The number of cargo thefts recorded in 2013 tied 2012′s all-time high of 951, according to an annual report by FreightWatch International this week.
An average of 79.25 cargo thefts occurred each month in the U.S. — 2.6 per day. of the 951 total thefts in 2013, 692 were full-truckload or container thefts, FreightWatch reported, and 65 were less-than-truckload thefts.