The latest analysis from international freight insurer, TT Club, resilience and security network, Transported Asset Protection Association, and business improvement consultants BSI SCREEN, reports dramatic increase in freight crime in Italy with incidents of theft quadrupling in the last two years.
TT Club, BSI and TAPA EMEA have identified Italy as an area of concern for cargo theft and related freight crime. The increased frequency of incidence is highlighted in the data collated by all three organisations covering the five years to date. This joint industry report is intended to raise awareness of the current elevated threat, providing insight from all three organisations, with the aspiration of empowering freight and logistics operators with valuable information from which risk mitigation strategies can be developed.
Steady growth in flexitank usage around the world prompts container owners and specialist insurer to offer safety guidelines to assist shippers, forwarders, carriers and terminals to handle cargo carried in these units with minimal risk.
An increasing number of shippers recognise the perceived benefits of shipping their bulk liquid cargoes in flexitanks. The demand continues to grow globally, with the consequence that manufacturing and use proliferate.
Loss due to theft is among the top three causes of claims received on an annual basis by the international freight and logistics insurance specialist, TT Club.
Josh Finch, Logistics Risk Manager, and Neil Dalus, a Risk Assessment Manager, delve into the complexities and challenges of safety and innovation within the global supply chain.
