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cargo,
wElcomE, Continued from page 27
NEw aTa mEmbErS! ing the thefts around West Memphis
FreightWatch has also been track-
and Forrest City, and in late February
the Memphis Commercial Appeal
Together, We Are the Power of Association reported more than 80 tractor-trailers
and 15 other vehicles had been bro-
We welcome the following new members. Each new ken into in Crittenden and St. Francis
member adds to the Arkansas trucking industry’s Counties.
collective strength to promote, protect and inform Hilton also noted a dangerous
with a unified voice. corridor along Interstate 55 north to
Missouri and Interstate 40 from Earle
to Brinkley, overlapping the West
FOR-HIRE CARRIER MEMBERS ALLIED MEMBERS Memphis-Forrest City stretch, where
CalArk has suffered a few break ins,
CusTomeR seRviCe QuAliTy ComdATA though little cargo was lost.
TRAnsPoRTATion, inC. Memphis, Tenn.
Little Rock, Ark. 901.233.1043 “The dollar value has been min-
501.492.2323 www.comdata.com iscule to us,” said Hilton who, with
www.mycsqt.com Provide fuel card solutions to over-the-road CalArk claims expert Jeanie Sharkey,
Number of Trucks: 26 trucking industry struggled to recall specifics of CalArk’s
few episodes of theft.
PRoPAk logisTiCs meRRill lynCh, PieRCe, FenneR But perhaps, Hilton acknowl-
Fort Smith, Ark. & smiTh inC. edged, the untouched cargo represents
479.478.7853 Little Rock, Ark. CalArk’s successful awareness and secu-
www.propak.com 501.312.7314
Number of Trucks: 40 www.ml.com rity efforts.
Financial planning, wealth management and “We cover cargo theft in orienta-
RCX soluTions inC. financial services for corporate executives, tion and what you have to look out for,”
Little Rock, Ark. business owners and families Hilton said.
501.850.7800 In fact, Hilton said, it is when
www.rcxsolutions.com sAFeTy seRviCes, inC. people become complacent and let their
Number of Trucks: 22 Malvern, Ark. guard down that the chance for theft
501.626.1297
Well seRviCes logisTiCs, llC Safety consulting increases. And with it, the chance a
Morrilton, Ark. desperate thief might turn violent, espe-
501.354.0800 sAFeTy vision cially if something goes wrong.
Number of Trucks: 25 Houston, Tex. “If somebody will take your load
713.896.6600 what else will they take?” Hilton said.
www.safetyvision.com
PRIVATE CARRIER MEMBERS “You don’t know the character of these
Mobile video surveillance solutions people. We don’t want our drivers hurt.”
ARgos sToughTon RenTAl & leAsing Co. llC
Irving, Tex. North Little Rock, Ark. CounTing The CosTs
501.791.0100 414.758.1959 According to FreightWatch, the
Number of Trucks: 517
www.stoughtonlease.com average value lost per load in 2014 was
FRosT oil ComPAny Trailer rental/leasing $232,924 while reported thefts were
Van Buren, Ark. 794, down 12 percent from 2013, and
479.471.9992 averaged 2.2 a day. Food and drink
www.frostoil.com For membership loads accounted for 19 percent of the
Number of Trucks: 10 thefts, with electronics second at 16
information, visit
arkansastrucking.com percent.
It is the electronics thefts, valued
at more than $1 million, that drove the
overall, 36 percent increase in value of
loads lost.
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