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Women In Logistics for Women's Empowerment Month I was a total Spice Girl freak growing up! Throwing up peace signs and shouting “Girl Power!” long before I fully understood what it meant. What I did get was that great friendships matter, some of the friends I made in elementary, middle, and high school are still in my life today! Lifting up other women isn’t just rewarding, it honestly feels like karma coming back when you need it most. With March being Women’s Empowerme

Reduce cargo theft with smarter shipping practices. Learn how education, culture, and technology help shippers prevent losses and protect freight.

Riding with the California Highway Patrol: Inside the New Era of Rail Cargo Theft Rail cargo theft in the United States is often thought of as a relic of the past, a scene from an old Western: outlaws on horseback robbing steam locomotives in the middle of nowhere. The reality in 2025 is far more complex — and far more organized. During a recent ride-along with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Cargo Theft Task Force , I witnessed firsthand how modern rail theft operates

A look into Logistics Insurance Fraud and Claims. Insurance is supposed to protect you… until it doesn’t.This month on Fraud Girl Fridays , we hit two sides of the same messy coin — the legal and the insurance angles that determine whether your company actually gets paid when things go wrong and go into logistics insurance fraud. What happens when that piece of paper is fake, the coverage is void, or the claim is denied on a technicality? Two recent Fraud Girl F

BOL Manipulation & Fraud Prevention Checklist (SOP Quick Reference) - Brought to you by HaulPay Purpose: Ensure all Bills of Lading (BOLs) are verified and fraud risks are mitigated before payment/funding. BOL verification checklist ✅ Reminder: Treat every document as suspicious until verified. Human review + SOP discipline = strongest fraud defense. Step 1 – Document Cross-Check o Compare BOL with: o Rate con o POD o Dispatch Records Confirm shipment details

A Fraud Trend Hiding in Plain Sight Cargo theft has always been a challenge in logistics, but a new form of strategic theft deception is emerging as one of the most difficult to detect: cluster theft in logistics. Unlike smash-and-grab crimes or one-time fraudulent pickups, cluster theft relies on patience, precision, and disguise. Criminals don’t steal everything at once. Instead, they take small amounts across many shipments, shaving pallets here and altering paperwork ther

The Real Connection Between Cybersecurity and Cargo Crime. Cybersecurity in Logistics. Let’s be honest, most of us in logistics didn’t sign up to become cybersecurity experts. But here we are. The freight world is changing fast, and unfortunately, so are the threats. Whether it’s phishing emails, spoofed calls to drivers, or full-blown ransomware attacks, cybersecurity has officially moved from the back office to the front lines of our industry. I recently had the chance to

Why Every Department Needs a Real SOP—Right Now Let’s cut to it: the freight world is moving fast, and if your team doesn’t have a dialed-in SOP (Standard Operating Procedure), you’re gonna feel it. Hard. Whether you're in Carrier Sales, Accounting, Operations, or Compliance, a solid SOP isn’t optional—it’s the playbook that keeps the wheels turning and the fraudsters out. If everyone’s winging it, you’re not scalable—you’re exposed. A strong SOP doesn’t slow you down; it let

If you’ve been anywhere near the logistics industry lately, you’ve probably noticed one topic keeps coming up over and over again: cargo theft . And honestly… for good reason. Over the past few weeks on Tell Me Everything , I’ve been sitting down with some incredible experts in cargo security to get a real pulse check on what’s actually happening right now with cargo theft trends. Not the headlines. Not the rumors. But what the people dealing with theft, fraud, and recove