Just one in every 100 sealed containers at Zeebrugge are x-rayed, and none are checked for heat, according to authorities at the Belgian port through which the 39 people found dead in the back of a lorry in Essex are believed to have travelled. Joachim Coens, the chief executive of Zeebrugge port, and Peter Degroote, a harbourmaster, defended security at the port but admitted sealed containers were not checked inside and x-ray scans were only used – rarely – to check for goods, not the presence of humans. They [the port security] cope, in the way that they can keep the people out. But asked if there were any other checks on sealed refrigerated containers, Coens said there was not. It has been suggested that the refrigerated container’s sub-zero temperatures may have been deliberately used to fool a heat scan.

Source: The Guardian October 25, 2019 16:54 UTC