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The method was re-discovered and improved upon by a research team at Los Alamos National Laboratory, [14] [15] muon tomography is completely passive, exploiting naturally occurring cosmic radiation. This makes the technology ideal for high throughput scanning of volume material where operators are present, such as at a marine cargo terminal.
With its acquisition of Los Angeles–based G.I. Trucking in 2005, [8] Estes expanded coverage to 46 states in the US. Estes had held an interline relationship with G.I. since the mid 1990s allowing freight to be transferred between the two companies to effectively expand each company's coverage.
This included service centers in three major markets of Fresno, Sacramento, and Oakland. Expansion would quickly continue into Southern California with facilities in Fontana and Los Angeles which completed the west coast expansion providing full state coverage. R+L Carriers ships an average of 45,000 shipments to these areas per day. [5]
The company was founded as Scan-Shipping by Arne Simonsen on 1 April 1969. [2] Scan-Shipping Airfreight was established in 1978. The first office outside Denmark opened 1973 in New York (since 1988 Shipco Transport Inc.). The name was changed to Scan Group in 2010. [3]
When CF split in 1996, Con-way continued to be owned by CNF Transportation Inc., the parent company formerly called Consolidated Freightways, Inc. [1] In 2006, CNF Transportation changed its name to Con-way, Inc. and its former Con-way subsidiary became Con-way Freight.
Rapiscan X-ray backscatter scanner Advanced Technology (AT) X-ray systems for baggage scanning. Rapiscan Systems is an American privately held company that specialises in walk-through metal detectors and X-ray machines for screening airport luggage and cargo.
Knight-Swift expanded from its core truckload market into less than truckload (LTL) freight in July 2021 when it acquired southeastern regional LTL firm AAA Cooper Transportation for US$1.35 billion. [8] In July 2024, Knight-Swift acquired Dependable Highway Express, Inc., a LTL carrier out of Los Angeles. [9]
Los Angeles Union Station, hub for LACMTA metro lines and buses, Metrolink and Amtrak trains, and the Hollywood Freeway, one of Los Angeles' major thoroughfares. Greater Los Angeles has a complex multimodal transportation infrastructure, which serves as a regional, national and international hub for passenger and freight traffic.