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The
following statistics come from many different sources. They illustrate
the magnitude of the cargo theft problem.
 Ninety
percent of the world’s trade moves by cargo container.
On any given day, 24 million containers are in the U.S.- 7.6
million containers enter the U.S. each year.
- Approximately
5 percent of all container movements in the world are stolen,
damaged or experience excessive delays.
- Approximately
90 percent of the world’s trade moves by
cargo container.
- The
container industry grew by 8 percent in 2003.
- 592,000
interstate motor carriers operate more than 2.5 million
heavy trucks and two million medium trucks in the U.S.
- 800,000
hazardous shipments move across American highways
each day.
- Insurance
premiums now rank as the fourth largest cost in most shipping
companies.
- Since
9/11, rates have soared based largely on fear of consequential
damages.
- The
access control segment of the security industry had $8.4
billion in revenue last year.
- The
cargo security industry market is projected to grow 67
percent
this year.
- More
than $60 million dollars a year are spent on indicator
seals alone.
- Location-based
wireless services should generate $4 billion in
revenue
in 2004.
- GPS
equipment sales reached $16 billion in 2003.
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Innerloc, Inc.
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