Transportation Security

TAPA, the transport industry association that promotes supply chain security, is to work with DHL Resilience360, the integrator’s cloud-based supply chain risk management platform in a partnership on cargo crime intelligence.

On a bank of two-metre-high plat­forms rest the steel shells of five 15-metre-long passenger carriages destined for the Chicago Transit Authority. Inside them, clutches of workers trace multicoloured bundles of wire.

Researchers working on the project will create images based on changes in the X-ray phase, similar to the process of creating holograms with visible light, which will reveal details that were previously considered impossible to detect through X-rays.

Smiths Detection is working with Sydney Airport in a trial to boost hold baggage security at Terminal 1 with a Computed Tomography based high-speed hold baggage automatic explosives detection system. 

The bodies of 39 people have been found in a truck container approximately nine miles east of London, U.K. The driver has been arrested and police are investigating links to organized crime and human trafficking.

Non-ticketed visitors to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) will be able to enter the post-security side of the McNamara and North terminals through the DTW Destination Pass program.

Cyber security threats to rail operations are a pressing issue that will get more serious, according to a panel of experts. These threats, which are exacerbated by issues such as legacy components in the transport system, will need to be addressed to safeguard the safety of commuters on trains.

Five Transportation Security Administration (TSA) explosive detection canine teams who work out of Washington Dulles International Airport are featured in a new book that shares stories of dozens of canine heroes.

The U.K. government announced on October 21 that it will develop a new mobile counter-drone unit to be deployed to drone related incidents and major events across the country, as part of the new Counter-Drone Strategy.

The Security Industry Association (SIA) has identified and forecast its 2020 Security Megatrends, which form the basis of SIA’s signature annual Security Megatrends report defining the top 10 factors influencing both short- and long-term change in the global security industry.

The bomb squad was called to Midway International Airport in Chicago on Monday after a cell phone battery or charger in someone's luggage exploded, police told CNN.

Following a review, the Government Accountability Office says the Federal Aviation Administration should better educate and communicate with local law enforcement on unsafe drone use.

A Belarusian organized crime group involved in international cargo thefts has been dismantled. The group was targeting trucks on motorway rest areas and parking lots to steal the cargo.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has published its annual survey detailing passenger priorities and found that 70% of travelers are happy to share their personal biometric data if it speeds up their airport security process.

International Civil Aviation Organization Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu says many countries are not using the tools and technology at their disposal to detect returning foreign terrorist fighters.

DHS has awarded $160,902 to London-based startup CrowdVision Ltd. to develop an integrated proof-of-concept for an airport passenger counting and measuring system for U.S. Customs and Border Protection.