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LEADERSHIP UPDATE TAPA STANDARDS


BUILDING THE TAPA BRAND WITH EMEA REGION STAKEHOLDERS


Thorsten Neumann, President & CEO of TAPA for the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region, shares the latest update on some of his and the Association’s latest activities aimed at accelerating TAPA EMEA’s growth, development and influence, and delivering more benefits to our growing membership…


COUNTING DOWN TO A SURGE IN CARGO CRIME?


It’s almost impossible to come to terms with the fact that the UK and EU are still haggling over the terms of their future working relationship with only some eight weeks to go before the end of the transition period.


While so much remains undecided, the warning signs are loud and clear for anyone involved in supply chain security. There is going to be disruption, possibly on an unprecedented scale, and it may play directly into the hands of crime groups which make their living out of targeting supply chains.


A few statistics stand out from the Brexit article in this month’s issue of Vigilant:


• The potential for 7,000 trucks carrying goods from the UK to the EU to face delays of up to 2 days – and that’s just at one UK port


• 40-70% of trucks travelling from the UK to the EU on 1 January 2021 might not be ready for the new border controls


FROZEN FEES


I am pleased to reconfirm that our membership fees will remain at their current level in 2021 with no increases being applied for any of our membership categories. Just as importantly, as a well-managed, successful and growing industry association, we will still be able to invest in providing you with more value and benefits in 2021 and beyond as we continue to deliver on our membership growth, Standards, training, networking events and digital transformation strategies. We are determined to make 2021 a great year to be a TAPA EMEA member.


• An estimated 180,000 traders will be making Customs entries for the first time


• 400 million Customs entries are predicted per annum


• From 23.00hrs UK on 31 December 2020, Customs controls will apply to UK and EU trade for the first time since 1993


I don’t know about you, but to me that says … confusion, disruption, risk and significant potential for losses based on our old adage of ‘trucks at rest are trucks at risk’. And, if I were a cargo criminal, I’d be thinking ‘opportunity’.


I hope I am proven wrong – but, sadly, I don’t think I will be. We must all stay alert.


INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS UNCERTAINTY = TAPA GROWTH


All this uncertainty has one obvious upside … and that is the growth of our membership.


We have yet to fully appreciate the full and, no doubt, far-reaching economic impact of Covid-19 but one thing is very clear; companies will be more determined than ever to retain the customers they have and more focused than probably ever before on demonstrating how serious they are about supply chain resilience. One of the solutions for a growing number of businesses is to join TAPA. And, that makes perfect sense.


As we reported at our AGM, we now have over 600 member companies and organisations in EMEA, including the 72 new members that joined us in the first nine months of 2020. This month, we welcome 17 more new members, I suspect our highest monthly total ever. More will come…


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