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Food and beverages were the most frequently stolen goods, accounting for 22% of the total, said the BSI Consulting and TT Club 2024 Cargo Theft Report published on 23 April.
Some 76% of incidents involved trucks, including 21% hijackings and 20% theft of vehicles. Nearly half occurred when cargo was in transit while theft from facilities was down from a quarter in 2023 to 18%.
Crime hotspots included Brazil, Mexico, India, the ...
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Freightos has launched Freightos Enterprise, an end-to-end freight procurement platform built to help importers, exporters, and forwarders future-proof their supply chains, in response to the new US tariffs and other trade disruptions.
Rather than managing spot or contract freight in isolation, Freightos Enterprise connects the full ...
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ECS Group’s IT department has achieved ISO 27001 certification, a globally recognized standard for information security management. The general sales agent says that the award strengthens its IT security and aligns with GDPR requirements, ensuring robust data protection through strict access controls, regular risk assessments, ...
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The Cargo iQ airfreight quality standards group is rolling out a tiered certification programme to help members develop staggered implementation plans.
It aims to help them to map their quality progress and identify areas that require further improvement. The tiers – 1,2 and 3 -will reflect ...
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Transportation management platform Transporeon has extended its offering to include the forwarder-to-carrier spot road freight market. While Transporeon's platform facilitates connections within its own network, the move is an entry into the traditional freight exchange segment. It says it offers a modern, efficient alternative to ...
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Polish airline LOT Cargo has signed a deal with Cargo.one. It will make its worldwide capacity available on the digital air freight procurement and sales platform to its user base of thousands of freight forwarding branches in 134 countries.
Forwarders in the US, Canada and Poland ...
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Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) is to collaborate with telecommunications and technology company HKT to establish the territory’s first 5G private network-enabled terminal.
It says the high-speed 5G network will transform terminal efficiency and pave the way for the future adoption of advanced technologies.
The ...
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CargoAi has launched a CargoMART Interline solution with a number of airlines, including Emirates SkyCargo. The tool digitizes and automates interline capacity checks and e-bookings and aims to replace manual interline booking methods through emails and phone calls.
Carriers can check and book interline capacity online ...
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The CMA CGM Group is to use custom-designed solutions from Mistral AI to support its shipping and logistics activities.
Under the five-year, €100 million agreement, two dedicated teams of Mistral AI specialists will be based at the CMA CGM Group’s headquarters in Marseille, as well as ...
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Spanish airline Air Europa has joined the Freightos booking and payment platform. It adds the carrier’s Spain-Latin America routes, along with 15 domestic destinations within Spain and 40 international routes across Europe, North America, and Latin America. Initial digital booking capabilities will focus on the ...
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