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Securing the Supply Chain: Container Security and Sea Trial Demonstration Results

Overview In October and November 2004, RAE Systems performed two sea trials to prove the feasibility of using sensors to continuously monitor the integrity of inter-modal shipping containers from point of origin to point of destination. This white paper reviews the compelling need for container monitoring, lays out the details of the sea trials, presents the results from the RAEWatch wireless sensor modules that were used to monitor radiation, intrusion, temperature and shock and summarizes possible next steps to deployment.

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Publisher	RAE Systems	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	January 2005	Downloads	358
Format	White Papers
Topics	Customs and Cargo Security, Transportation Security

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