News / Shippers and insurers renew calls for transnational coordination to tackle cargo theft

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Cargo theft across the world has reached alarming proportions, according to the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI), which has called greater “efforts by law enforcement agencies to increase transnational cooperation to combat cargo theft”.

IUMI’s policy forum chair Helle Hammer said: “Unfortunately, cargo theft continues to surge, and it is having a negative impact on supply chains and economies around the world. We are calling for improved preventative measures to be put in place.

“Cargo crimes are a large burden to ...