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The Innovative Trade Network Announces Arrival
of First Operation Safe Commerce Intermodal Shipping Containers
Seattle, Wash. – April
15, 2004 – The Innovative Trade Network
(ITN), a BV Solutions Group (BVSG) led team o f specialists from
10 companies, today announced the arrival of the first three Operation
Safe Commerce (OSC) intermodal shipping containers at warehouse
facilities in Seattle , Wash.
“The first three shipping containers left
Germany on March 3, 2004, and have traveled a total of 11,500 miles
by truck, ocean carrier
and rail in their journey from Germany to the United States,” said
Lowell Thurman, BVSG senior project manager and vice president. “These
three shipping containers are the first of more than 100 containers
that will be tracked from Europe and Asia by the ITN team.”
The
goal of the OSC program is to demonstrate the use of new and updated
technologies, policies, and procedures to allow for the
development of more accurate risk profiles for intermodal shipping
containers. The containers will be fitted with various sealing,
tracking, and information gathering technologies, and exposed to
actual shipping conditions on two supply chains. Additionally,
they will be monitored for logistics and security anomalies.
The shipping containers being tracked contain food products or
automobile parts. The ITN team performed detailed vulnerability
assessments of existing supply chains and deployed technologies
to mitigate potential shortfalls in security. The tec hnologies
employed include electronic sealing devices, centralized data consolidation
software, off- gas analyses, independent container inspection,
radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, automated external
container integrity checks, global positioning system (GPS) tracking,
credentialing of personnel, anti- counterfeit sealing devices,
automated hazardous material documentation and information profiling.
About the Innovative Trade Network
The BVSG-led team is comprised of Authentix; Calspan UB Research
Center, Inc.; Cotecna, Inc.; Dangerous Goods Council; FreightDesk
Technologies, Inc.; Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd.; General Dynamics
Advanced Information Systems; Honeywell; Imaging Automation; John
Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; and TransCore. Together,
the companies of ITN will work internationally with governments,
agencies and industry partners to create global supply chain systems – from
manufacturer, to ports of entry, to consumers – that focus
on sound business models which facilitate trade and serve as catalysts
for improved security measures.
About BVSG
BV Solutions Group, Inc. (BVSG) is an IT Service Provider that
delivers rapid, fully- integrated, front-end and technology intensive
back- end business solutions. BVSG excels in developing disciplined
processes for executing highly technical projects within scope,
on time and within budget. With headquarters in Overland Park,
Kan., BVSG is wholly owned by Black & Veatch Corporation. Visit
BVSG online at www.bvsg.com.
About Black & Veatch
Black & Veatch Corporation is a leading global engineering,
consulting and construction company specializing in infrastructure
development in the fields of energy, water and information. Founded
in 1915, Black & Veatch serves its clients with conc eptual
and preliminary engineering services, engineering design, procurement,
construction, financial management, asset management, information
technology, environmental, security design and consulting, and
management consulting services. Headquartered in Overland Park,
Kan., the employee- owned company has more than 90 offices worldwide.
Black & Veatch was ranked on the Forbes “500 Largest
Private Companies in the U.S.” listing for 2003. The company’s
Web site address is www.bv.com.
For More Information Contact:
Neal Thurman
BVSG
913- 458- 9312
thurmannc@bv.com
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