Archive for November, 2006


Cargo and Vehicle Screening System From AS&E

30 November 2006

Inspecting the contents of thousands of shipping containers and vehicles in a timely manner to detect stowaways, explosives, and other contraband is a monumental task. The sheer volume of freight handled by the world’s ports is enormous and constantly rising along with the associated risks of smuggling and terrorism. American Science and Engineering, Inc. has [...]

Panalpina Panprojects - Project Forwarder of the Year

11 November 2006

Panalpina’s Panprojects division, was recently named “Project Forwarder of the Year.”
Press release follows:
Organized by Lloyd’s Freight Transport Buyer Asia (FTB) and endorsed by the Economic Development Board of Singapore, there were four finalists in the category “Project Forwarder of the Year”. Nominations were determined from votes cast by readers of “Freight Transport Buyer”, “Containerisation [...]

Shipping Container Datacenters - Project Blackbox

9 November 2006

Take one standard 20 foot shipping container, fill it with everything normally found in a state-of-the-art datacenter and what do you have? Project Blackbox, a Sun Microsystems project designed to create a complete portable datacenter, easily shipped anywhere and ready to go on arrival.

Project Blackbox packages compute, storage, and network infrastructure capabilities into scalable, modular [...]

Shipping Containers Tracked by Satellite

9 November 2006

If you ever had to ask, “Where’s the beer?” you’ll be happy to know Heineken may have an answer. The Dutch beer company is trying out the use of satellite tracking to keep tabs on shipping containers of beer traveling from the Netherlands to the U.K. Not only will this allow them to know where [...]

Plastic Pallets for Exports

5 November 2006

ISPM-15 regulations require heat treating or fumigation of wooden pallets to prevent infestation of wood eating insects spreading from one country to another during exporting. Many companies are now offering plastic pallets at a comparable price, also some pallets are made from recycled plastic. Here is an overview covering cost, composition, and the six processes [...]