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
The training exercise was designed to test the response and reactions of partners to a scenario involving a bomb-laden suspect carrying a firearm who threatened to detonate explosive devices on board a commercial cruise ship liner as it transited through Boston Harbor. Keep Reading
An old idea has been reintroduced that has the potential of meeting the elusive requirements of the SAFE Port Act without killing the economy in the process. The proposed solution, the Portunus Concept developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, proposes a set of offshore ports that are close enough to shore to support a vibrant… Keep Reading
