is Cargo Theft Common?

Cargo theft organized crime rings know what is in the trailer by the seal on the hasp. They watch the shippers locations and note the trailer numbers. High value cargo is high dollar payoffs. You get loaded and head to your destination. They follow and and at a opertune time, take your load.
Then there is the driver who drops his loaded trailer at some location and bobtails home, off to shop, or go eat some place. No lock on the doors, just that flimsy metal or plastic seal. They go back to get the trailer and never even do a walkaround to see the doors have been opened and then arrive at the receiver and are surprized they are short. If the gate guard doesn't inform them the load is rejected for not being sealed.
Just a padlock on the doors will stop 95% of all cargo theft. And a high security trailer door lock will stop 99% of cargo theft.
2 minutes to put a lock on the door will save you days of headaches if your trailer is broken into.

 

With the way some places rent trailers for storage, then lock them up and forget to put a kingpin lock on it... this doesn't really surprise me.

 

Just a couple of factoids that will help a driver understand cargo theft.

Most cargo theft is a inside job.

Most cargo theft happens before it hits the trailer; on the dock.

Lately, Texas is by far the greatest state for cargo theft.

Mundane food and clothing followed by electronics, are the most common stolen.

Those facts should clue a person in to who is steeling.

 

My uncle was attempted hijack for his load of gas in 73, he shot the 3 dudes, one died. He hauled fuel for another 30 years. Uncle joe was always stinky and his hands was always swolen, cancer got him.

 

A beer company in Atlanta had loaded trailer stolen from their warehouse. The dumb ### company leaves loaded trailers on yard with NO fence or security.

 

Can I have theryre address ? Lol

 

It seems that cargo theft is mostly from dry vans or reefers. If a thief can get a 20 ton generator off my flatbed in the middle of the night I would have to doff my cap to him.

 

I just put a lock on trailer empty/loaded.