Lufthansa Cargo to install bomb detectors

Main Lufthansa Cargo security hubs in Chicago and Los Angeles will be equipped soon with explosive detectors, according to a company statement.

With such an investment in the single-digit million euros, Lufthansa Cargo can further strengthen its market leadership in the security sector while offering maximum security, said Lufthansa Cargo security chief Harald Zielinski.

At all Lufthansa Cargo destination in the US - New York-Newark, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, Detroit, Charlotte, Orlando, Miami, Houston. Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Atlanta, Denver, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and Los Angeles, there will be state-of-the-art bomb detectors, said the German flag carrier.

In 2007, the US Congress mandated that all cargo transported on passenger aircraft must be 100 per cent screened within three years. The regulation was to be implemented in phases: 50 per cent of all shipments must be checked by February 2009 and all shipments by August 2010.

Today. freight from unknown shippers is subjected to complete controls, said the company. Lufthansa Cargo said it will be deploying the new gear from the third quarter 2008, the Shipping Gazette reported.