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+ TIME FOR ACTION Steve McHugh Ionel Popa


Steve McHugh, Executive Director Standards, and Ionel Popa, TAPA PSR Lead, talk about the challenges and opportunities for TAPA EMEA’s secure truck parking initiative… and how the Association’s members can help to make a positive difference this year


In 2021, TAPA EMEA is asking its members to add their voice to the Association’s contribution to address the severe lack of secure truck parking places – one of the biggest causes of cargo thefts in the region.


Nearly 60% of cargo losses from supply chains in EMEA stem from the fact that companies and drivers are not able to access a sufficient supply of secure parking when and where they need it.


The facts TAPA estimates the level of demand for secure truck parking in the EMEA region to be the equivalent of 2,000 sites and 400,000 parking places.


The reality Since launching its Parking Security Requirements (PSR) certification programme


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two years ago, TAPA EMEA has started to make steady and important inroads into meeting this demand. PSR is now the most adopted secure truck parking standard by Parking Place Operators (PPOs) but, at the current rate of growth, it will be years before supply begins to catch up with the current level of demand.


PSR is growing. More importantly, it is gaining industry support from both the users and providers of secure parking. At the last count, there were 7,626 parking places in the TAPA Secure Parking Online Tool database at 74 sites in 14 countries; Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain and the United Kingdom. So, what now?


The opportunity Many more sites will be added to the PSR database in 2021. TAPA EMEA’s Secure Parking Working Group has over 1,000 parking sites on its target list and will be working proactively to identify the decision-makers at these locations to explain the benefits of joining TAPA’s partnership and certification programme. The greatest growth potential for security parking is presented by existing truck parking sites, which need to see the economic benefits of meeting the PSR requirements developed by TAPA’s Manufacturer and Logistics Service Provider members.


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The call to action To add weight to TAPA’s case to Parking Place Operators – and to emphasise that PSR has industry support – the Secure Parking Working Group has invited and received testimonials from many member companies to show their support of PSR. Next month, these will be included in the latest update of TAPA’s PSR brochure. The powerful voices of users of secure parking sites must not be under-estimated and will be an increasingly valuable tool in 2021 when TAPA EMEA introduces more PPOs to its Security Standard.


We believe even more companies will insist on the use of secure parking sites as more locations become available. That’s why, we are calling on more members to add their voice to TAPA’s PSR campaign – send us your messages of support to info@tapaemea.org which we will share with PPOs. If they can see and hear their existing and potential customers are backing PSR, more will join. Help us to strengthen our business case.


In every issue of Vigilant in 2021, we will bring you more PSR updates; more of your testimonials, interviews with PPOs and the users of secure truck parking sites, and regular news on the latest sites added to our secure parking database.


Our message to PPOs must be loud and clear; PSR is live, PSR is growing, PSR is the Standard the industry wants, PSR is achievable, and PSR will bring new business.


WHO ARE THE LATEST MEMBERS TO VOICE THEIR SUPPORT FOR TAPA’S PSR?


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