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Article: Taking aim: The newly formed Freight Transportation Security Consortium sets its sights on safeguarding the nation's hazardous materials loads. (Editorial).(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Transport Technology Today
- Article date:
- April 1, 2002
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Much like the country as a whole, the terrorist threat has brought about a new level of cooperation among competitors in the transportation marketplace. For example, the FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION SECURITY CONSORTIUM, formed in late 2001 in response to the need for a comprehensive solution to the threat of terrorist attacks on the hazardous materials supply chain, is an alliance of companies in the fields of asset tracking, vehicle monitoring, emergency response, mobile resource management systems, equipment finance and insurance.
With thousands of shipments daily from plants, terminals and transfer points involving countless shippers, receivers, trucking companies ...