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8/12/2005 2:09 PM
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"The canisters were purchased by Buckley Powder Co., an Englewood, Colorado-based explosives distributor with operations in Oklahoma.."
So we´ll see how many times this version changes.
Pentolite, geo-exploration, 3-D pictures --- gosh it all sounds so benign...
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Material in Canyon Blast came from Spanish Fork Plant
Exploration: The explosives that blew up on U.S. 6 on Wednesday were headed for Oklahoma to be used in seismic explorations for gas and oil formations
Salt Lake Tribune -- The material aboard a truck that blew up in Spanish Fork Canyon on Wednesday was made at plant in Spanish Fork that pumps out more than 4 million pounds of explosives a year.
Known as a pentolite explosive, the deadly substance is a mixture of TNT and PETN, a powerful explosive sometimes used in land mines and detonation cords.
"One of the benefits is that it´s extremely impact-sensitive. But obviously, as with all explosives, it has a sensitivity to flame and extreme heat," said Peter Barnett, general manager of the Ensign-Bickford Co. plant, which has sat at the canyon´s mouth since 1940.
On Wednesday, the truck was speeding uphill under a load of pentolite weighing almost 18 tons.
The material had been formed into cast boosters - seismic charges used for oil and gas exploration. Cast boosters are inserted in bore holes drilled into promising geologic formations. Scientists use the resulting blast waves to create three-dimensional pictures of underground rock structures that may hold hydrocarbons.
To make cast boosters, Ensign-Bickford employees melt a mixture of TNT and PETN, one of the strongest known high explosives. PETN - pentaerythritol tetranitrate - is used in some land mines and as the explosive core of detonation cord.
The mixture is poured into orange plastic canisters that are loaded onto flatbed trucks and shipped to customers across North America. On Wednesday, the truck operated by R&R Trucking Inc. of Joplin, Mo., left the plant at about 1:10 p.m., bound for the Oklahoma oil fields. On board were hundreds of canisters in two sizes, one weighing 5.5 pounds, the other 2.5 pounds.
At around 1:35 p.m., a security guard heard a radio report that the truck had flipped over and the pentolite had exploded.
"We were pretty surprised. We were very shocked," Barnett said.
Barnett said R&R´s chief executive officer, Daryl Deel, was coming to Utah on Wednesday to talk to the driver and his partner. Deal and other R&R executives did not return telephone calls seeking comment.
"I´m assuming they are going to handle this professionally. Obviously, this is something we will consider seriously. But it´s premature for me to say one way or another" whether Ensign-Bickford will continue to ship explosives on R&R trucks.
The canisters were purchased by Buckley Powder Co., an Englewood, Colo.-based explosives distributor with operations in Oklahoma, Barnett said.
Buckley President Steve Buckley acknowledged his company buys explosives from the Ensign-Bickford plant. But he said he didn´t know if the load aboard the truck belonged to Buckley.
"We don´t take possession until they are dropped off," Buckley said. "I have not been told that it was going to us."
Ensign-Bickford´s headquarters is in Simsbury, Conn. Its western sales and seismic exploration sales offices are on Highway 6 in Spanish Fork. The plant employs about 100 people. It was built to serve Utah´s mining industry, but now ships to buyers as far away as Canada.
"We probably make at least 4 million pounds of explosives a year. Four to 5 million is a typical year," Bennett said.
He said the plant makes PETN, while the TNT is salvaged from decommissioned NATO explosives. Most of it is imported from Europe.
"It´s bought from an intermediary. We get the material in a cardboard box," Bennett said.
R&R reportedly is the second-biggest munitions hauler in the trucking industry, with fleet operations across the United States and Canada.
About half of the company´s revenues comes from handling arms, ammunition and explosives for the Department of Defense, according to Drivers magazine.
The rest is earned by transporting explosives for the construction and mining industries and low-level radioactive waste for other clients.
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Article Last Updated: 08/12/2005 02:00:51 AM
[link to www.sltrib.com] |
| Anonymous Coward
12/8/2005 10:08 AM | | Re: Utah Explosives were Bound for Oklahoma Oil Fields | Quote |
Another unknown; report says for Buckley, but Buckley says he has no knowledge it was for them.
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The canisters were purchased by Buckley Powder Co., an Englewood, Colo.-based explosives distributor with operations in Oklahoma, Barnett said.
Buckley President Steve Buckley acknowledged his company buys explosives from the Ensign-Bickford plant. But he said he didn´t know if the load aboard the truck belonged to Buckley.
"We don´t take possession until they are dropped off," Buckley said. "I have not been told that it was going to us." |
| Anonymous Coward
12/8/2005 10:08 AM | | Re: Utah Explosives were Bound for Oklahoma Oil Fields | Quote |
Way too many loose ends, 70.
Who needs terrorists when you have American industry? |
| Haz-Mat Hauler
12/8/2005 10:08 AM | | Re: Utah Explosives were Bound for Oklahoma Oil Fields | Quote |
All Buckley said was he did not know if the shipment was to fill their order. |
| Anonymous Coward
12/8/2005 10:08 AM | | Re: Utah Explosives were Bound for Oklahoma Oil Fields | Quote |
Ensign-Bickford products:
Detonating Cords
Non-Electric Initiation System
Breaching Systems
Plastic Bonded Explosives
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From a single component to an intricate system, our broad capabilities allow us to continue our heritage of developing solutions to whatever application challenges a customer presents.
Throughout our history, the unique properties of our products helped change the way explosives were employed in combat. EBA&D continues to evolve energetic solutions for emerging defense requirements.
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[link to www.ebco-aerospace.com] |
| Anonymous Coward
12/8/2005 10:08 AM | | Re: Utah Explosives were Bound for Oklahoma Oil Fields | Quote |
Look at this.
Didn´t London just have "multiple initiation events"?
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The system includes an integrated bus controller that contains the primary safing functions and allows full arming, firing and testing of each initiator from a single source.
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[link to www.ebco-aerospace.com] |
| Anonymous Coward
12/8/2005 10:08 AM | | Re: Utah Explosives were Bound for Oklahoma Oil Fields | Quote |
EBA&D´s motto:
When It’s Your Mission There Is No Second Chance.
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| Anonymous Coward
12/8/2005 10:08 AM | | Re: Utah Explosives were Bound for Oklahoma Oil Fields | Quote |
Ensign-Bickford Industries (AFB International) also makes PET FOOD.
"Hundreds of dogs and cats, housed in multiple research settings, help AFB scientists deliver consistently high levels of performance and superior palatability. These tests provide continuous input and feedback to our science and technology teams. AFB also conducts a broad array of laboratory inquiries on behalf of its customers. State-of-the-art quality assurance and research laboratories located worldwide provide critical insights into quality processing and advanced science."
[link to www.ensign-bickfordind.com]
[link to www.afbinternational.com]
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| Rev. Star Gazer
12/8/2005 10:08 AM | | Re: Utah Explosives were Bound for Oklahoma Oil Fields | Quote |
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| well damn
12/8/2005 10:08 AM | | Re: Utah Explosives were Bound for Oklahoma Oil Fields | Quote |
Rev, would you like to just copy my entire thread and post it on yours?
Oh wait - you did that already.
That´s rude, you know? |
| well damn
12/8/2005 10:08 AM | | Re: Utah Explosives were Bound for Oklahoma Oil Fields | Quote |
Oh uh... thanks for the cow, you dumb bitch.
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| Anonymous Coward
12/8/2005 10:08 AM | | Re: Utah Explosives were Bound for Oklahoma Oil Fields | Quote |
shades of Kuwait |
| i like maps
12/8/2005 10:08 AM | | Re: Utah Explosives were Bound for Oklahoma Oil Fields | Quote |
Mid-continent Oil Field map:
[link to en.wikipedia.org]
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Spanish Fork Canyon, UT Map:
[link to www.mapquest.com]
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Here is the route they would have to take from SFC, UT to OKC, OK (picking OKC at random).
Total Est. Time: 17 hours, 16 minutes
Total Est. Distance: 1151.90 miles
This is a mile-long MapQuest address, made short:
[link to makeashorterlink.com]
Were they on the right road, were they going the right way? |
| Zode
12/8/2005 10:08 AM | | Re: Utah Explosives were Bound for Oklahoma Oil Fields | Quote |
Nice investigative work, and thanks 995. Putting this puzzle together might just get done! I´m wondering if these devices are also used as timing/initiating devices for building demolition... ?
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| Anonymous Coward
12/8/2005 10:08 AM | | Re: Utah Explosives were Bound for Oklahoma Oil Fields | Quote |
yes, Zode I think there´s something wrong with this whole scenario.
I don´t think this is paranoid woowoo stuff.
I think we´re being lied to. |
| Anonymous Coward
12/8/2005 10:08 AM | | Re: Utah Explosives were Bound for Oklahoma Oil Fields | Quote |
(this probably has nothing to do with anything)
Because of early uncontrolled exploitation, much of the oil reserves in the Mid-continent have been depleted. Oil operators, in addition to continued exploration, use a variety of techniques to increase production, including deep wells, injection wells, etc. Natural gas, which in the early days was vented to the atmosphere or burned off, now accounts for a large percentage of the exploration efforts and profitability of the petroleum industry in the Mid-continent.
Proven oil reserves
* Arkansas - 49 million barrels- ranked 19th in the U.S.
* Louisiana - 501 million barrels- ranked 7th
* Kansas - 237 million barrels- ranked 11th
* New Mexico - 710 million barrels- ranked 4th
* Oklahoma - 598 million barrels- ranked 6th
* Texas - 5,015 million barrels- ranked 1st
Historic Oklahoma oil fields
* Bartlesville, 1897, Nellie Johnstone No. 1, Oklahoma, plus 1.6 billion barrels - in decline
* Burbank (Osage), 1897, Oklahoma, plus 1 billion barrels - still active.
* Glenn Pool, 1905, Ida Glenn No. 1, Oklahoma, 325 million barrels - little reserve remaining
* Cushing, 1912, Oklahoma.
* Healdton, 1913, Franklin No. 1, Oklahoma.
* Greater Seminole, 1926, Oklahoma, plus 200 million barrels
* Oklahoma City, No. 1 Discovery Well, 1928, Oklahoma. The Mary Sudik No. 1, "Wild Mary Sudik", gusher did not blow until March 25, 1930—she sprayed an estimated 3,000 barrels an hour (133 L/s) for the next 11 days.
[link to en.wikipedia.org] |
| Zode
12/8/2005 10:08 AM | | Re: Utah Explosives were Bound for Oklahoma Oil Fields | Quote |
Stay with your intuition 1006... if for nothing else, it helps to understand the basics of how oil/gas wells are developed, maintained and perpetuated.
This prompts me to think of several angles actually; is it normal to need/use/keep that amount of explosives (ie a normal order size), (esp when working around gases); what type and productivity of wells does that porported destination have at present. What is the status of their fields... lol, I´m learning as I go here, so if I state my questions awkwardly, please forgive my ignorance and catch my drift.
Why were´nt they expecting a delivery specifically from E-B? Do they order through some kind of broker? Sounds half-assed to me, as most businesses would have a long term working relationship with any supplier. Who else is in this business of supplying oil fields? How recently has E-B expanded into Canada vs their defence contracts. I assume there are records for this.
´Follow the Money´ might be a twisted trail
edit ~ Ok... 70 I´m getting the picture about the distributer end of it, lol. Man, I can´t believe there isn´t paperwork on both ends ~ FAX! (before it hits the shredder) |
| Anonymous Coward
12/8/2005 10:08 AM | | Re: Utah Explosives were Bound for Oklahoma Oil Fields | Quote |
"I don´t think this is paranoid woowoo stuff.
I think we´re being lied to."
So do I.
. |
| Anonymous Coward
12/8/2005 10:08 AM | | Re: Utah Explosives were Bound for Oklahoma Oil Fields | Quote |
check the GLP thread that has the link to the pic of the crater left by the explosion
the story on that link says they were headed to COLORADO, NOT OKLAHOMA |
| Anonymous Coward
12/8/2005 10:08 AM | | Re: Utah Explosives were Bound for Oklahoma Oil Fields | Quote |
Oh uh... thanks for the cow, you dumb bitch.
You bought the cow? You must not be getting free milk. |
| Interdimensional warrior
12/8/2005 10:08 AM | | Re: Utah Explosives were Bound for Oklahoma Oil Fields | Quote |
I learned early on, when something suddenly happens and it´s newsworthy like this, the early information is always the most accurate.
The early information was the explosives were bound for Colorado, but then it was later altered to claim it was on its way to the oilfields for siesmic testing in Oklahoma.
I know someone else already noticed this, but I felt it worthy to remention:
[Buckley President Steve Buckley acknowledged his company buys explosives from the Ensign-Bickford plant. But he said he didn´t know if the load aboard the truck belonged to Buckley.
"We don´t take possession until they are dropped off," Buckley said. "I have not been told that it was going to us."]
The guy who was supposedly getting this load, according to the official spin, doesn´t have any idea this load was coming to him. Could mean it wasn´t.
I never did get how you could pack 15 tons of explosives in a 6 ft long trailer, as was claimed in the media.
Something stinks about this story.
If what created that crater was in a 6ft long trailer, it was not a conventional explosive at all. If trailer was 6ft long by 8ft wide by 8ft tall:
8X8X6= volume in cubic feet, or @380 cubic ft .
So now if we determine the density of the material in the trailer given the stated 30,000 lb load :
30,000lbs./380 cubic feet= 78lbs/cubic foot
78 pds/cubic foot is a very high density material .541 lbs/cubic inch, so that a chunk of it the size of a hens egg would weigh a hefty pound and a half.
What was it, uranium? A tact. nuke strike?
This was not what we are being told at all. trust me. This story stinks to me as bad as the 9/11 bullshit did when I got on the internet and hollered to anyone who would listen the whole thing was a bunch of bullshit, lies, and the news was just a lie. |
| Anonymous Coward
12/8/2005 10:08 AM | | Re: Utah Explosives were Bound for Oklahoma Oil Fields | Quote |
A 6´ trailer? I think that had to be a typo... wasn´t the truck a tractor trailer? They come in different sizes, but a 67´ trailer is fairly common. It´s also one of the largest on the road, if not THE largest in common use today. |
| Mrdjs7
12/8/2005 10:08 AM | | Re: Utah Explosives were Bound for Oklahoma Oil Fields | Quote |
Thanks 995 for the information. |
| need Zzz
12/8/2005 10:08 AM | | Re: Utah Explosives were Bound for Oklahoma Oil Fields | Quote |
They said in the beginning it was going to Colorado - do you know where in Colorado?
I was researching R&R Trucking. Looks like they´ve been yanked by the NRC a few times. Most recent NRC report first, there may be more I haven´t found yet. They do handle uranium, IDW.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC: Event Notification Report for December 18, 2003
Event Text
R&R Trucking Co
REFUELING EQUIPMENT RECEIVED AT LASALLE STATION -
EXCEEDING RADIATION LIMITS
"This notification is being made in pursuant to Exelon Reportability manual RAD 1.11 and 10 CFR 20.1906(d)(2). At 11:30 CST on 12/17/03, Radiation Protection Technician notified the Shift Manager that a Radiation Shipment (03-1216-02) was received at LaSalle from Duratek (Memphis, TN) that exceeded 200 mrem/hr on the external surface of the package. In accordance with 10 CFR 71.47(b)(1) the package was not in a closed transport vehicle and thus did not meet the exclusion to allow the package to be greater than 200 mrem/hr and less than 1000 mrem/hr. The as found readings on the package were measured at 211 mrem/hr and verified with a second instrument at 207 mrem/hr. The package was also surveyed for contamination and found to be free of loose contamination. Pursuant to 10 CFR 20.1906(d)(2), the final delivery carrier (R&R Trucking Co) was also notified of this event."
The licensee has notified the NRC Resident Inspector.
[link to www.nrc.gov]
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC: Morning Report for October 20, 2003
Headquarters Daily Report
R&R Trucking Co.
TRANSPORTATION INCIDENT
INVOLVING SHIPMENT OF UF6 CYLINDERS
Call from DOT
Discussion:
On October 17, 2003, the Department of Transportation notified the NRC that at about 12:20 p.m. (EDT) a truck carrying 4 cylinders (UX-30 design) of 5% enriched uranium in the form of uranium hexafluoride (UF6) swerved and left Highway 212 west of Broadus, Montana. The truck rolled over and came to rest on its side. Powder River County officials responded. Initial observations showed that the UF6 overpacks and trailer did not sustain any damage. No evidence of release of material has been observed.
The shipper is Transport Logistics International (TLI) and the carrier is R&R Trucking. The material was imported through the Port of Seattle and was en route to Wilmington, North Carolina for processing. TLI is aware of the accident and is tracking the recovery.
The driver was injured but his injuries were not life threatening. He was transported to a local hospital. The truck was righted and towed to a location in Wyoming for inspection. The truck and the cylinders will be stored in Wyoming until it is verified that the cylinders did not sustain any damage and the shipment can be resumed.
TLI is sending a representative to verify the integrity of the cylinders and to oversee the preparations for completing the shipment.
There are no reports of media interest.
Regional Action:
The NRC staff will continue to monitor the shipper´s follow up activities.
[link to www.nrc.gov]
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Event Notification Report for October 4, 2002
Event Text
R&R Trucking Co.
REMOVABLE CONTAMINATION EXCEEDING LIMITS
FOUND ON EMPTY CONTAINERS DELIVERED TO SITE
"On Wednesday, October 2, 2002, Nuclear Management Company, LLC (NMC)received a shipment of two empty sea-land containers from U.S. Ecology at the Kewaunee Nuclear Plant. These containers were shipped by R&R Trucking of Duenweg, MO.
Although these containers were empty, NMC conservatively surveyed the outside of the containers. During this survey of the containers, a masslin contamination check identified some external contamination.
Further and more specific sampling techniques resulted in identifying contamination levels of 24,700 DPM/100 sq. cm. in one location on the underside of the container. Department of Transportation acceptance limits identified in 49 CFR 173.433 for this type of container are 22,000 DPM/100 sq. cm.
Because these containers were considered empty, they were unlabeled. Nevertheless, because NMC identified removable radioactive surface contamination in excess of the limits of 10 CFR 71.81(i) which refer to the DOT limits of 49 CFR 173.433, this event is immediately reportable to the NRC Operations Center in accordance with 10 CFR 20.1906(d). In accordance with 10 CFR 20.1906(d), the radiation safety officer at U.S. Ecology was notified of the conditions found when the shipment was received.
"Because, the area of contamination was on the underside of the container, it was not accessible during transportation. The container was secured and posted as necessary to control the contaminated areas within an RCA at the plant. NMC surveyed the flatbed trailer upon which the containers were shipped, and no contamination was found. Based on this, the trailer was released.
"Additionally, the NRC senior resident inspector and the regional RP inspector were notified."
UPDATE:
"The correct time of discovery was 1300 CST. The dose rate instrument was an RO-20 (handheld, portable, ionization chamber capable of detecting both beta end gamma radiation). The initial contamination survey equipment was a frisker (thin-end window GM detector). The contamination levels of 24,700 DPM/100 sq. cm. was found using a Baird alpha, beta, fixed geometry scalar/counter."
[link to www.nrc.gov]
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Document Collections
[link to www.nrc.gov] |
| need Zzz
12/8/2005 10:08 AM | | Re: Utah Explosives were Bound for Oklahoma Oil Fields | Quote |
And it should go without saying, I don´t know what most of this means. |
| need Zzz
12/8/2005 10:08 AM | | Re: Utah Explosives were Bound for Oklahoma Oil Fields | Quote |
Look at Deel´s 2002 credentials, 2nd paragraph.
Nov 1, 2002
HOMELAND SECURITY: Trucking´s Contribution
R:&R TRUCKING
Joplin, MO
Hauling explosives safely
For Daryl Deel, president of R&R Trucking in Joplin, MO, security is the key to his business.
About half of his company´s revenues are generated from handling arms, ammunition and explosives for the Dept. of Defense, and the rest from transporting commercial explosives for the construction and mining industries, and low-level radioactive wastes for others.
As chairman, Surface Transportation Committee of the National Defense Transportation Assn., and advisor to the Military Management Traffic Command, Deel and his colleagues harbor many questions but have few practical answers.
“The missing link in trucking security is knowing, in real time, if the seal has been broken and if the door been opened,” he says.
“We are also looking for ways to disable the tractor if something is wrong so terrorists can´t overpower a driver and unhook the trailer. We´re heading in the direction of finding some device that shuts down the truck.”
Because 20% of DOD´s freight moves on flatbeds, they present a different set of problems for which technology solutions won´t apply. “For flatbeds, I don´t see anything working but an armed escort.”
In addition, Deel is troubled about driver safety. “We have not come up with anything to protect drivers. We just don´t have an answer for that yet.”
[link to driversmag.com]
uh huh. |
| need Zzz
12/8/2005 10:08 AM | | Re: Utah Explosives were Bound for Oklahoma Oil Fields | Quote |
And..
Did you know their GPS tracking device can cause "premature detonation" of explosive cargo?
Now there´s a hairy glitch.
June 28, 2005
CA-05-06/28-0118
DOD Approved Carrier
Domestic Customer Advisory Reference:
R&R Trucking
(Includes: R&R Trucking, AATCO, NEI Transport)
Title:
DOD Electromagnetic Radiation Emission
Standards for Motor Carrier Trailer Assets
Surface Deployment and Distribution Command
(SDDC) Operations Center
Customer Advisory
Subject:
Update 4 to Department of Defense (DOD)
Electromagnetic Radiation Emission Standards for Motor Carrier Trailer Assets
Purpose:
To provide shippers with a list of all carriers and technology products meeting the DOD electromagnetic radiation emission standards identified at refs. 1-5.
Scope:
The standard, per refs. 1 & 2 is applicable to all DOD approved motor carriers with owned, rented and/or leased assets used to transport DOD arms, ammunition, explosives (AA&E), hazardous, classified material and/or spare parts and components with equipment installed on the trailer that contains a "trailer tracking device" until testing for a standardized safe separation distance is completed by NAVSURFWARCENDIV.
Background:
The DOD identified safety, security and accountability technologies employed with DOD tracking technologies, which emit electromagnetic radiation when transmitting tracking data.
The transmission of this electromagnetic radiation may present a hazard to personnel and cargo if not properly controlled before placement near DOD shipments that are sensitive to these emissions, which could cause premature detonation or rendering cargo inert/ineffective for future use; e.g., fleet (trailer) management devices (trailer-tracking), surveillance cameras, tamper-proof devices, electronic seals and locks, and cargo sensors.
As identified in refs. 1 & 2, DOD approved carriers must go through three steps before installing and using an electromagnetic radiation-emitting device on any trailer asset. The three steps are certification, validation and documentation, which are necessary to nullify the safety concerns related to the use of these electromagnetic radiation-emitting technologies.
Shipper Guidance:
Documentation of all approved electromagnetic radiation-emitting device validations is part of the SDDC carrier performance record. Attachment 1 of this advisory identifies all carriers by Domestic Customer Advisory reference number and electromagnetic radiation-emitting device technology products that have completed certification, validation and documentation.
Only the carriers and/or products listed herein are approved to be used while transporting DOD sensitive materials/shipments that contain Electro-Explosives Devices (EED) and/or Electronically Initiated Devices (EID).
Cumulative Approvals to Date:
DOD Approved Carrier
Domestic Customer Advisory Reference:
R&R Trucking
(Includes: R&R Trucking, AATCO, NEI Transport)
Advisory: CA-05-04/22-0066
Name of Electromagnetic Device:
Qualcomm® T2
Purpose of Device & Type Trailers Tested:
Trailer Tracking
(Dorsey, Fruehauf, Great Dane, Monon, Stoughton, Trailmobile, Wabash)
Maximum V/m or dBuV Number
(from all trailer types tested):
5.13 V/m
NOTES:
1. Not to Exceed Limit: 10 V/m or 97 dBuV. Testing and measurement methodology as determined by NSWC Dahlgren. The maximum level recorded inside the trailers was less than the not to exceed limit. Therefore, no separation distance is required between the cargo and the specified trailer-tracking system with these units on the above vans.
2. V/m is defined as volts per meter.
3. dBuV is defined as decibels referenced to one microvolt.
4. IAW Memorandum, Naval Ordnance Safety & Security Activity, dated 26 Apr 05, Subject: Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance System Certification for the SkyBitz Global Positioning System Installed on Van-Type Trailers.
5. IAW Memorandum, Naval Ordnance Safety & Security Activity, dated 9 May 05, Subject: Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance Certification for the Qualcomm T2 Trailer-Tracking System Installed on Van-Type Trailers.
6. ONLY approved for van-type trailers constructed with metal sides and roofs: NOT APPROVED for soft-sided or flatbed trailers.
7. IAW Memorandum, Naval Ordnance Safety & Security Activity, dated 14 Jun 05, Subject: Updated Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance Certification for Terion Fleetview II and III Trailer-Tracking Systems Installed on Various Van-Type Trailers.
8. To be used only when the antenna assembly wires and cables are encased in hollow braded-metal wire, flexible metal conduit, or rigid metal conduit. The cable must be installed in such a way that the ends of the shielding stay in electrical contact with the base of the antenna and the transmitter unit. Otherwise, this device will not be allowed to be used while transporting DOD sensitive materials/shipments.
9. IAW Memorandum, Naval Ordnance Safety & Security Activity, dated 10 Jun 05, Subject: Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance Safe Separation Distance Evaluation Certification for the PAR Logistics Management System Cargo*Watch System.
10. Certified for use with intermodal containers providing that a protective shield is installed to protect the antenna cables from damage.
[link to www.sddc.army.mil]
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| Zode
12/8/2005 10:08 AM | | Re: Utah Explosives were Bound for Oklahoma Oil Fields | Quote |
Needs Zzzz´s 
you are cookin´; wonder if anyone took a gieger counter out there... |
| Rev. Star Gazer
12/8/2005 10:08 AM | | Re: Utah Explosives were Bound for Oklahoma Oil Fields | Quote |
My sincerest apologizes OP - I assumed that the intent of both threads was to put the pieces together and find the truth - sorry that you took it the wrong way. |
| needzzz
12/8/2005 10:08 AM | | Re: Utah Explosives were Bound for Oklahoma Oil Fields | Quote |
We´re all on the same page, RSG. |
| i post on both threads :)
12/8/2005 10:08 AM | | Re: Utah Explosives were Bound for Oklahoma Oil Fields | Quote |
R & R Trucking Relies On SkyBitz For Trailer Tracking
June 22, 2005
SkyBitz announced it has signed Missouri-based R&R Trucking, an Arms, Ammunition and Explosives (AA&E) hauler, to its growing roster of customers. R & R Trucking and its sister companies, AATCO and NEI Transport, have selected SkyBitz to implement 550 Mobile Terminal units to optimize trailer utilization, improve operational efficiencies and maximize security. As the second-largest munitions hauler in the trucking industry, with fleet operations throughoutthe United States and Canada, the R & R Trucking Group needs to know the location of hazardous materials at all times. R & R chose SkyBitz and the company’s patented Global Locating System (GLS) Platform to meet the security needs of its government and commercialcustomers.“We closely evaluated several trailer tracking systems to find a solution to the complex problem of asset tracking, management and security," said Daryl Deel, president, R&R Trucking. “We found SkyBitz to be the best fit with our operation, providing seamless supply chain visibility and accurate, low cost trailer tracking. In addition, the technology is easy to install even on loadedtrailers, which is a big advantage over other tracking technologies. With SkyBitz we didn’t spend days implementing the technology and our trailers were on the road within 15 minutes, which resulted in significant time and cost savings for the company." |
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