Cargo Thefts Cost Billions

An article published yesterday in the Dallas Morning news (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/092308dnmetcargothefts.1847711.html), details the extreme cost of cargo theft. The article stated that the FBI estimates $15-30 BILLION dollars are being stolen yearly in cargo hijacking.

In this article, the author talks about how thieves stake out distribution centers and execute planned heists. These are sophisticated criminals taking hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Yesterday, one of our fleet GPS tracking customers called to let us know one of their trucks had been taken by a rouge employee. As a result of having our GPS tracking system for their fleet, they were able to locate and retrieve their truck later in the day. It took a call to the police, but in the end, the truck was at the company's shop at the end of the night.

$50,000 worth of equipment and truck that was retrieved rather than lost for good all because they had installed a GPS tracking system.

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Steven Van Ooyen
Chief Technology Officer
Track What Matters

Palmetto Saves $7,500 on One Truck!

If your GPS tracking system isn't easy to use, you won't use it!  However, when your tracking system is easy to use, and can be customized to meet your needs, you will realize fantastic savings!

Consider Palmetto State Transportation.

Palmetto State Transportation, in Greenville, NC, wanted to be certain the GPS tracking system they purchased would meet all of their needs.  Partnering with Track What Matters, the team at Palmetto was able to determine their needs by testing with a single unit.   Track What Matters implemented their requested features to make certain the system would work for them. 

When Palmetto installed their first unit, they discovered that one of their trucks was idling for over 6 hours a day!  At the time, diesel was at $4.79 per gallon.  With an average consumption of 1 gallon per idling hour, that's a cost of $28.74 in wasted fuel every working day.  By simply talking to the driver and making him aware of the situation, Palmetto has been able to reduce the operation cost of that single vehicle by approximately $7,000 net per year.   Since then, they have equipped the rest of the fleet.

Steven Van Ooyen

Chief Technology Officer

** $28.74 * 22 working days * 12 months per year = $7,587.36