Iridium, Dutch Firm Team on Maritime Container Security System
W. David Gardner writes in TechWeb News:
A Dutch firm plans to use the Iridium Satellite system to monitor shipping containers remotely to reduce the threat of terrorists tampering with those containers.
ZOCA Container Security BV is preparing a trial with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), said Jaap van den Hoek, ZOCA managing director.
ZOCA has developed a proprietary handheld-based system that communicates with Iridium’s 66-satellite network. The ZOCA system controls container security by locking and unlocking devices remotely.
The handheld device, about the size of a typical bar code scanner, plugs into a connection on containers and transmits a security code to a central computer at ZOCA’s global processing center. Once the security code and other coordinates are confirmed, permission is granted to open or close the container.
posted by Fergie @ 8/18/2005 01:37:00 PM
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