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Tracking Barges Carrying Dangerous Cargo
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Tracking Barges Carrying Dangerous Cargo
Barge tracking is important to national security.
Source: U.S. Dept. of Transportation, October 1998, Hazardous Materials Shipment
Texas City Explosion
3130 Tons of Ammonium Nitrate
(Equals 2 Barges of Ammonium Nitrate)
MSU is developing a prototype to provide better information on hazardous movements by barges.
Prototype will enhance detection of potential threats related to hazardous movements on inland waterways.
Collaborators: