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This year will have the highest number of cargo crime incidents, the anti-freight crime industry body, the Transported Asset Protection Association (Tapa), has predicted.
Speaking to delegates at last week’s Intermodal Europe event in Amsterdam, Tapa chairman Thorsten Neumann, who also acts as global supply chain security lead and head of security at Nokia, said: “On the evidence so far, 2012 will be a record year for cargo crime incidents.”
He added that not only has the number of incidents increased, but ...
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Comment on this article
Julian Stephens
December 03, 2012 at 2:19 pmThe CONTAIN project has some solutions to these problems – see e.g. http://www.mjc2.com/container-logistics-security-optimization.htm or http://containproject.com/
Tom Jackson
December 04, 2012 at 3:47 pmGood article, thanks. I want to complete the equation. 59 incidents, with average loss of €533,000, results in total losses for September of €31,447,000. Correct?
Thanks,
tj
Gavin van Marle
December 05, 2012 at 3:30 pmHi Tom,
I wasn’t entirely sure that one was able to make that jump, so I put your question to Mr Neumann. He replied to me today: “We always calculate the average for all losses we do have the loss value for! (So you cannot use the 59 and multiplies with the average because for many losses we do not have the value for them).
The average loss of incidents with reported value in September 2012 was significantly higher than in the previous month: €533,763 in September compared to just €162,277 in August.”
I think the implication is that the losses probably amount to more than your calculation.
simmons
December 05, 2012 at 3:14 amEven physically handicapped officials will be able to control these crimes. Wake up Europeans, what’s stopping you??