C-BORD Project overview

Efficient NII (non-intrusive inspection) of containerised freight is critical to trade and society. Freight containers are potential means for smuggling, drug trafficking, and transport of dangerous / illicit substances. NII technologies used today cannot cope with all targets under all circumstances with equivalent efficiency. C-BORD will increase interdiction of illicit or dangerous material in containerised freight and deliver new capabilities against critical operational requirements and constraints:

Increased throughput of containers per time unit;
Reduced need for costly, time-consuming and dangerous manual container inspections;
Lower false negative and false positive alarm ratios;
Operationally significant health & safety, logistics, cost and benefits issues.

C-BORD develops five technology pillars to enable next generation container NII at EU sea and land borders. Proof of capability will be shown through live field trials in three use cases under real conditions at different border control points. A C-BORD Toolbox and Framework will help customs analyse needs for container NII, design integrated NII solutions, optimise the interdiction chain, and provide a systemic response to key functional, practical, logistical, safety and financial questions to support deployment.

Tagged Neutron Inspection System (TNIS)

Within the C-BORD project, a new generation of a Tagged Neutron Inspection System (TNIS) for cargo containers is foreseen. Unlike its predecessors, this system would be the first Rapidly Re-locatable TNIS (RRTNIS). It will be a second-line defense system, to be used on sealed containers in order to detect explosives, illicit drugs and chemical agents in a suspect voxel (elementary volume unit).

Link: C-BORD website