1.   As high-tech companies expand and the business climate remains favorable for small start-ups, demand for cargo shipments can only increase, Young said.

2.   After the attacks, the FAA temporarily banned cargo shipments on passenger flights.

3.   But Bell said that the agents have a sophisticated method for identifying suspicious cargo shipments, and high technology X-ray scanners as well as dogs to check contents.

4.   But the agency has continued to rely on freight shipping companies to inspect cargo shipments and vouch for their contents.

5.   But they say security is being maintained, delays in cargo shipments are being held to a minimum, and the situation has not reached crisis proportions.

6.   Cargo shipments include anything from letters to fully assembled computers to thoroughbred racehorses.

7.   Generally, cargo shipments are slow to react to economic change because shippers are unable to change arrangements made well in advance.

8.   Last summer when Japan refused to grant FedEx new routes between Japan and other Asian nations the U.S. threatened to limit U.S.-bound cargo shipments on Japanese carriers.

9.   Other activities, such as cargo shipments, would simply be diverted to different regions.

10.   Some security experts have questioned whether a saboteur could target a specific flight or airline by placing a bomb in a cargo shipment.