Security

Robot sentries beef up security at Hactl air cargo terminal

The largest independent cargo handler at Hong Kong International Airport is taking security measures to the next level with robots that patrol its facilities and sniffer dogs trained to detect lithium batteries in shipments.

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd. (Hactl) announced last week that the first security robot is ready to begin surveillance, initially patrolling vehicle parking areas and export goods handling zones during the peak nighttime period. The airline service provider said the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/robot-sentries-beef-up-security-at-hactl-air-cargo-terminal

Reduce The Risk Waterline To Re-Engage Post-Pandemic Employees

Every organisation that has survived the pandemic has adopted a crisis management strategy as reported by Forbes.

Threat to water lines 

Senior leadership tightened the reins and deliberated their decisions more as the costs for making mistakes rose. While it was the correct course of action, those leaders now need to relinquish some control and allow others to make more decisions. Doing so will effectively lower the waterline and return more decisions to guidelines rather than temporary...

https://mfame.guru/reduce-the-risk-waterline-to-re-engage-post-pandemic-employees/

‘Pandemic-proof’ Automated Airport Terminal Plans To Begin Soon

  • A gigantic fifth passenger terminal at Changi could handle 50 million travellers a year and will be one of the largest and most automated in the world
  • Plans include cameras and technology to bypass the traditional flight control tower, a laser-guided passenger bridge, and automated baggage unloading

A recent news article published in the South China Post states that Move over Hong Kong, Singapore’s ‘pandemic-proof’ automated airport terminal plans are ready for take off.

Work on a fifth...

https://mfame.guru/pandemic-proof-automated-airport-terminal-plans-to-begin-soon/

Zero trust security creates a safer supply chain for all

A white truck and trailer on highway

Cyberattacks are on the rise in the logistics industry, with varying degrees of severity. In the worst cases, organizations have experienced severe outages and faced long-standing repercussions. While attacks were a concern before the coronavirus swept the globe in 2020, the pandemic — and the subsequent industry investment boom — has shed new light on logistics companies, garnering increased attention from both the general public and more malicious forces like hackers.

With an increase in...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/zero-trust-security-creates-a-safer-supply-chain-for-all

The threat is coming from inside the house: Turn inward to ward against security risks

The logistics industry is enjoying a moment in the sun. Investors, including both private equity firms and venture capitalists, have reentered the arena after 2020’s great spending slowdown, and they have their sights set on the logistics space. The large amounts of capital being funneled into logistics – coupled with the public’s pandemic-stoked awareness of the supply chain – have made companies within the industry more vulnerable than ever when it comes to security risks. 

When people think...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-threat-coming-from-inside-the-house-turn-inward-to-ward-against-security-risks

For cannabis drivers, dashcams are trusted friends

To most drivers, the installation of dashcams represents an intrusion. And to some extent, that is true. They say the camera sees all, and poor driving behaviors will be exposed.

But for some industries, the cameras are a must, and the drivers have come to realize the benefits the camera provides. The cannabis distribution business is one of those.

“On some level this is about monitoring our drivers and making sure they are transporting our products safely and not putting others [at risk],”...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/for-cannabis-drivers-dashcams-are-trusted-friends

Rogue vehicle narrowly misses cargo planes at LAX

Several FedEx planes lined up at an airport terminal.

The security breach at Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday involving a driver who crashed through a fence and led police on a chase across two runways occurred in the airport’s cargo area, according to local newscasts.

A gray Mazda hatchback with the letters “SOS” scrawled on the hood turned off the highway on the south end of the airport and smashed through the chain-link fence by the FedEx Express (NYSE: FDX) warehouse around 6 p.m. It then sped past a parked FedEx cargo jet and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/rogue-vehicle-narrowly-misses-cargo-planes-at-lax

With lives on the line, ADT offers help for gig drivers, passengers

ADT creates free apps to help rideshare drivers reach emergency personnel

Rideshare and delivery drivers hustle to make money, but it can come at a cost – and it could be their lives. For most on-demand drivers, the person or people they are picking up, or the address they are delivering to, are unknowns. They don’t know if that person has a criminal history that could put their lives in jeopardy or if the situation they are about to drive into for that food delivery is safe.

But they do it anyway. And for some, these situations are real. The headlines tell the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/with-lives-on-the-line-adt-offers-help-for-gig-drivers-passengers

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