Shipping vehicles inspections

In efforts to prevent dirty bombs from coming to the U.S. by ship, national security agency leaders and port officials must focus primarily on inspecting motor vehicles before they are loaded onto car carriers. A bomb can potentially be hidden inside a trunk and activated either inside or outside the shipping terminal. 

From time to time, your drivers will need to submit to roadside inspections. During these inspections, your driver s documents (e.g. log book, medical card, shipping papers, etc.) and the vehicle will be examined. 

The inspector also needs to accurately identify the motor carrier. This is critical so that the inspection results get attributed to the correct carrier. The inspector needs to do more than go by the company name that is on the door or on a single docmnent. Other docmnents need to be considered to verify the company name, including vehicle registration, lease agreement, or shipping papers. 

Collect the following documents i.e. driver s license vehicle registration(s) medical examiner s certificate and Skill Performance Evaluation (SPE) Certificate (if applicable) record of duty status driver s daily vehicle inspection report (if applicable) documentation of periodic inspection(s) operating authority (if applicable) Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) (if apphcable) shipping papers and/or bills of... 

Miller, D. P. (1996). Design of a small cheap UUV for under-ship inspection and salvage. In Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Technology, (pp. 18-20). Monterey, CA IEEE Press. 

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