THE Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) has called on manufacturers to help drive more resilient supply chains after its latest figures for Q3 2015 show a further 10.6 per cent year on year rise in incidents of cargo theft in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.
The Association's Incident Information Service (IIS) recorded 238 cargo crime incidents in the three months to the end of September 2015, including one loss of EUR1.4 million (US$1.5 million) of postage stamps following a theft from a warehouse in Ile-de-France near Paris, and the theft of EUR635,000 of cosmetics and fragrances from a truck parked overnight in Rugby, UK.
Only 18 per cent of the 238 new cargo crimes reported a value, but the total loss for these incidents alone was EUR4.3 million and included 10 major crimes with a loss value in excess of EUR100,000, the Lloyd Loading List reported.
Three of these highest value crimes occurred in the UK, two took place in France, and thefts were also recorded in Belgium, Italy, Kenya, Netherlands and Norway.
Cargo thefts were reported in 19 countries in the EMEA region in the third quarter, targeting 14 different product categories. More than 90 (91.5%) of all the reported crime incidents took place in just six countries: Netherlands, UK, Belgium, Germany, France and South Africa, with food and drink products the most targeted goods in crimes where the product type was indicated.
The Netherlands had the highest number of cargo crime incidents in the third quarter with 105 followed by United Kingdom with 53. But this partly reflects the proactive approach of Dutch and UK law enforcement agencies in capturing and sharing data related to cargo crime, TAPA said.
The vast majority of cargo losses involve high-value, theft-attractive products moving on trucks. Almost half (46.3 per cent) of incidents involved theft from vehicle, 13.5 per cent were theft of vehicle and 9.3 per cent were recorded as theft of trailer. Thefts from facilities accounted for only 3.4 per cent of the 238 incidents in Q3 2015.
The findings showed that trucks stopped in unsecured parking locations continued to be at the greatest risk of attack by cargo thieves. More than half (52.1 per cent) or 124 cargo thefts were reported as taking place at such locations, usually at lay-bys close to major roads and on industrial estates.
Chairman of TAPA EMEA Thorsten Neumann said: "These latest figures reveal the continuing rise in cargo crime, but they still only give part of the picture. Incidents all over the world are massively under-reported for a number of reasons.
"Our message is simple: don't wait to become a victim, do everything you can to make your supply chains as resilient as possible. The adoption of TAPA Security Standards should be part of that process and we are now actively talking to our Manufacturer and Buyer members - and industry at-large - to ask them to encourage and support their service providers to make this step up."
WORLD SHIPPING
10 November 2015 - 21:06
Cargo crime up more than 10pc in Europe, Middle East and Africa
THE Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) has called on manufacturers to help drive more resilient supply chains after its latest figures for Q3 2015 show a further 10.6 per cent year on year rise in incidents of cargo theft in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.
WORLD SHIPPING
10 November 2015 - 21:06
Cargo crime up more than 10pc in Europe, Middle East and Africa
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