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* USA - The 2009 National Cargo Theft Summit
* Cargo theft and trucking
“It’s amazing – absolutely amazing !!! ... We spend millions on research and development, scientist salaries, manufacturing, background checks, and the latest in high-tech facility security. Then what do we do? We turn it all over to a guy making $25 an hour driving a truck who probably doesn’t know what he’s hauling. ” – Chuck Forsaith
Arlington,VA,USA -Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr -Oct 21, 2009: -- Cargo thieves are becoming more organized, more sophisticated, and are creating larger economic losses for business, according to speakers here at the 2009 National Cargo Theft Summit, an event sponsored in part by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB)... As a result, the shippers, transport providers, law enforcement agencies, insurance companies, and other groups attending the summit are calling for more information sharing among industries and are pushing for the development of a national cargo theft strategy – a strategy desperately needed to help reduce the unseen but serious impact cargo crime is having on the U.S. economy and the world’s as well...
Arlington,VA,USA -Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr -October 21, 2009: ... Reading between the lines, you can tell, that Chuck Forsaith, corporate director of supply chain security for pharmaceutical drug maker Purdue Pharma Technologies Inc., doesn’t skimp when it comes to transportation his company’s goods (you think an armored tractor-trailer and pistol-toting drivers come cheap?) he makes sure his carriers run well-maintained equipment, that offer tracking/tracing capability, that are willing to go the extra mile to secure a load start to finish – and I am sure he pays very well for that service... That’s what I think it’s going to boil down to when it comes to helping the trucking industry defeat cargo thieves – making sure they are profitable enough to afford the necessary investments. You simply can’t expect companies barely surviving on 3% and 4% profit margins to invest in new equipment, maintenance, driver training, etc., when the rates they get barely afford them money to buy fuel... Now, if carriers are paid well yet still fail to provide proper security, that’s one thing – expecting the gold standard of protection while bidding freight rates down to rock bottom basement pricing is something else entirely. That’s one of the lessons that’s got to be absorbed as the battle against cargo theft goes forward...
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