United States, Passport Systems, United States Seaports, and Maritime Shipping Containers

Passport Systems is to develop the world's first scanner capable of determining the contents of maritime shipping containers and detect potential terrorist materials within seconds while not having to open the maritime shipping containers. Dr. William Bertozzi, who is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor, has tackled what many United States security and strategic specialists see as the Achilles' heel in the defense of the United States. How to swiftly detect potential terrorist materials that could be smuggled into the United States through the United State's 361 seaports and the 7 million plus maritime shipping containers that travel the United States per year. The patented nuclear resonance fluorescence imaging technology will help prevent the smuggling of potential terrorist materials through the United State's 361 seaports and the 7 million plus maritime shipping containers that travel the United States per year.