Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mexico averaged 58 cargo thefts a day in the second quarter; APM Terminals invests $140 million to expand a facility at a Mexico seaport; XPO adds capacity at a Texas facility; and Jaguar Transport Holdings will operate a Dallas transload facility.
Mexico averages 58 cargo thefts a day in Q2
Trucks haulings food and beverage products and building materials topped the list of goods being targeted by freight thieves in Mexico during the second quarter, according to a new report from Overhaul.
The Austin, Texas-based supply chain visibility firm recorded 5,178 cargo theft incidents in April, May and June, a 6% year-over-year increase compared to the same period in 2022 and a 2% increase compared to the first quarter.
“The central region [of Mexico] remained the region with the highest proportion of cargo theft (62%), while the northwest and western regions experienced an increase of 1% each,” Overhaul said. “Although criminal activity continued to be clustered on workdays, the months of April, May, and June saw a growth in thefts conducted during the night, from 6 p.m. to midnight.”
The monthly average for cargo thefts in Mexico during the second quarter was 1,726, about 58 incidents every day.
In comparison, Overhaul reported a total of 240 cargo thefts that occurred across the U.S. in the first six months of 2023. The states with the highest rates of theft were California, Texas and Georgia, with an average of loss of $360,000.
In Mexico, the most common type of cargo theft in the second quarter involved stealing entire loads from trucks (35%), followed by pilferage of products from trucks (31%), deceptive pickups (23%), facility theft (4%), theft from last-mile couriers (4%) and hijacking trucks (3%).
The most stolen goods in the quarter were food and beverage products (30%), building materials…
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