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Issue 6 2011


New standard for truck security


he Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA)


has created a global security standard to protect


high value


consumer goods travelling on international roads. The Trucking Security


Requirements 2012 (TSR) replaces the 2008 version and takes effect from the beginning of next year. TAPA said that TSR has proven to be extremely effective in helping to eradicate a growing problem for manufacturers and global supply chain service providers. Organised criminals target loads as they move on roads throughout the world and in a recent incident a truck driver lost his life in a violent criminal attack. Mounting losses and insurance claims are also pushing


up prices in the shops, says TAPA. In a statement, TAPA said: “The


world of cargo crime is no longer about an opportunist individual snatching a product from a box in a warehouse. Today, we are dealing with gangs of organised criminals that are oſten armed and prepared to go to any lengths as we saw as recently as September with the murder of a driver during a hijack of his vehicle in the Philippines.” The new Truck Security


Requirements are a mandatory standard and adherence to it is validated and audited by a TAPA-approved and trained independent auditor. TAPA says that research shows that members, when supported by its security standards, suffer significantly


lower theſt levels than the industry average.


Chairman of TAPA EMEA,


Thorsten Neumann, said: “The TAPA TSR 2012 will allow our members to gain recognition for their investment in truck security.


The new standard is the result of detailed consultation with transport security experts within our Association and members must be 100% compliant with all the requirements to be awarded certification.”


TIACA calls for groundswell of opposition to new emissions taxes T


he International Air Cargo Association is calling for “a


groundswell of opposition” after the European Court of Justice ruled that aviation could be included in the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). It wants other


associations, businesses


and international governments to intensify lobbying efforts for a review of ETS after the court’s advocate general recommended that the inclusion of international aviation in the scheme was compatible with international law. Earlier, TIACA, in a letter to EU


Climate Action Commissioner, Connie Hedegaard, asked the EU to suspend implementation of the controversial program pending development of a global agreement


on aviation carbon emissions by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). TIACA also said that the scheme


could impose massive new taxes on aviation and might actually increase emissions by encouraging airlines to fly less direct routes. TIACA chairman Michael Steen,


said: “We are very disappointed by the recommendation by the advocate general on the proposed 1 January start date of the ETS. We will however continue our campaign with full force as there is a groundswell of opposition to the scheme from international governments, trade associations and businesses and we must, as an industry, collectively raise our voices even louder until the EU listens.”


Caffrey takes Irish export award C


has won the


affrey International, based at Ashbourne, near Dublin Irish Exporters


Association’s Logistics Company of the Year award. It was presented by Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton to Mark Caffrey at a ceremony at Dublin’s Convention Centre, in recognition of the firm’s


contribution


Michael Steen says the new tax could be counter- productive


///NEWS Penning OKs longer truck trials R


oads Minister Mike Penning has given the green light


to limited trails of longer trucks on UK roads. Following consultation


on proposals to


allow a two metre increase in the length of articulated lorries, the Department for Transport is allowing a ten-year trial of up to 900 trailers at an increased length of 2.05 metres, and 900 that would be one metre longer. There will be no increase in the current 44-tonne maximum weight limit. Mike Penning said that the longer trucks would offer up to 13% more volume. The changes would increase


maximum loading length of semi-trailers from the current 13.6 metres to 15.65 metres. This is the same loading length currently allowed for rigid truck / drawbar trailer combination vehicles, the limit for which would remain at 18.75 metres.


A DfT spokeswoman said that


it was highly unlikely that there would be a general application of the new length limit before the expiry of the trial in ten years’ time, but pointed out that the number of vehicles that would be included in the test was “quite generous”. At the Freight Transport


Association, head of engineering policy Andy Mair said: “FTA research suggests that there are significant environmental and efficiency benefits on offer from deploying these vehicles. But it is not a vehicle for all sectors and will only be viable on journeys where the goods carried are high volume and low weight.” FTA believes that should


there be an over-subscription for higher volume semi-trailers under the trial, operators who can demonstrate


the greatest


efficiency benefits should be prioritised.


Cut trailer height rules down to size, urges FTA


T


he Freight Transport Association is calling on EU


Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas to step in and halt legislation that could limit the height of future semi-trailers to four metres. FTA has written to the Commissioner urging


him to withdraw the


proposals before they pass beyond his control in the Brussels process. Although negotiations are FTA said


continuing, it was


concerned that “political horse- trading will end up with a messy


compromise that wrecks the efficiencies achieved through use of high cube trailers in the UK.” “A four metre height limit will


have a catastrophic impact on many logistics contracts, added FTA’s managing director of policy and communications, James Hookham. “This proposal started life as one of those Brussels ideas that everybody assured us would go nowhere, but nine months later there is still a piece of paper with ‘4 metres’ written on it,” he said.


Norbert empire expands


N to the Irish


export sector. Caffrey provides transport, warehousing and distribution services covering Ireland, the UK and continental Europe from bases in Ireland and Poland, operating a fleet of over 65 trucks and 125 trailers and employing more than 100 people.


orbert Dentressangle has opened offices in Santiago


(Chile) and Sao Paulo (Brazil) as part of the expansion of its freight forwarding business. Following the integration


of Schneider International in 2010 and TDG in 2011, Norbert Dentressangle’s freight forwarding business now employs 250 people in 30 offices, in 11 countries on three continents. Norbert Dentressangle’s of APC Beijing


acquisition is


expected to be completed in the near future, adding a further 250 colleagues and 16 branches in China.


Managing director, Norbert


Dentressangle Overseas Guillaume Col, said: “Our freight forwarding business has reached critical mass just 18 months aſter it was launched. The new offices


give us a foothold in


Latin America and strengthen our position on the Americas- Europe-Asia axis.”


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