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Sep 6, 2007

Trailer Productivity * USA - Security systems, trailer tracking; interior lighting solutions

Akron,OH,USA -Fleet Equipment Magazine. In August 2007, by Seth Skydel -5 Set 2007: -- According to the International Cargo Security Council, U.S. businesses lose $10 billion per year in merchandise theft, and the average value of a cargo theft is $500,000, a number that has grown fivefold in the past 25 years. Other estimates range even higher, placing losses to cargo theft as high as $25 billion annually... While that alone causes concern, a growing number of motor carriers have come to view cargo theft as more than just an economic issue. Instead, their concerns now include national security... For those reasons, the trucking industry is increasingly interested in ways to deter and prevent the theft of in-transit cargo. Working with dispatchers, drivers and operations personnel to increase awareness is part of that effort. At the same time, motor carriers have also adopted a range of technologies, including mechanical and electronic-locking devices as well as systems for tracking assets such as untethered trailers...

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