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TAPA STANDARDS STANDARDS FAQs # A monthly update by TAPA EMEA's Standards Lead, Mark Mark Gruentjes Steve McHugh


Gruentjes, and Executive Director Standards, Steve McHugh After receiving a steady stream of questions about TAPA’s Security Standards from Audit Bodies and our members, we feel it will be beneficial to share some of the questions received and the responses given by the TAPA EMEA Standards Team. We aim to cover 3-5 questions in Vigilant each month.


The spread of the Covid-19 virus has obviously impacted our members’ and auditors’ certification and recertification plans. We can only hope that health and safety continues to be everyone’s priority and that we begin see a return to normal as soon as is reasonably possible.


In this extremely challenging environment, TAPA is being very flexible with requests to defer recertification audits. If you need assistance, please contact your Audit Body or regional TAPA office for help and advice. We can confirm that the TAPA APAC and EMEA regions still plan to introduce the new versions of FSR and TSR 2020 on 1 July as originally planned. We recognise that audit scheduling and travel will mean very few or no audits will be possible, but training and


preparations for the revised Security Standards can continue. To help our members which are early adopters of the new versions, we intend to offer web-based training options.


TAPA Americas, based on regional advice, has decided to defer the introduction of the 2020 Standards until 30 September. The Americas region will continue with the current 2017 Standards until then.


Notwithstanding the challenges we all have, TAPA continues to work on preparing for the introduction of the new FSR and TSR Standards revisions. This month’s FAQs article, therefore, focuses on questions we have received on the new TSR requirements.


If you would like to raise a new topic for discussion or ask questions about one of our published responses, please contact us at https://www.tapa-global.org/contact.html.


Question 1.


I am moving containers by road and then internationally by sea. Can I use TSR to cover the security requirements with my Logistics Service Providers?


Answer: TSR 2020 offers more options for container transport with the introduction of a “Sea Container Road Transport” solution. The road segments of the container transport at origin and destination are now perfectly suited to the use of TSR. Setting up the appropriate measures and agreements with the Logistics Service Providers who understand TAPA’s TSR should not be a complicated task.


In reality, the TSR container movement will be transported under the required TAPA security level by road to the origin port. Once the container is handed over, the TAPA TSR requirements can no longer be applied or considered appropriate. Existing container port and seagoing security measures come into force at this point. At the destination, the reverse process requires the container to be handed over to a TSR certified Logistics Service Provider for the continuing transport by road.


Working with the original or alternative Logistics Service Provider, it should be possible for an agreement for the containers to be collected and be prepared for ongoing transport by road using TAPA TSR. It may take time for the industry to adjust to using TSR with sea containers but we believe TAPA has introduced an important change to the Standards that addresses a number of concerns.


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