They may have just confused "crate" shipping (some small-scale local deal) with container shipping. It's hard to tell; the link to the claimed source goes nowh

They may have just confused "crate" shipping (some small-scale local deal) with container shipping. It's hard to tell; the link to the claimed source goes nowhere, and a look at the current version of the named report (rp_data-breach-investigation-report-2015_en_xg.pdf, free download) says nothing about shipping piracy.