A Review of Cargo Crime in 2021

On the open sea cargo losses happen. Every year, 100s of millions of cargo containers carrying goods valued into the trillions of dollars crisscross the ocean on ships. Transporting these goods safely requires proper packing, stowage, container weight, and securing of containers, but even when all these measures are carried out to perfection, containers get lost at sea. Severe weather and rough seas along with rare events such as ship groundings, structural failures, and collisions can cause significant losses. 2021 World Shipping Council “Containers Lost at Sea” Report The WSC in its report noted an usually high number of weather-related […]

Written by Andrew Johnson & featured in the American Journal of Transportation Imagine you have spent six months planning and bidding the transportation of a large piece of equipment. The shipment travels from origin to port and is loaded onto an awaiting vessel for the ocean voyage to the destination port. The equipment is offloaded to a railcar at the destination port, surveyed, and tied down with no apparent damages. Upon arrival at the rail siding, you are notified of paint transfer and un-determined damage to the equipment. Your first step is to notify the cargo owner so they aren’t […]

What were the top commodities stolen in 2022? What types of cargo thefts occurred most often? The answers to these questions and much more are now available in the 2002 Global Cargo Theft Report published in partnership with BSI Supply Chain Services and Solutions. Logistics service providers and cargo owners can leverage this information to understand their supply chain risks better and address potential vulnerability areas. In this report, Roanoke and BSI collectively assessed cargo crime in 2022 compared to previous years. In addition, we identified essential mitigation advice that companies could implement to prepare for the current trends and […]