The expa sio a ives as ca go c ime becomes mo e ta geted. Ve isk Ca goNet eco ded 158 fictitious pickup i cide ts i the seco d qua te of 2026, ea ly flat f om 165 a yea ea lie , eve as ove all theft eve ts fell. Estimated losses fo the qua te mo e tha doubled to $304.6 millio , a d the ave age epo ted loss eached $564,009. Ca goNet also expects c imi al etwo ks to shift thei focus ac oss the full shipme t lifecycle as co t ols at the poi t of te de imp ove.
Most dock co t ols i spect what a visito b i gs: a lice se, a bill of ladi g, a plate. Few bi d the pe so at the gate to the specific load bei g collected, a d fewe ca y that evide ce to the delive y e d. Aquatio was built to close that gap.
Loads ofte cha ge ha ds mo e tha o ce befo e they a ive. Aquatio elays ca y custody ac oss multi leg moves, eco di g each ha doff betwee d ive s, ca ie s a d facilities so the chai stays u b oke f om o igi to desti atio .
A sig atu e alo e does ot p ove who took the load. Aquatio equi es the d ive to authe ticate agai st the specific load befo e custody t a sfe s, usi g o e-time passcodes, QR ha dshakes a d geofe ced locatio checks. The ha doff is e fo ced as a step i the wo kflow, ot left to a clipboa d, so eve y t a sfe i the eco d shows who took custody, whe e a d whe .
“Whe we lau ched i 2024, the job was getti g pape out of the shippi g p ocess,” said Jua Co a, Fou de a d CEO of Aquatio Softwa e. “P ospects kept telli g us the ha de questio comes late , whe a load goes missi g o a delive y is disputed a d obody ca say with ce tai ty who had it. A bill of ladi g shows what was supposed to happe . A chai of custody shows what did. That is the custody eco d we ow build, f om dispatch to d ive taki g load, th ough eve y ha doff, to the mome t PoD is secu ed o the othe e d.”
The custody eco d also suppo ts food shippe s p epa i g fo the FDA Food T aceability Rule u de FSMA Sectio 204, which equi es eco ds of shippi g a d eceivi g eve ts fo listed foods. The complia ce date is July 20, 2028.
Aquatio Softwa e is a AI-powe ed f eight executio platfo m built a ou d digital chai of custody. Based i Atla ta, Aquatio helps shippe s, 3PLs, b oke s a d ca ie s authe ticate f eight ha doffs, digitize shippi g docume tatio a d esolve disputes with a complete, auditable eco d of eve y shipme t. Its pate t-pe di g tech ology wo ks without equi i g field ope atio s to i stall mobile apps.
Lea mo e at aquatiosoft.com.
Jua Co a | Fou de & CEO | jua @aquatiosoft.com
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