Activity for the Fourth of July weekend in 2020 was at its highest since 2016 and increased by 123% over the previous year, according to a CargoNet analysis.
The average volume and value of the cargo thefts in 2020 were the highest recorded in the last five years.
An abundance of parked, unattended trucks over holidays means a spike in cargo theft, CargoNet reports.
Today’s telematics solutions can do more than follow vehicles’ digital breadcrumb trail on a map or track truck driver hours of service. They are now business tools can help drive savings and revenue to a truck fleet's bottom line.
The analysis shows that food and beverage products were the most stolen commodity of the second quarter and grew when compared to both second-quarter 2017 and second-quarter 2018.
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There are many modern tricks for preventing cargo theft, such as electronic seals and sensors and all manner of tracking tools, but one of the first rules has to be dead simple: Don’t let your vehicles be left at risk.
With unattended trucks and closed warehouse facilities, holidays present an opportune time for cargo theft. With the Labor Day weekend ahead, CargoNet has offered some security tips.
Four sentences were handed out in a multi-year cargo theft case responsible for more than $30 million in goods stolen over nearly three years.
CargoNet recorded a total of 741 cargo theft events in the U.S. and Canada last year, down from 836 in 2016.
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