DeSpir is proud to receive CargoNet's 'Best in Cargo Security' Award!

LogiPharma 2023 October 4-6, 2023 – Westin Copley Place, Boston MA

We’re proud to be participating in LogiPharma this October – the premiere event for pharma, bitoech, and medtech supply chain executives in North America! We’ll join exceptional innovators in the industry who will be sharing their best practices: on Day 2, Wes Kerbuski, DeSpir’s Head of Technology Solutions will be participating in a discussion with an esteemed panel of experts who will provide tactical examples of how digital transformation has improved their
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Crain’s Chicago Business Names DeSpir Logistics a Fast 50 Company for Second Year in a Row

Crain’s Chicago Business Names DeSpir Logistics a Fast 50 Company for Second Year in a Row Underscores rapid growth and continued success of leading transportation logistics provider for mission-critical cargo   Written by: Laurie Cairns   CHICAGO, June 19, 2023 – DeSpir Logistics, LLC, the leading specialty transportation logistics provider (3PL) for time-sensitive mission-critical cargo, has been named to the 2023 Crain’s Chicago Business Fast 50 list. This distinction marks the second consecutive year
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PREVENT DEFENSE: THE BEST WAY TO FIGHT FREIGHT THEFT

PREVENT DEFENSE: THE BEST WAY TO FIGHT FREIGHT THEFT Many shippers don’t take theft risk seriously until an ultra-high value load disappears. With constrained supply, increased demand and unprecedented shipping bottlenecks, supply chain risks have escalated. Now more than ever, shippers and their transportation partners must be hyper-vigilant about preventing cargo theft. And, while cargo theft has always been a high risk, post-pandemic incidents have increased by over 23%. Cargo thieves are
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How The Driver Shortage Can Impact The Industry’s Most Vulnerable Cargo

How The Driver Shortage Can Impact The Industry’s Most Vulnerable Cargo There has been a silent and consequential shortage of drivers in highway transport. This is a particularly critical challenge for business-critical and pharmaceutical freight, as successful deliveries require experienced drivers who are not only familiar high-tech vehicles and monitoring equipment but are also seasoned and vigilant shepherds of their cargo. The problem doubles when a shipment is best safeguarded by
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Mission-Critical Shipments Require a Higher Standard of Quality

Mission-critical shipment values are orders of magnitude higher than what have traditionally been called “high value” shipments. The categorization includes precious cargo whose failure to arrive on time and intact puts businesses in jeopardy, and, at their most critical, can be a matter of life and death. From life-saving drugs and organs for transplants to components for assembly lines or retail items that are essential to a manufacturers’ bottom line
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The Four Critical Aspects for Reducing Cargo Theft Risk

In the movies, the super hero stops it. You know the scene. A dark alley. A truck filled with something valuable, often guns, is emptied while the guards are tied up with ropes in the back. In swoops the masked crusader to save the day. We always wonder: where are the alarms? The armed back-up? What crummy cargo operation is this? That’s not to belittle the threat. Cargo theft of
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CargoNet Best in Cargo Security Award

DeSpir Logistics is a 2017 Best in Cargo Security Award Winner   DeSpir Logistics has been announced as a winner of CargoNet’s 2017 Best in Cargo Security Award.  CargoNet, the cargo theft prevention and recovery network, encourages its members to strive for best in class cargo security protocols. Factors examined when considering 2017's nominees included: The willingness and ability to commit resources to security Standard operating procedures and best practices Utilization of the CargoNet
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On-highway Diesel Fuel Prices Feb. 27

Diesel fuel prices Feb. 27 stay flat U.S. diesel prices climb for the third week straight, but rate fluctuation continues to have relatively little variance, with cost per gallon up less than two cents since the beginning of the month. The countrywide average of on-highway diesel fuel prices Feb. 27 rose to $2.577, up just half of a cent from last week, as the Energy Information Administration reported in their Gasoline and
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Cargo theft bills advance in Mississippi and New Mexico

Pending cargo theft bills will impose harsher penalties for crimes New cargo theft bills have been proposed in Mississippi and New Mexico to deter thieves from stealing container, rail, and truck freight with more severe penalties and fines. Cargo theft is a major concern within the logistics industry, as the total cost of stolen goods is on the rise year-to-year and the methodology of thieves continues to evolve.  In the United States
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