Word: containerization
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PORT SECURITY Few scenarios fray the nerves of counterterrorism planners more than the prospect of someone sneaking a nuclear warhead such as a dirty bomb aboard a cargo container headed for a U.S. port. For a nation that took in more than 7 million pieces of container freight last year...
All the same, "the ports and sea cargo are our most vulnerable areas right now," says Lester Boeh, a vice president of Varian Medical Systems in Palo Alto, Calif. Varian produces high-energy X-ray systems that the company says can penetrate 17 inches of steel, giving customs inspectors a...
SENTENCED. KIM DAE-HAN, 56, who started a fire on a South Korean subway that killed 198 people in February, to life in prison; in Daegu. The court said Kim, who has a history of mental illness, appeared to be unstable when he ignited a container filled with gasoline in...
The trade is hard to stop because it's impossible to tell whether so-called "dual-use" material and equipment are destined for peaceful purposes. North Korea is skilled at using front companies with ever-changing names to disguise the real end user. As a Western diplomat notes, a machine...
There are lives being lived in the meticulously designed room settings at Ikea, even if they're fictional lives. "The settings that we do are all written to a brief that describes who lives there and what function the space has to perform for them," says Clive Cashman, the chain...