Sentence examples for cargo inspection from inspiring English sources

The VACIS (an acronym for "vehicle and cargo inspection system") uses gamma rays to inspect truck cargoes; it has been employed by the U.S. Customs Service at border crossings since the mid-nineties.

Its cargo inspection systems use high- and medium-energy nonintrusive means to inspect trucks, cars, cargo containers, pallets and air cargo to combat trade fraud, drug trafficking, weapons smuggling and terrorism at border crossings, seaports, military bases, railroad centers, airports and cargo and transportation hubs.

Cargo inspection bays were empty.

Officials in Hawaii have established cargo inspection programs to keep the snake out of the state.

The Texas Department of Public Safety trooper had stopped the 1999 truck for a routine cargo inspection.

The theoretical aspects of a cargo inspection system based on the differential die-away technique are explored.

North Korea has declared cargo inspections an act of war.

In this study, we manufactured silicon PIN photodiodes coupled with a scintillator for X-ray detection in cargo inspections.

Ryan says that the telescope could be used in a variety of national-security settings, such as for cargo inspections and to search for rogue nuclear weapons.

Some critics said the report's figures were misleading because they include the entire budget for Customs and Border Protection, another Department of Homeland Security agency, which also oversees cargo inspections on land and at seaports.

The United States and its allies had wanted the draft resolution to include mandatory cargo inspections, if there was reasonable suspicion that the cargo was weapons-related — something Washington had been seeking outside the United Nations during the Bush years through its Proliferation Security Initiative.