HPC - Cargo Screening Product Report - 2003

SUMMARY

There are currently 38 different cargo screening products and technologies, offered by 10 vendors. The 2003 Cargo Screening - Product Report compares technologies, prices and specifications for X-Ray Systems, Neutron Activation Systems, Nuclear Threat Detection, Linac X-ray Systems. Review includes economic analysis of crucial elements such as: Cost of ownership, cost of maintenance, cost of transaction and cost of personnel.

How to Find the Right Product

Cargo screening is one of the most urgent items on the agenda of virtually every security manager of every transport or shipping-related facility. There are currently 38 different products and technologies, offered by 10 vendors. You need a knowledgeable, unbiased, independent and unaffiliated advisor to bring you the facts about these companies and their technologies and products.

This is why HSRC is launching its Homeland Security Product Comparison Report (HPC) series, covering every aspect in the screening industry.

Featured in this Report

The 2003 Cargo Screening - Product Report covers the following products/technologies:

• X-Ray Based Systems
• Neutron Activation Systems
• Nuclear Threat Detection
• Linac X-ray Systems

For each technology, the report describes existing vendors and products, and provides a much needed analysis of the crucial operational and ownership aspects such as:

• Cost of transaction - The cost of screening a single person
• Cost of ownership - The cost of owning the product and its service
• Cost of maintenance - The cost of keeping the product running
• Cost of personnel - The cost of operating the product, including training.

The Homeland Security Research team of experts and analysts worked for a year to give you a clear, usable and relevant comparison of available technologies prices [including U.S. government prices] and products. The report explains available technologies clearly and concisely, presents product specifications in an easy-to-compare table format, and accompanies every subject with a no-nonsense discussion covering every important financial and operational aspect.

HPC-The Power of Knowledge

This report is designed to give Security planners, CSOs, purchasing personnel, public, and private sector executives a clear picture of the performance, economics and operational aspects of each available system and technology.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. SCOPE

2. CARGO X-RAY SCREENING

2.1. CARGO - SCOPE OF X-RAY SCREENING

2.2. CARGO - PURPOSE OF X-RAY SCREENING

2.3. CARGO - X-RAY SCREENING PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION

2.4. CARGO - X-RAY SCREENING ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

2.4.1. Cost of Ownership

2.4.2. Cost of Service

2.4.3. Cost of Personnel and Personnel Training

2.4.4. Cost of Transaction

2.5. CARGO - STATE OF DEVELOPMENT

2.6. CARGO - STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES

2.7. CARGO - X-RAY SCREENING VENDOR INFORMATION

2.8. CARGO - X-RAY SCREENING VENDOR PROFILES

2.9. CARGO - X-RAY SCREENING PRODUCTS COMPARISON DATA

2.9.1. Comparison Table Specification Definitions

2.9.2. Abbreviations

2.9.3. Product Comparison Tables

2.9.4. Pricing Comparison Tables

2.10. CARGO - X-RAY SCREENING PURCHASING

3. EXPLOSIVES TRACE DETECTORS

3.1. CARGO - SCOPE OF TRACE DETECTION

3.2. CARGO - PURPOSE OF EXPLOSIVES TRACE DETECTORS

3.3. CARGO - EXPLOSIVES TRACE DETECTORS PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION

3.4. CARGO - EXPLOSIVES TRACE DETECTORS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

3.4.1. Cost of Ownership

3.4.2. Cost of Service Considerations

3.4.3. Cost of Personnel and Personnel Training

3.4.4. Cost of Transaction

3.5. CARGO - EXPLOSIVES TRACE DETECTORS STATE OF DEVELOPMENT

3.6. CARGO - STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES

3.7. CARGO - EXPLOSIVES TRACE DETECTORS VENDOR INFORMATION

3.8. CARGO - EXPLOSIVES TRACE DETECTORS VENDOR PROFILES

3.9. CARGO - EXPLOSIVES TRACE DETECTORS COMPARISON DATA

3.9.1. Comparison Table Specification Definitions

3.9.2. Abbreviations

3.9.3. Product Comparison Tables

3.9.4. Pricing Comparison Tables

3.10 CARGO - EXPLOSIVES TRACE DETECTORS PURCHASING CONSIDERATIONS

List Of Figures

• Figure 1 - 2003 Cargo Detection Technologies Graphic Overview
• Figure 2 - Basic X-Ray Screening System
• Figure 3 - Conventional X-ray Screening System
• Figure 4 - Quasi Dual Energy X-ray Screening System
• Figure 5 - Dual Energy X-ray Screening System
• Figure 6 - Material Differentiation By Dual Energy X-ray
• Figure 7 - Dual energy Z Map
• Figure 8 - Multi-View X-ray Screening System
• Figure 9 - Backscatter X-ray Screening System
• Figure 10 - Medium X-Ray
• Figure 11 - Trace Detection Technologies Introduction
• Figure 12 - The Airborne Concentration of Various "open Can" Explosives
• Figure 13 - Typical Sensitivity of Various Explosive Trace Detection Technologies
• Figure 14 - Ion Mobility Spectroscopy
• Figure 15 - Chemiluminescence
• Figure 16 - Electron Capture Detection
• Figure 17 - Surface Acoustic Wave Detectors

List Of Tables

• Table 1 - 2003 Bulk Detection Technologies - Pros and Cons
• Table 2 - Cargo Detection Technologies
• Table 3 - Explosives, Drugs, and Common "Interruption" Materials
• Table 4 - Baggage and Parcel X-ray Products Comparison Table
• Table 5 - Trace Detection Technologies - Pros and Cons
• Table 6 - Trace Explosive-detection Technologies
• Table 7 - Explosives Trace Detection -Comparison Tables
• Table 8 - Explosives Trace Detection -Product Pricing