U.S. importers have bought themselves another two years before they must implement a container-scanning rule that they believe should be scrapped altogether. Mandated by the SAFE Port Act of 2006, the ...

The United States has again delayed its demand that all U.S.-bound maritime cargo containers undergo 100 percent scanning, and a group of industry trade bodies are entreating Congress to repeal the ...

Jena Baker McNeill is a homeland security policy analyst. The path towards 100 percent scanning of cargo containers has hit yet another stumbling block. A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) ...

The common sense answer is to find out if there are any weapons of mass destruction (WMD) contained in an inbound container set to detonate in the United States. Conceptually, it simply makes sense to ...

For better or worse, the screening for explosives of all air cargo moving on passenger aircraft is now a reality. Carriers complained loudly when the Transportation Security Administration rule was ...