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.
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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.
CargoNet said 110 tractors and 109 trailers were stolen across the United States and Canada in the second quarter of this year, which is down 17%, and 29% respectively from the period last year.