U.S. Customs Goes High-Tech for Cargo Security

摘要

BALTIMORE—The gritty docks along the Dundalk Marine Terminal, in Maryland's Port of Baltimore, are among the last lines of defense in the multi-layered, global effort by the Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection (CBP) arm to intercept illegal cargo. CBP officers at Dundalk and similar terminals at other ports across the nation employ the latest state-of-the-art technology to inspect maritime cargo containers and trucks as they are unloading from newly arrived ships, but they face significant challenges.