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NZ Customs intercepts huge drug shipment

News8 Oct 2024

515kg of methamphetamine were concealed in steel beams loaded into a 40ft container....

METEOR project gets under way in Valencia

News2 Nov 2023

Fundación Valenciaport has begun work on a cargo screening initiative that seeks to increase the security of maritime transport, specifical...

Automation and multilayer sensor tech

News1 Jun 2023

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

US buys more cargo scanners

News9 Nov 2021

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

COSMIC scanning method tested

News23 Aug 2021

A European Project called COSMIC is preparing to test a system for detecting CBRNE (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosiv...

Nigeria tries again with cargo scanners

News1 Aug 2020

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) is to purchase three Rapiscan mobile cargo scanners for US$18M, plus a ‘local component’ of NGN3.255B...

Scanners for Bangladesh

News1 Aug 2018

The Bangladeshi government has approved spending US$315M to install container scanners in all sea ports, “land ports”, inland container ...

North West Seaport Alliance speeds up scanning process…

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...

Mobile scanner for port of Visakhapatnam

News1 Mar 2017

India’s major east coast port,Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT), is to get a new mobile container scanner to help inspect both import and exp...

Box scan dilemma rumbles on

News1 Mar 2015

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

Illegal logging a huge problem

News18 Feb 2015

A joint report by the United Nations and the African Union has revealed the scale of illicit goods shipped out of African ports...

Scan technology progress

News1 Mar 2014

The pressing need for ports to implement viable container scanning programmes is being aided by increased deployment of existing x-ray syste...

New scanners from Lase

News1 Nov 2013

Germany-based sensor specialist Lase GmbH recently introduced four new 2-D and 3-D laser scanners, designated 2000D-225, 2000D-226, 3000D-C3...

New leak detector

News1 Oct 2013

Estonia-based Xmetra Oü is launching a new wireless hazardous materials leak detector at the Intermodal Europe 2013 exhibition being held t...

Ortec launches new radiation monitor

News1 Jul 2013

US-based Advanced Measurement Technology Inc (AMETEK)’s Ortec Products Group has launched a new spectroscopic portal monitor designed for ...

CBP to launch box cargo residue test programme

News1 Apr 2013

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

NZ Customs intercepts huge drug shipment

METEOR project gets under way in Valencia

Automation and multilayer sensor tech

US buys more cargo scanners

COSMIC scanning method tested

Nigeria tries again with cargo scanners

Scanners for Bangladesh

North West Seaport Alliance speeds up scanning process…

Mobile scanner for port of Visakhapatnam

Box scan dilemma rumbles on

Illegal logging a huge problem

Scan technology progress

New scanners from Lase

New leak detector

Ortec launches new radiation monitor

CBP to launch box cargo residue test programme

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Heavy transport vessel runs aground off Taiwan

Valencia resumes operations in aftermath of deadly flooding in Eastern Spain

Gemini network rollout to take 13 weeks, says Maersk CEO

First ship-to-ship methanol bunkering for South Korea

Britain shifts radically to a tax and spend economy

NZ Customs intercepts huge drug shipment

METEOR project gets under way in Valencia

Automation and multilayer sensor tech

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Heavy transport vessel runs aground off Taiwan

Valencia resumes operations in aftermath of deadly flooding in Eastern Spain

Gemini network rollout to take 13 weeks, says Maersk CEO

First ship-to-ship methanol bunkering for South Korea

Britain shifts radically to a tax and spend economy

Winners of US$ 2.9b Clean Ports Program announced

Port of Montreal longshore workers target Termont in latest strike round

APM Terminals Maasvlakte II orders up to 71 Lift AGVs from Konecranes

Montreal port labour dispute continues with new strike

Higher order intake in port solutions boosts Konecranes’ Q3 profit