FREIGHT insurance specialists, TT Club, and the supply chain services and solutions team at BSI have highlighted the increased risk of theft from storage facilities seen over the past few months in the US, reports the American Journal of Transportation.
The changes in theft patterns highlight a trend away from on-the-move targets to those locations where cargo is temporarily stored and delivered.
These locations include traditional warehouses and depots where containers and trailers are being held awaiting collection.
The percentage of the total increased to 25 per cent in the third quarter this year in contrast with seven per cent in 2020.
At the other extreme theft of vehicles fell from 47 per cent in 2020 to a low of 15 per cent, in addition, hijackings halved from 20 per cent to 10 per cent.
"The is little doubt that the problems of supply chain disruption that are currently bedeviling the US freight transport system, particularly that of container congestion at ports and inland hubs, is creating increased opportunities for thieves," said TT Club's managing director Mike Yarwood.
"The static nature of cargo in these circumstances, often stored in temporary and less secure facilities, leads to criminal ingenuity adapting the modus operandi of theft in a typically resourceful way."
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