Cargo Theft and Deviation: you can prevent!

It’s reality: your cargo can be diverted or stolen at any time if you do not have a 24-hour monitoring system to ensure that the goods are delivered in time and place agreed with your customer, without any detour or unforeseen circumstances.

In the United States, cargo theft is estimated to have increased by 10% in the first two months of 2017, compared to the same period in 2016. The USA is also among the 57 most risky to goods transportation, according to a Committee of the The UK cargo industry, which recently released information about the subject.

Among some of the most risky states, California report 38% of cargo theft and Texas 16%.

What is the best prevention?

Management integrates the process of planning, organizing and conducting each operation in detail, for the application of procedures that directly influence the prevention of cargo theft or diversion. A system adapted to the reality of each operation becomes fundamental to companies that prize security.

The technology is allied to Risk Management, with complete systems / software for vehicles monitoring, from the beginning to the end of each trip indicating the eventualities on the road:

·         GPS Signal Loss

·         Entry in risky areas

·         Route Control

·         Control of trailer and cabin doors aperture 

·         Control of start, restart, Stops for meal and rest

·         Temperature Control and more.

We must work with the reality, which requires security in cargo transportation. To manage the movement of the fleet means to count on the technology and an intelligence team that watches the fleet full time, ensuring that the load is delivered in the time agreed with the customer without losses.

Thieves evolve with approach techniques and tools that provide the success of this kind of crime. We must go further and be always ahead, with high performance systems that ensure the safety of the driver, the cargo and the fleet.

Eduardo Domingues

Risk Manager and Loss Prevention at AngelLira, a company specialized  in system development / software for Risk Management, Logistics and Driver’s logbook