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Success record The question usually asked first is: "How successful are we?" The answer is more complex than you might think. Quoting a simple percentage figure means little, as various factors are of significance. The following points play an important role: | | What is the risk of theft for the missing items? | | | How much time elapsed before we were involved? | | | How cooperative have the transit companies been? | In the ten-year period between 1991 and 2001 we successfully located goods with a total value of around EUR 8,600.000, thus averting losses in the equivalent amount. Clients in this time have included numerous national and international transit insurers, insurance brokers, freight forwarders and shippers. Please note that we also offer cargo tracing services in the courier and express parcel sector, an area in which we have recorded numerous successes both nationally and internationally. The following table provides examples of the losses we have been able to prevent with an indication of the means of transport, the cargo type and the country in which the cargo was located. | Loss in EUR | Means of transport | Located in | Cargo type | | 6.339,00 | Express service | Germany | Vehicle parts | | 30.202,00 | Airfreight | Argentina | Medical instruments | | 30.524,00 | Road haulage | Austria | Filter materials | | 132.936,00 | Road haulage | Germany | Medical instruments | | 30.640,00 | Express service | Guinea | Telephones and accessories | | 167.964,00 | Airfreight | Saudi Arabia | Turbine parts | | 17.469,00 | Road haulage | Germany | Rubber aircraft tank | | 60.479,00 | Express service | France | High-pressure pump parts | | 38.500,00 | Road haulage | Germany | Telecommunications parts | | 175.586,00 | Seafreight | USA | Generator parts | | 51.129,00 | Seafreight | PR Yemen | X-ray machine | | 24.701,00 | Airfreight | Turkey | Audiological equipment | | 511.292,00 | Airfreight | Ireland | Hormones for human medicine | | 10.381,00 | Road haulage | Germany | Polyester yarn | | 20.452,00 | Airfreight | USA | Low-pressure structure for astronauts | | 18.407,00 | Express service | Germany | Video endoscopy system | | 281.211,00 | Seafreight | Russia | Tube lathe centre | | 21.119,00 | Road haulage | The Netherlands | Sail fabric | | 143.162,00 | Airfreight | PR China | Thermoforming machine | | 8.452,00 | Road haulage | Italy | Chemicals | | 200.000,00 | Airfreight | Luxembourg | Software codes | Cargo such as video recorders, mobile telephones, PC processors and computer memory chips present more of a problem. The more interesting a product for thieves or receivers of stolen goods, the greater the likelihood that the loss can be put down to theft. Including the assignments entrusted to us in theft or fraud cases would distort any simple percentage success rate, as realistically the chance of success in such jobs is always lower.
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