Transportation
Heading Southbound? Cargo Thefts on the Rise
JERSEY CITY, N.J. - If you head southbound to pickup or deliver some freight, then beware once you have take possession of it because a new report says cargo thefts are increasing. From April through June in the U.S., cargo thieves stole more than US$19.5 million in freight from the country's supply chain, according to theft prevention and recovery service CargoNet. Nationwide, cargo theft increased 8 percent in second-quarter 2015 year-over-year. The total estimated value of stolen cargo was up US$8 million when compared year-over-year. The average cargo theft was worth about US$168,308 in stolen goods, but some categories such as electronics were much higher. The median theft was worth US$338,464. April had the most recorded cargo thefts in the U.S. at 70, then decreasing in May with 67 incidents and 57 in June.
Details Released on Ontario Retirement Pension Plan
TORONTO -- Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne announced on Tuesday the details on the design of the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) that the government says is designed to address the 3.5 million workers in the province who do not have a secure workplace retirement pension plan.
Fleet Agrees to Settlement in Driver Discrimination Case
INDIANAPOLIS - A provider of cross-border trucking, Celadon Trucking Services Inc., has agreed to an out of court settlement paying $200,000 over a driver disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
