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AI Says: STOP THIEF! As cargo thieves become increasingly more sophisticated, detecting theft has become a more difficult task. Identity fraud,
theft within four hours, compared with 44%.
fictitious pickups, and manipulated credentials can make an illegitimate pickup look legitimate at first, putting more weight on what happens once a shipment is in transit. AI is also moving deeper into cargo-security operations, raising new questions about how threats are detected, how teams respond, and how much authority the technology should have over a live shipment. This environment makes findings from Tive’s new market survey, Cargo Theft Prevention in the Age of AI , particularly relevant. The report—which surveyed 442 supply chain, transportation, operations, security, and executive leaders across North America, Europe, and Latin America—shows that companies are responding to these new threats with new strategies. Some 78% of survey respondents changed or adjusted their cargo-security approach in late 2025 or early 2026. Also 83% now use AI in their cargo security efforts while 84% say they would trust AI with at least one autonomous function in cargo security. The report also examines which cargo-security practices are associated with stronger response, theft-confirmation, and recovery outcomes, finding that 72% of organizations using active monitoring typically respond to an alert or theft indicator within 60 minutes compared with 55% relying on passive monitoring. Fifty-nine percent confirmed their latest
Additional data highlights include: • 45% of organizations using active monitoring recover
more than half of stolen cargo, compared with 30% who rely on passive monitoring. • Among organizations using AI-assisted cargo- security tools, 37% see clear, measurable improvement while 44% predict promising results that are not yet fully measurable. • Leading AI applications in cargo security include: Real-time route deviation detection (34%), pickup / driver identity verification (33%), and in-transit monitoring and automated alerts (28%). • 67% of organizations have formally trained or briefed employees on identifying AI-driven fraud in the past six months. Source: Tive
Return to Suez Routing Reduces Transit Time
As some shipping lines begin testing the Suez Canal routing, cargo from India is reaching the Port of Savannah 10 to 14 days faster, say port officials. Improved supply chain velocity means faster inventory fulfillment and lower inventory carrying costs for cargo owners. Maersk has shifted its MECL service from routing around the Cape of Good Hope back to the Suez Canal, cutting to 28 days the transit time from Nhava Sheva, India, to Savannah. The Maersk Denver made the ocean carrier’s first new westbound sailing via the Suez, calling Savannah on August 9, 2026. With the return to the Red Sea, Maersk also added an eastbound call to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to the MECL service. Ocean carrier CMA CGM is also in the process of returning its INDAMEX service via the Suez Canal. The move will reduce transit time from Nhava Sheva to Savannah by five days and require two fewer vessels to maintain weekly frequency. MSC has announced plans to restore some Suez Canal routings in both directions on four major Asia-Europe and Mediterranean services: Tiger, Albatross, Himalaya Express, and Jade. By eliminating the Cape of Good Hope detour, MSC expects to operate each service with two fewer vessels, increasing available global container ship capacity.
Some ocean carriers are resuming Suez Canal
routings. This results in a 10- to 14-day reduction in transit times, benefiting supply chain speed and inventory carrying costs.
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