Dubai firm to test screening of U.S.-bound cargo
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Dubai Ports World, the Arab-owned company which set off a furor with its purchase of six U.S. port operations earlier this year, has been cleared to join a federal pilot program to test the methods used to screen U.S.-bound cargo for radiation.
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The company that runs Heathrow airports says it hopes that attaching RFID tags to luggage will speed baggage handling and lower costs.
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The World Trade Organization (WTO)  agreed on Friday to investigate whether U.S. anti-dumping  duties on Canada's multi-billion dollar lumber exports have  been brought into line with trade rules, trade officials said.
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Dubai International Capital, a private equity firm owned by the ruler of Dubai, is seeking to add American companies to its European=focused portfolio.
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Technology at airports to check  luggage for bombs is now being used by the government in tests  for screening cargo loaded aboard passenger planes, officials  said on Tuesday.
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The United States and the European Union are working on measures aimed at strengthening the security of cargo containers moving through seaports so they can't be used to smuggle terrorists or weapons.
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The U.S., the European Union and Canada plan to ask the World Trade Organization to set up a panel to investigate.
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The U.K.&#39;s busiest airport is starting to affix radio chips to the luggage of passengers as part of an experiment aimed at reducing lost bags.The six-month trial will involve tagging around 50,000 bags a month with RFID (radio frequency identification tags) for passengers traveling or transferring on Emirates Airline between Dubai and Heathrow, said BAA, the company that runs the airport.Barcode tags are currently used, but the barcodes can be misread by scanners, especially if the tags are wet or creased. Those problems increase costs for BAA and the airlines, as well aggravating passengers with slower baggage handling.The RFID tags, which will be attached by staff at nine specially-equipped Emirates check-in desks, will be encoded the passenger&#39;s name and route. Higher-capacity chips could contain more data but won&#39;t be used for this trial, BAA said. Barcodes will still be used with the RFID tags.The RFID chips can be read by scanning equipment from a short distance away as the luggage passes through Heathrow&#39;s baggage system. Once at their destination, some passengers will receive a text message on their mobile phone informing of the baggage reclaim belt, BAA said.
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Beginning Friday, airline passengers will go through double screening to make sure they're not carrying liquids onto planes, the head of the airline industry's largest trade group said.
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Dubai Ports World, the Arab-owned firm whose purchase of American port facilities caused a U.S. political uproar, will join a program aimed at stopping nuclear weapons being smuggled into the United States, sources familiar with the agreement said on Thursday.
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Secure Freight Initiative will see cargo scanned for nuclear and radiological threats before it sets off for the U.S.
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Between five and eight U.S.   companies are vying for the U.S. port assets of Dubai Ports   World in a second round of the sales process, the official   overseeing the sale said in a letter to U.S. lawmakers.
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The United Kingdom's biggest construction company, Balfour Beatty Plc., will begin work on the world's largest shopping center in Dubai this month.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland   Security said on Wednesday it awarded $1.35 billion in   contracts to three companies to develop a system to screen for   radioactive matter that might be hidden in cargo.
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The government has begun testing a computerized screening system that compares airline passengers' names with those on terrorist watch lists, a Transportation Security Administration official said Thursday.
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The Transportation Security Administration will test a system that will compare names of passengers on domestic airlines to those on terrorist watch lists.
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U.S. security officials have directed the two carriers with nonstop flights from Moscow to the United States -- Delta Air Lines and Aeroflot Russian Airlines -- to screen all passengers and their carry-on and checked luggage for explosives.