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Strategic cargo theft is a rapidly growing concern

Freight Waves

The thieves then redirect the cargo to alternate locations, often cross-docks, where they begin laundering the freight by changing documentation and descriptions as it moves through multiple facilities. The human on the other end of the line says, ‘what’s your favorite barbecue place in Memphis?’ The scammer couldn’t answer.

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Trucking Industry Crime Surge: 50 High-Stakes Incidents

Freight Waves

Link: FreightWaves: Cargo Theft Trends Strategic Cargo Theft (Identity Fraud) Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA Date: Q1 2024 Value: $250,000 Details: Criminals impersonated a carrier using forged motor carrier numbers to steal consumer electronics, diverting them to a warehouse. Context: Atlanta’s logistics hub status makes it a theft target.

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FedEx Founder Fred Smith Dies at 80

Supply Chain Digest

Operations began in 1973 with 14 aircraft, and a package hub in Memphis. There will be a document to refer to at any time by any one who needs clarification. The documentation can be useful historical data for any future endeavor. He founded a new freight company called “Federal Express,” to denote his national ambitions.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 25-29, 2014)

Talking Logistics

The Newegg Express service is only available to customers that live within 50 miles of the company’s City of Industry warehouse in Los Angeles. If successful, the program will expand next to Indianapolis, IN; Edison, NJ; and Memphis, TN.”. For a $19.99 fee, orders placed by 11 AM will be delivered by 6 PM.

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FedEx robot improves parcel sorting at Cologne airport facility

Freight Waves

The machine primarily sorts documents and smaller parcels up to 8.8 Automation is a rapidly growing feature of modern warehouses because of the productivity they provide in picking, packing and sorting shipments. The global warehouse robotics market is projected to exceed $51 billion by 2030, according to Statista.