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TAPA EMEA LEADERSHIP UPDATE A 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…


STANDARDS SUPPORT


After such a disrupted start to 2021, it is very encouraging to record growth in certifications for all TAPA EMEA Security Standards in the first six months of the year. Thank you to our members achieving these successes and, of course, to our Standards and Training teams for demonstrating the innovation and flexibility to support our members’ supply chain resilience programmes. We now have our biggest-ever Standards Team in EMEA ready to help you begin or grow your use of our FSR, TSR and PSR Standards in a timely, efficient and effective way. They’re ready whenever you choose to ask for assistance.


A CAUSE OF GROWING CONCERN


In this issue, Everstream Analytics provides us with a detailed overview of the latest unrest in South Africa and its immediate impact on the country’s supply chains. The level of violence seen in these attacks is particularly disturbing.


The dangers facing truck drivers in South Africa are regularly reported to our Incident Information Service (IIS). This month, 19 suspects were arrested, and nine vehicles confiscated, after a truck carrying frozen chicken was hijacked in Cape Town. Imagine how intimidating this was for the driver whose vehicle was targeted.


While it remains challenging to obtain intelligence on more than a handful of the incidents taking place, the risks to supply chains in South Africa seems to be greater than ever before. In another crime recorded in the past month, offenders in Durban looted a container holding 1.5 million rounds of ammunition, which they then used to fire at police officers.


We know many TAPA EMEA members frequently face these types of attacks and, while the South African Police Service (SAPS) regularly arrests suspects and recovers stolen goods, 2021 could well go down as the worst year for cargo crime across the country. Please help us and your fellow TAPA EMEA Family members if you have any additional intelligence to share.


BEST WISHES FOR THE FUTURE…


At the end of this month, TAPA EMEA bids farewell to its Admin partner, LBA International Consultancy. LBA’s Executive Chairman, Laurence Brown, stepped down from his role as Executive Director of TAPA EMEA at the end of 2020 after successfully supporting our transition to a new, full-time leadership and executive team to spearhead the next stage of TAPA EMEA’s growth.


Now, the LBA team of Shan McCarthy, Sara Swift and Chelsea Thomas are handing over their responsibilities to the TAPA EMEA teams in Germany and the Netherlands.


I wish to take this opportunity to personally thank Shan, Sara and Chelsea - as well as Stacy Cain, who left LBA in 2020 - for their hard work and commitment to TAPA EMEA during the 13 years of LBA’s great service to our Association. Through their daily contact with members and the support they provided at our conferences, they have been very popular and valued members of the TAPA EMEA Family. We wish them all well for the future.


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