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National Defense
January 2004
Geoff S. Fein |
Fast Cargo Ships Could Halve Trans-Atlantic Trips FastShip Inc., a Philadelphia-based ship design firm, plans to build a high-speed cargo vessel that can cut trans-Atlantic travel time in half. FastShip is a partner with Lockheed Martin in the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship program.   |
BusinessWeek
August 1, 2005
Geri Smith |
A Border Transformed Since 9/11, officials at the Laredo crossing have had two conflicting goals: Stop terrorists and keep trade flowing. |
CFO
September 1, 2006
John Goff |
Delayed in the USA Infrastructure woes aren't just a Third-World problem, they also pose a major "last-mile" headache for American businesses from coast to coast. |
IndustryWeek
December 1, 2008
David Blanchard |
7 Steps to Prevent Cargo Theft Theft prevention begins at home - screen all prospective employees. |
CFO
September 1, 2003
Edward Teach |
Containing Terrorism Federal antiterrorism programs have spurred a sea change in supply-chain security. |
CFO
July 1, 2006
John Edwards |
Thinking Inside the Boxes Global supply chains must now address government logistics mandates, a post-9/11 legacy that is only becoming more complex. |
National Defense
November 2005
Harold Kenneddy |
U.S. Customs Goes High-Tech for Cargo Security The gritty docks along the Dundalk Marine Terminal, in Maryland's Port of Baltimore, are among the last lines of defense in the multi-layered, global effort by the Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection (CBP) arm to intercept illegal cargo. |
Entrepreneur
October 2006
Laurel Delaney |
All Packed Minimize your risk of losing business while moving products overseas with these six packing guidelines. |
IndustryWeek
May 1, 2007
Jill Jusko |
Gotcha! Catching Counterfeits Seizures of counterfeit goods climbed 83% in 2006. |
National Defense
March 2009
Matthew Rusling |
Study Blasts Container Scanning Process A new study adds fuel to an ongoing dispute between Congress and the Department of Homeland Security. The issue: screening U.S.-bound shipping containers. |
BusinessWeek
November 4, 2010
Keane & Park |
The Terrorist Threat in Cargo Containers By 2012, all U.S.-bound cargo containers must be scanned for terrorist threats. Today, fewer than 1 percent are. |
IndustryWeek
November 1, 2006
David Blanchard |
Census Of Manufacturers: Too Many Supply Chains Are Failing To Integrate As supply chains lengthen globally, companies need to focus on tying together their suppliers and customers. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2008 |
Kazakhstan Customs Control Agency Employs Hi-G-Tek Wireless RFID System Hi-G-Tek will provide radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology for a cargo-monitoring system for the Customs Control Agency (CCA) of Kazakhstan. |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 3, 2005
Mayo & Nohria |
The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping Malcolm P. McLean, a truck driver, fundamentally transformed the centuries-old shipping industry, an industry that had long decided that it had no incentive to change. |
Job Journal
April 25, 2010 |
Career Snapshot: Truck Driver An improving economy means transport companies will be hiring more truck drivers. |
IndustryWeek
November 1, 2007
Jonathan Katz |
The Great Supply Chain Robbery Manufacturers are leveraging the latest advances in security technology to stay one step ahead of the bad guys. |
Inc.
August 2007
Nitasha Tiku |
Smart Questions: How to Save on Shipping Costs Here are six questions to ask when you're shopping for shipping. |
The Motley Fool
August 7, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Putting Pacer Through Its Paces There's definitely money to be made in helping companies get their cargo around the country. Investors, here's a look at second-quarter results of the biggest handler of intermodal transportation in the U.S. -- Pacer International. |
IndustryWeek
December 1, 2006
David Blanchard |
The Benefits Of A Secure Supply Chain A secure supply chain has quantifiable benefits. |
The Motley Fool
September 11, 2010
Rich Duprey |
Trucking's Monster Jam The Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010, will instead cause the trucking industry -- which had been on the road to recovery -- to crash. |
PC Magazine
November 30, 2004
Peter Suciu |
Chris Sawyer's Locomotion Although it's reminiscent of SimCity, the narrow focus on transportation makes "Locomotion" a less challenging game and therefore slightly less rewarding. |
PC Magazine
March 16, 2004
Peter Suciu |
All Aboard Before the jet age, rails connected the country. Many games have covered this golden age of travel, and one of the best is still Microsoft's Train Simulator. Although the newest release has been derailed until later in 2004, these other titles let you become a railroad robber baron--or just take a ride on the rails. |
The Motley Fool
March 14, 2011
Bryan Hinmon |
Rising Star Buy: Landstar System Getting behind the wheel and buying shares. |
National Defense
September 2009
Stew Magnuson |
DHS Inspector General Slams Secure Border Initiative Oversight The Department of Homeland Security's inspector general has faulted Customs and Border Protection for failing to properly oversee work on the Secure Border Initiative. |
National Defense
April 2004
Geoff S. Fein |
Security Beat The biggest challenge facing the maritime transportation industry is ensuring that legitimate cargo is not needlessly delayed as new security measures are implemented. |
National Defense
December 2004
Joe Pappalardo |
If Ports Are Attacked, U.S. Lacks Plans to Deal With Aftermath The lack of a plan indicates the complexities of handling threats against maritime targets, and the government's emphasis on taking care of airline security and monitoring containers over planning a response in the event of a sea-based attack. |
National Defense
March 2009
Matthew Rusling |
After Six Years, Still No Tamper-Proof Shipping Containers After a six-year search for a tamper-proof shipping container, no product has been fielded and one major vendor has dropped out of the race, citing a lack of progress by the Department of Homeland Security. |
National Defense
October 2011
Stew Magnuson |
Former CBP Commissioner Has Few Kind Words for Congress The "two dumbest things" Congress asked former Customs and Border Protection Commissioner W. Ralph Basham to do was build a 2,000-mile fence in the Southwest and to "inspect every maritime container coming into this country before it left its port of origin." |
National Defense
June 2010
Stew Magnuson |
Technology Continues to Flow to Southwest Border While the Department of Homeland Security conducts a program review of its troubled border fence program, Customs and Border Protection has not stopped deploying new sensors in the Southwest. |
National Defense
April 2015
Stew Magnuson |
Military Seeing Different Applications, Wider Use of Aerostats and Airships Aerostats and airships are old ideas that are in vogue again in military and homeland security applications. |
IndustryWeek
November 16, 2011
David Blanchard |
Thwart Cargo Thieves With Covert Technology Hewlett-Packard uses high-end high-tech to secure its supply chain. |
InternetNews
September 22, 2005
Tim Gray |
IBM, Maersk Open Shipping Lanes The companies teamed to create a real-time global tracking system. The initiative incorporates IBM's hardware and software technologies alongside Maersk Logistics' global supply-chain expertise. |
