ESecLog - Enhanced security for logistics
Overview
Background & policy context:
Facing increasing air cargo volumes and terroristic threats, efficient security checks for air cargo are needed. The controls must ensure security at the highest level, meet international requirements and be economically viable. In order to simplify control procedures and increase efficiency, new concepts of securing air cargo are required.
Objectives:
The project “Enhanced security for logistics” has the objective to develop new methods for air cargo security checks. In the future, containers and pallets are about to be tested more quickly and reliably for security threats. The concrete aim of the ESecLog project is to check the identity of a cargo freight based on its appearance from the outside and its internal structure on the basis of so-called freight fingerprints and to detect possible manipulations over the course of the air cargo process chain.
Methodology:
For this purpose, various methods, such as an electronic article lockup, 3D depth images and X-ray images, should be used. In addition, multi-scanners for mobile and stationary control, as well as a freight fingerprint information system for matching the scans, are designed. In cooperation with the end-users and authorities, the results are evaluated with demonstrators. Furthermore, audit strategies are being developed for areas inside and outside the airport's security zone. These are examined in a cost-benefit analysis.
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