Ortec launches new radiation monitor

Fundación Valenciaport has begun work on a cargo screening initiative that seeks to increase the security of maritime transport, specifically of goods transported by container

According to LASE, multilayer laser scanner technology deserves to be called ‘disruptive’

The Department of Homeland Security has ordered another 216 radiation portal monitors to scan cargo entering its land borders.

A European Project called COSMIC is preparing to test a system for detecting CBRNE (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive) materials in a shipping container by sampling the air inside.

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) is to purchase three Rapiscan mobile cargo scanners for US$18M, plus a ‘local component’ of NGN3.255B (US$8.5M) inclusive of 5% VAT to the local supplier, Messrs Airwave limited.

The Bangladeshi government has approved spending US$315M to install container scanners in all sea ports, “land ports”, inland container depots, and customs stations. This is expected to help reduce the chronic congestion in the Port of Chittagong.