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Blue Ridge Connector inland rail port approved

News6 Dec 2023

The Georgia Ports Authority Board has approved expenditure of US$127M to build the Blue Ridge Connector, an inland rail terminal in Gainesvi...

News1 May 2018

The market for scanning equipment and software remains fairly robust, as more governments seek to strengthen their border security...

News1 Jun 2017

The North West Seaport Alliance (NWSA) has come up with a way to increase the speed of container scanning with the straddle carrier system u...

News1 Mar 2017

The Port of Los Angeles is developing a new web portal to help improve the flow of containers through its container terminals....

News1 Mar 2015

The desire for a mandatory global programme of seaport container scanning remains strong, but is yet to be fully implemented....

News1 Apr 2013

The National Industrial Transportation League (NITL) reports that US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials are to institute a pilot ...

News1 May 2011

The National Industrial Transportation League (NITL) has warned that US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) intends to move forward with a r...

News1 Dec 2009

Rapiscan Systems, the security division of US-based OSI Systems Inc, has received a US$29M order in from US Customs and Border Protection (C...

News1 Apr 2009

Following the introduction of new US legislation in late 2008 requiring all US-bound import containers to be fitted with a high-strength mec...

News1 Feb 2009

The planned introduction in 2012 of new security legislation requiring all US-bound containers to be screened at their foreign port of origi...

News1 Sep 2008

Following its success at Port Qasim, US Customs officials are talking with the government of Pakistan to extent a pilot project for 100% scr...

News1 Feb 2005

“Smart Box” container technology, recently promoted by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for special “green lane” clearance und...