With over 20 years of experience, ACSS has built a reputation for advanced safety and security solutions for commercial vehicles. Whilst providing the industry with vehicle CCTV & telematics systems for safety and compliance, ACSS primarily focuses on bespoke safety systems. Requiring long term partnerships with industry leaders such as Maple Fleet Services, a specialist in commercial vehicle security applications to the logistics sector.
Telematics- more than a tracking a vehicle
In recent years, telematics has evolved from being just a tracking platform to enabling many features including: temperature monitoring, tachograph remote download, door status monitoring & remote control, vehicle ECU data, immobilization, and many other features that can drastically improve fleet efficiency and cargo safety.
Integration capabilities of ACSS’s telematics platform offers numerous operational benefits. For example, tachograph data can be collected automatically, eliminating the need for manual input and enabling remote access for operators. The platform’s flexibility also allows for the interpretation of data across various functions, improving efficiency and overall fleet management.
- Temperature monitoring of temperature-controlled loads.
- Door sensors to trigger alarms and activation of CCTV systems.
- Panic buttons to trigger alarms into alarm monitoring centres .
- ID fobs to allocation driver to vehicles or cargo loads.
- Controlled remote immobilisation.
Challenges: The Rise in Cargo Theft
Freight crime, particularly theft from lorries, remains a significant issue for drivers and businesses alike. The financial losses caused by such crimes are substantial. Data from the Road Haulage Association (RHA) indicates that theft continues to rise, and businesses are increasingly impacted.
From the extreme to the bizarre. In 2024, £134,000 worth of Kinder Bueno chocolate was stolen from a trailer while the driver was unloading other cargo. Similarly, in 2023, a driver was threatened at gunpoint, and his truck was looted at the Welcome Break Oxford Services off the M40.
In mid-December 2024, a truck carrying 400 50-litre kegs of Guinness—equivalent to 35,200 pints—was stolen from a logistics hub near Daventry in Northamptonshire.
Solution: Combatting Cargo Theft
The TAPA EMEA Intelligence System reported 93,000 cargo crime incidents in 2024 alone. Notably, around 20% of these incidents occurred at unknown locations, due to insufficient monitoring of goods in transit. This gap can be addressed by integrating cargo monitoring systems, tracking and sensors into trailers, improving traceability and reducing the risk of theft.
ACSS, in collaboration with Maple Fleet Services, provides fleet operators with the ability to control locking systems remotely. This ensures detailed audit trails for locking and unlocking operations, geofenced lock functionality, and complete transparency in load security. A solution that fulfils the requirements of TAPA TSR level 1 high security protocol.
ACSS has recently launched new AI-powered cargo monitoring cameras, designed to enhance cargo oversight and improve fleet management efficiency. These cameras utilise advanced AI algorithms to accurately calculate the load being transported, ensuring precise monitoring. With 1080P resolution and night vision, they provide high-definition footage even in low-light conditions, allowing for continuous surveillance at all hours and minimising risk of theft. Real-time loading and unloading monitoring further strengthen security, offering immediate visibility into the entire process. The system is wireless, offering flexibility in installation and operation, includes Bluetooth functionality and door a “wake-up” mode, which captures snapshots whenever the doors are opened.
Reward: Winning Over the High-Value Goods Industry
ACSS and Maple Fleet Services help logistics companies meet the rigorous TAPA TSR Level 1 high-security standards, essential for industries transporting high-value goods such as artworks, fashion garments, ranging from designer sweaters and sneakers, cosmetics and perfumes, electronic devices such as phones, tablets, and computers, to pharmaceutical products.
In addition to acquiring such safety standard certifications as GDP or the TAPA TSR level 1, supplementing road transport offering with additional safety measures will only make it easier for shippers to choose your services.
Paul Howell, Sales and Marketing Manager, ACSS said
In recent years ACSS has unquestionably seen our logistics clients move towards higher levels of security. It’s now common place for trailers to have dedicated tracking, remote locking and live AI CCTV, with monitoring centres and panic alarms for high value transport. Partly in response to the threat of cargo theft, and partly as their customer require it.
