THE PORT of Rotterdam is trialling scanning equipment on loan from the US energy department to intercept devices smuggled inside containers that could be used to build a nuclear weapon. That’s according to UK-based IFW which reports that the joint project, costing US$3m to set up, is part of the US Megaport Initiative to step up security at the world’s key ports. Rotterdam is the first non-US port to receive the scanners. If the trials are successful the Dutch government will pay for the equipment, according to a port spokesman.
