................................9 3.4 Sea container survey in 2001-02..........................................................................10 3.5 Review of the Import Health Standard ................................................................10 3.6 Implementation of new requirements ..................................................................11 3.7 Evaluation of the current system..........................................................................11 3.8 2006 survey objectives.........................................................................................12 4 Methodology ...............................................................................................................13 4.1 Slippage in the sea container pathway.................................................................13 4.2 Wharf gate survey................................................................................................13 4.3 Transitional facility survey..................................................................................14 4.4 Storage facility survey .........................................................................................15 4.5 Contamination and Diagnostics ...........................................................................15 4.6 AP interviews.......................................................................................................16 5 Wharf gate survey......................................................................................................17 5.1 Survey population................................................................................................17 5.2 Contaminant location...........................................................................................19 5.3 External contamination level ...............................................................................19 5.4 Efficacy of on-wharf inspection processes ..........................................................21 5.5 Efficacy of Quarantine Declarations....................................................................21 5.6 Managing risks of external contaminants ............................................................22 6 Transitional facility survey .......................................................................................23 6.1 External contamination ........................................................................................23 6.2 Internal Contamination ........................................................................................23 6.3 Wood Packaging..................................................................................................24 6.4 Contents/manifest accuracy .................................................................................26 7 Storage facility survey ...............................................................................................28 7.1 External contamination ........................................................................................28 7.2 Internal contamination .........................................................................................29 8 System Effectiveness and Residual Risk..................................................................30 8.1 Sea container process efficacy.............................................................................30 8.2 Risk loading and residual risk..............................................................................32 8.3 Comparisons with other pathways.......................................................................33 9 Contamination............................................................................................................35 9.1 Summary of contamination..................................................................................35 9.2 Hitchhiker organisms...........................................................................................36 9.3 Environmental contamination..............................................................................39 9.4 Cargo residue.......................................................................................................40 9.5 Wood packaging contaminants............................................................................41 10 AP survey....................................................................................................................42 10.1 Training adequacy................................................................................................42 10.2 Contaminant reporting.........................................................................................43 10.3 MAF’s response to AP calls ................................................................................44 10.4 Method of sending log sheets to MAF.................................................................45 International Plant Protection Convention FORUM2011/SCDF/DOC010 IPPC SEA CONTAINER DISCUSSION Monitoring Research and Pathway Review: Sea Containers 10.5 Impact of container checks on AP workloads......................................................46 10.6 Accessibility and suitability of MAF awareness material ...................................47 10.7 Concerns about sea container biosecurity............................................................48 10.8 Evaluation of APs at Transitional Facilities ........................................................48 11 Conclusions and Cost Implications ..........................................................................52 11.1 Risk management.................................................................................................52 11.2 External contamination ........................................................................................52 11.3 Internal contamination .........................................................................................54 11.4 Industry compliance.............................................................................................54 12 Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................57 13 References...................................................................................................................57 14 Appendices..................................................................................................................59 14.1 Incomplete or incorrectly manifested containers.................................................59 14.2 List of organisms identified .................................................................................60 14.3 AP questionnaire..................................................................................................76 14.4 AP concerns about sea container biosecurity.......................................................78 14.5 AP competency assessment .................................................................................79 14.6 Definition of Risk Units.......................................................................................80 International Plant Protection Convention FORUM2011/SCDF/DOC010 IPPC SEA CONTAINER DISCUSSION Monitoring Research and Pathway Review: Sea Containers 1 Executive Summary Overall assessment The level of slippage in the pathway is the second-highest of all pathways surveyed to date, although the total risk in the pathway is moderate. The current clearance system is mitigating only 13% of the risk landing at New Zealand ports, and Accredited Persons are only reporting 8% of the internally contaminated containers. Sea container pathway Over half a million sea containers arrived in New Zealand in 2005-06, an increase of 54% since