Did you know Trivia - Chinese developed technology is being used for real-time monitoring of container shipments in the country's commercial hub of Shanghai.  The e-tags are attached on the containers and will send warning signals if they are opened without authorization during the journey. If the pilot program is successful, it will be expanded so as to improve the fight against terrorism, stowaways and contamination of products.

Initially, 10,000 containers will be sealed with a special e-tag, which can be re-used on the shipping line between Shanghai and Savannah in the US state of Georgia.

China's container throughput reached a record 100 million TEU (20-foot equivalent unit) last year. And Shanghai handled 26.15 million TEUs, second only to Singapore across the world.
If an e-tag shows a container has not been opened on the jouney, it will help a cargo owner save the time he has to spend for Customs and quarantine checks at ports.