Cargo Theft Prevention News, Information
How to prevent cargo theft, strategies to protect cargo for truckers, truck fleet managers and other bulk transport professionals.
Latest Cargo Theft Prevention News, Information
Casting a wider net: National cargo-theft database system launches
A new weapon will be deployed against cargo theft starting today: a national system intended to provide more efficient, accurate, and timely sharing of cargo-theft information between freight carriers, shippers, their insurers and law enforcement...
Cargo thieves step up activity
According to a new cargo crime trend report, cargo thieves are becoming more organized and are more frequently targeting trucking company facilities for their heists...
Risk of cargo theft climbing
A recent study strongly signals that cargo theft remains a major -- and growing -- problem in the U.S., affecting a wide range of goods and in particular posing a major hazard for truckers...
How to prevent cargo theft
To more effectively combat rising levels of cargo theft, motor carriers are being encouraged to develop more detailed security plans for their operations and form partnerships with other carriers, modes, and shippers...
Dealing with cargo theft
Cargo theft is a multi-billion dollar problem for shippers and transportation carriers alike – and it’s on the rise this year...
Safe havens for trailers
Cargo theft continues to be a growing problem in the U.S., especially in the trucking industry, as trailers are easy to steal and their goods easily sold by criminal enterprises...
Shining A Light On Cargo Theft
How many dollars can be swept under a rug in a year? How about 10 billion? How about 25 billion? How about no one knows for sure because no one knows...
Tackling cargo theft with technology
Cargo theft has become a booming business in America, worth somewhere in the neighborhood of $10 billion annually, according to most estimates. In the State of Florida, however, law enforcement officials are deploying a new web-based software system in the fight against freight theft, and it is turning the tables on criminals...
New anti-theft system for trucks and cargo
Magtec Products, Inc. recently introduced an enhanced passive anti-theft system designed to prevent vehicle theft by shutting the engine down if an unauthorized person attempts to move or tamper with the truck...
Seminar looks at high-value cargo theft
Security experts will address strategies for protecting high-value cargo at a three-day seminar sponsored by the National Cargo Security Council. It will...
Cargo theft wake-up call
What happens when one of the top private fleets in America has three straight cargo thefts in the span of a few weeks? I asked Ron Tartt, CTP, Senior...
Ruan chief makes cargo-theft appeal
Tony Chrestman, president of Ruan Transportation Management Systems subsidiary Ruan Transport, appealed the U.S. Congress this week to enact cargo-theft...
