Heathrow airport will install integrated checkpoints at its facility, boosting security screening and allowing passengers the ability to leave laptops and liquids in their bags as they go through security.

Research done by Finnish University discovers more insight into how coronaviruses spread on cruise ships, along with mitigation security and safety measures that companies can take to bump up safety.

Burlington International Airport (BTV) in Vermont has received a $14.5 million federal grant to expand the Airport’s terminal building and consolidate the two existing security checkpoints into one.

Madrid-based Iberia airlines is trialing biometric facial recognition at its home airport for contactless flying.

The Port of Palm Beach implemented human trafficking prevention training for its employees. The training focuses on teaching employees how to identify human trafficking victims and how to get them help.

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and Port San Antonio have partnered to expand the region’s cybersecurity and data analytics research and development ecosystem and increase workforce education and training.

The Port of Los Angeles is creating a Port Cyber Resilience Center (CRC) that will help protect the organization's supply chain from cyber-related breaches. The CRC will be a maritime Security Intelligence and Operations Center (SIOC) to automate threat collaboration and extend its reach beyond traditional maritime stakeholders to Port stakeholders that are more broadly involved in cargo flow, such cross-sector companies.

In a joint plea to Congressional leadership and Treasury Secretary Steven Munchin this week, the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) — the unified and collective voice of America’s seaports — and a host of other maritime transportation entities, asked that $3.5 billion in COVID-19 relief funding be made available for the U.S. maritime transportation sector, citing “significant hardships” and “unique and unexpected challenges” posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a new crowdsourcing competition, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), NASA Tournament Lab (NTL) and TechConnect Ventures will award a total of $215,000 to winners with ideas for the organization to increase security outcomes and operational capabilities.