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F O C U S
PARTNERSHIPS: Global Secure Shipping
is the primary commercial partner in a fed-
erally-funded, multi-year agreement with U.S.
Department of Defense Title III, U.S. Depart-
ment of Homeland Security Science & Tech-
nology Directorate, the University of Maine,
and commercial partners AKUA and Hanter
Tin to produce the Secure Hybrid Composite
Intermodal Container.
Robert Lindyberg, CEO of Global Secure Shipping, says
composites construction is a great way to embed ultra-
thin, high-tech detection technology within the panels
that comprise the shipping container itself.
P H O T O / F R E D F I E L D
B y L a u r i e S c h r e i b e r
These
shipping
containers
not
only
carry
the
world's
goods
—
their
structures
contain
a
high-tech
security
system
SAFE
PASSAGE
