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Freight Waves
JUNE 20, 2025
to discuss the evolving landscape of cargo theft that continues to plague the freight industry. While straight theft (the physical taking of trucks, trailers, or cargo from where they’re parked) remains the most common form of cargo theft, criminal tactics have shifted in the last few years. The scammer couldn’t answer.
Freight Waves
JULY 31, 2025
In a phone interview with FreightWaves, Executive Director Gene Seroka emphasized the vast opportunities presented by the historic rail agreement, particularly in terms of enhancing cargo flow and expanding reach into key markets across the country. Cargo owners have gone to a four-corner strategy of port diversification.
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Freight Waves
JUNE 28, 2025
In 2024, cargo theft incidents surged to 3,625 across North America, a 27% year-over-year increase, with losses exceeding $455 million and an average loss per theft of $202,364. The economic toll of cargo theft alone is estimated at $15–$35 billion annually, disrupting supply chains and inflating costs for businesses and consumers.
Supply Chain Digest
JUNE 25, 2025
Fred Smith was the founder of FedEx, Supply Chain Digest Says. Studying economics at Yale, Smith’s 1965 term paper pitched the idea of creating a logistics company that would carry only cargo, and do so for a package’s end-to-end journet, such that a package could be delivered almost anywhere in the US overnight.
Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 25, 2021
The global supply chain is routinely beset by challenges, both large and small, but the past couple of years have delivered a string of significant logistics disruptions that have threatened to upend the tightly choreographed dance of global freight transportation. Regulations may be more of a driver in the future.
Zipline Logistics
APRIL 11, 2023
Cargo theft is surging across the United States — and food and beverage products seem to be the main targets. Cargo Theft Increases in the United States Cities seeing a spike in freight theft include Los Angeles, Houston, Miami, Savannah, Newark, New Jersey, Memphis, and Chicago. It must be taken to a secured drop yard.
6 River Systems
JULY 29, 2020
It started in 1969 as DHL Air Cargo, and by the late 1970s, the company had expanded its operations and offered services throughout the world. FedEx is the largest cargo airline in the world in terms of scheduled freight tonne kilometers (FTK), a distinction the company has held since 2014, and it’s the fourth largest in terms of fleet size.
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