1. A mobile RFID portal, comprising: an RFID reader mountable to a mobile asset/vehicle; a communicator, mountable to the mobile asset/vehicle, coupled to the RFID reader, the communicator actuating the RFID reader to read identifications of proximately located RFID tagged items, receive the read identifications and communicate the received read identifications over a wireless interface; and an interface for connection to mobile asset/vehicle operational sensors, the communicator actuating the RFID reader to read identifications of proximately located RFID tagged items in response to an indication received from the mobile asset/vehicle operational sensors.