Truck Parking Club hits major milestone with 1,000 property locations across 46 states, providing 24,000 parking spaces for truckers nationwide. CEO Evan Shelley shares the company's journey and ambitious plans for expansion.
The scheme starts with a scam artist posing as a customer, contacting a broker to pick up freight. The broker, in turn, posts the load, which is then deceitfully accepted by the scammer acting as a carrier.
Brokerage fraud has made the landscape of our industry unrecognizable, and unfortunately, its impact continues to grow and expand daily. As logistics industry lifers, we recognized the pressing need to devise methods for safeguarding our operations and valued partnerships.
The National Retail Federation (NRF) reports that over $100 billion worth of merchandise was fraudulently returned in the U.S. in 2023, a figure that's more than doubled since 2020.
Watch out for cargo theft this holiday season. Here are key trends, high-theft areas, targeted commodities, and essential security tips to protect your shipments.
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