On the Waterfront, by Malcolm Johnson

[nwhyte]

Second paragraph of third chapter:Whole truckloads of cargo disappear from the piers without a trace. Hijackers take their toll from shipments en route to and from the piers. Casual pilferage by individual thieves, awaiting only opportunity, sends the loss totals higher, but this form of theft is negligible compared with the highly organized

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[resonant]

"The Box" and other books on containerized shipping note how shocked customers were when they first received shipments where nothing had been stolen.

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