Shipment Integrity and STAT Programs

Shipment Integrity

Resource Protection has introduced a value added service program called Shipment Integrity Reporting (SIR), that allows BNSF customers to have timely information on any seal changes that occur while the shipment is in BNSF custody.

Shippers have the option to request SIR reports be auto generated to any designated printer, facsimile, or Internet address. The information report includes the date, time, location, train and synopsis for the seal change. The report is generally provided within three business days.

We know the unexpected can happen, but by working with our Resource Protection team members, we can provide you with that added support you need.

To request Shipment Integrity Reports for your shipments, simply contact the Resource Protection team at 1-800-507-9227. Our staff will discuss the program with you, set up the program, and suggest additional security measures to ensure your shipments are safe and secure.

Strategic Transportation Asset Tracking

STAT is an acronym for "Strategic Transportation Asset Tracking", a complex mainframe computer application which was created during 1999 and has completed three years of beta testing by the BNSF Railway.

With 100,000 loads moving on the BNSF System at any given time, how does one identify, track, and protect a thousand or so hi value, hi risk Intermodal loads from the time they are in-gated, loaded on railcars, transported and de-ramped, until they are checked out the gate. STAT does exactly this, by providing a SNAPSHOT of the exact status of these loads, including Railcar Initial/Number, Container/Trailer Initial/ Number, Current City/State, Train Symbol, Route, Lading or Shipper and Final destination.

Several other Class 1 Carriers have attempted to emulate this process with catch up projects. Perhaps in the future BNSF will decide to market this technology as a product to other transportation carriers.

The qualifications of a STAT load are a minimum load value of $250,000 or $100,000 if it is an agreed upon at risk cargo. The following shipments qualify as a STAT load regardless of their value, consumer electronics, such as televisions, stereos, video or digital recorders, personal computers and/or monitors, cigarettes and distilled liquors. The STAT Program seeks out high value, hi risk loads utilizing one of two methods. It searches for specific secret codes agreed upon between the SHIPPER and BNSF found in the Account Of customer code field.

Standardization among Class 1 carriers to identify STAT loads has not been achieved at this time. The majority of Carriers are attempting to utilize commodity or STCC codes as a method of identifying STAT loads, which results in large volumes of STAT loads but very little quality. One shipper placed a STCC code on all his shipments instead of just the selected Big Screen TV Shipments. This resulted in hundreds of STAT loads appearing on the report which turned out to be auto parts. The goal is not to identify every single cigarette load, or every single electronics load. The goal is to identify hi value, hi risk shipments which have a history of theft and shipper dissatisfaction whereby the shipper is willing to participate in the STAT process, which could include other recommendations from our BNSF Resource Protection team, such as, implementing a new security bolt or lock program on all the shippers STAT loads. At present, there are no additional charges for the BNSF STAT process.

Contact 1-800-507-9227 to speak to a Resource Protection agent nearest your location to further explain STAT as well as other BNSF programs.

Strategic Transportation Asset Tracking (STAT) - Frequently Asked Questions

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