Cargo News Updates

Business

Most U.S.-Bound Air Cargo Is Not Screened, Paper Reports

Only about 20% of the 9 billion pounds of air cargo that comes to the United States from overseas each year is physically checked for bombs, USA Today reported Tuesday.

November 2, 2010
Business

Explosives Found on U.S.-Bound Cargo Plane

President Obama said Friday that federal authorities had uncovered a “credible terrorist threat” against the United States following the overseas discovery of U.S.-bound packages containing explosives aboard cargo jets, the Associated Press reported.

October 29, 2010