Business Management Fuel fraud: The ‘silent epidemic’ facing the trucking industry November 14, 2023 Does it feel lately that, every time you turn around, someone’s trying to rip you off? I wouldn’t blame you. I’ve spent enough time lately writing about clever and highly…
Security Under Attack: Trucking industry increasingly at risk of cyberattacks November 10, 2023 After being a strong proponent and early adopter of electronic logs, it was back to paper logbooks and old-fashioned dispatch by phone for a portion of Bison Transport’s fleet in…
Equipment Wireless hacking threat lurks around trucks October 25, 2023 Criminals could take control of your tractor-trailer by exploiting just one vulnerability — whether they are looking to immobilize a vehicle to steal freight or block vital supply chain routes.
Business Management Costs of fuel fraud continue to climb October 18, 2023 Fuel fraud is on the rise and trucking companies are struggling to stay ahead of the growing problem. Hemant Banavar, vice-president of financial products with Motive, addressed the issue at…
Other Loadlink partners with MiKargo247 to offer insurance on spot market loads October 18, 2023 Loadlink Technologies and MiKargo247 have partnered to offer customers one-way spot cargo freight insurance in the U.S. and Canada. Loadlink members can…
Security Fictitious pickups dominate Labor Day cargo theft risks: CargoNet August 30, 2023 Reported cargo thefts reached their second-highest levels of 2023 last week, and CargoNet is encouraging the trucking industry to watch for fictitious pickups during the upcoming Labor Day weekend. It’s…
Business Management Today’s freight fraudsters are sophisticated, brazen, and coming for your cargo August 8, 2023 Rob Hoffman was no rookie when it came to the freight business, and an unlikely mark for dubious brokers and carriers. So, the chief operating officer of Tampa, Fla.-based Dedicated…
Security Truck driver arrested with $2 million in drugs hidden in load of ‘waffles’ August 3, 2023 A Canadian truck driver has been arrested trying to cross into Buffalo, N.Y., with an estimated $2 million in marijuana and ketamine, hidden in what fraudulent paperwork described as a…
Security CBSA seizes suspected cocaine worth $6M in truck at Manitoba border July 27, 2023 Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers seized more than 63 kg of suspected cocaine with a street value of $6 million at a border crossing in Manitoba. This is the…
Security Police arrest 15 in GTA cargo crime bust, recover goods worth $9.24M July 19, 2023 Police forces in the Greater Toronto Area arrested 15 members of an organized crime group and recovered stolen cargo, tractors and trailers worth $9.24 million. Peel Regional Police (PRP) led…
Software DAT Freight & Analytics introduces features to fight fraud July 11, 2023 DAT Freight & Analytics has introduced new initiatives to reduce the risk of fraud and double brokering in the trucking industry. “Fraud is on the rise,…
Video Motive develops AI cam for 360-degree visibility June 16, 2023 Motive has come out with what it claims to be the industry’s first AI-powered camera for side, rear, passenger, and cargo monitoring. The AI Omnicam pairs…
Security Former Quebec trucking company VP pleads guilty to cocaine trafficking May 26, 2023 Guillaume Latour-Laitre, 26, of Prevost, Que., has pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, after U.S. border officers discovered 142 kg of…
Security Ontario trucker faces charges after drug bust at border May 15, 2023 A Paris, Ont., commercial truck driver is facing drug charges after Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers found 60 kg of suspected cocaine in the truck at an Ontario port…
Security Trucker arrested after 30 kg of suspected cocaine seized at Alberta border May 2, 2023 A driver was arrested and charged after Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers discovered and seized approximately 30 kg of suspected cocaine from his truck in southern Alberta. On April…
