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Cargo represents a concern to U.S. national security. It was reported out of Washington, DC that in 2003 over 6 million cargo containers are entering the United States each year^[1]. After the terrorist attacks of September 11th, the security of this magnitude of cargo has become highlighted. The latest US Government response to this threat is the CSI: Container Security Initiative. CSI is a program intended to help increase security for containerized cargo shipped to the United States from around the world.^[2]. Security measures taken to protect the Houses of Parliament in London, England. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly... The Container Security Initiative is the most topical AFF ever. ...

Marine Ball Types

Container ship at Helsinki Port

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• Containers are the largest and fastest growing cargo category at most ports worldwide. Containerized cargo includes everything from auto parts and machinery components to shoes, toys, and frozen meat and seafood.

• Automobiles are handled at many ports.

• Project cargoes and heavy lift cargoes may include items such as manufacturing equipment, factory components, power equipment such as generators and wind turbines, military equipment or almost any other oversized or overweight cargo too big or too heavy to fit into a container.

• Break bulk cargo is typically material stacked on wooden pallets and lifted into and out of the hold of a vessel by cranes on the dock or aboard the ship itself. The volume of break bulk cargo has declined dramatically worldwide as containerization has grown.

• Bulk Cargoes, such as salt, oil, tallow, and Scrap metal, are usually defined as commodities that are neither on pallets nor in containers, and which are not handled as individual pieces, the way heavy-lift and project cargoes are. Alumina, grain, gypsum, logs and wood chips, for instance, are bulk cargoes.

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Plane Cargo

Air cargo is commonly known as freight. There are many businesses which collect freight and deliver it to the customer such as Nightfreight. Aircraft were first put to use carrying mail as cargo in 1911, but eventually manufacturers started designing planes just for freight. There are many commercial planes suitable for carrying cargo such as the Boeing 747. The military also owns many cargo planes such as the C-17 Globemaster III. The Boeing 747, commonly nicknamed the Jumbo Jet, is a long-haul, widebody commercial airliner manufactured by Boeing. ... The Boeing (formerly McDonnell Douglas) C-17 Globemaster III is an American strategic airlifter manufactured by Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, and operated by the United States Air Force, the British Royal Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force, and the Canadian Forces. ...

Train Cargo

Trains are capable of transporting large numbers of containers which have come off the shipping ports. Trains are also used for the transportation of steel, wood and coal. Trains are used as they can pull a large amount and generally have a direct route to the destination.

Van or Lorry (Truck) Cargo

There are many businesses which transport all types of cargo, ranging from letters to online orders. These businesses such as Parcelforce which deliver fast and sometimes same day deliverly services. A good example of road cargo is supermarkets, these reqiure deliveries every day to keep the shelves stacked with goods for sale. Parcelforce is the parcel delivery arm of the Royal Mail postal service in the UK. Since 1986 regular daily mail services have been provided by the Royal Mail while retail postal outlets are operated by the Post Office. ...

See also

Look up cargo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• Bulk cargo
• Containerization
• Cargo ship
• Cargo airline
• Cargo cult
• Cargo scanning
• Freight
• Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) Shipping
• Packaging
• Products
• Goods

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External links

• The Gallery of Transport Loss -- Photos & Lessons of Disaster

References

1. ^ Murray Unveils First-in-the-Nation Port Security Demonstration
2. ^ http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/border_security/international_activities/csi/ CSI: Container Security Initiative]