MARAD official says a major deficiency is the lack of a maritime information sharing and analysis center to ensure carriers know the “nitty gritty details” of incidents. Keep Reading
Smiths Detection has won a contract to provide cargo inspection technology for the major Tema Port Expansion project in Ghana – designed to accommodate the world’s largest container ships, improve cargo handling productivity and increase trade to both Ghana and the rest of Africa. Keep Reading
This new program aims to support public coastal ports by improving the safety, efficiency, or reliability of goods movement into, out of, or within a port. Keep Reading
The grant programs provide funding to improve the nation’s readiness in preventing, protecting against, responding to, recovering from and mitigating terrorist attacks, major disasters, and other emergencies. Keep Reading
FBI failures meant that known or suspected terrorists, including an unknown number on the No Fly list, were issued a TWIC card — a special federal identity document allowing them unescorted access to secure areas of port facilities, according to a recent audit by the Office of Inspector General. Keep Reading
The specialized container-based scanning units will be positioned at U.S. ports and will be deployed specifically to scan incoming overseas shipping containers for nuclear material that can be found in “dirty bombs” and/or other potential weapons of mass destruction. Keep Reading
The company will construct civil works, deliver and integrate high-energy X-ray inspection systems, perform security screening and remote image analysis utilizing the CertScan® integration platform for 100% of the cargo (inbound, outbound and transshipped) and provide full life cycle support. Keep Reading
"You think about from an adversary, a terrorist standpoint, wanting to impact the psyche of a nation." Keep Reading
Recovery consisted of 11 Mercedes-Benz GLS 450 and 12 Land Rover Range Rover bound for China with a combined value of $1,885,415. Keep Reading
Marine highways provide new modal choices to cargo shippers, which reduces transportation costs while providing the public benefits of reduced road maintenance costs and improved safety. Keep Reading
