PRESIDENT & CEO VIEWPOINTS


POLICE SUCCESS


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CLANDESTINE CONCERNS


We are seeing more cases involving migrants stowing away onboard trucks and this generally increases in the spring and summer months. To date in 2021, TAPA’s Incident Information Service (IIS) has recorded clandestine intrusions involving trucks and cargoes in Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey and the United Kingdom. This includes several violent attacks on trucks and drivers. This is a situation we will be monitoring closely to understand the impact on supply chains in EMEA. Please keep us informed of any incidents you suffer. Even as I am writing this, I have just seen another report of police discovering 16 migrants in a truck on the M25 in Surrey in recent days. Pallets had been placed on top of the cargo for the migrants to sit on during their journey. The Turkish truck driver was arrested.


NEW WEBSITE


IS ‘LIVE’ Our new TAPA EMEA website went ‘live’ on 15 March … and there’s much more to come.


The site supports our digital transformation in the region and meets three key requirements:


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It will make it easier for our members to find the information and support they need, and to connect with one another;


• Once we launch our new CRM system, it will give us a platform to automate many of the manual administration processes that take up a lot of our current time and resources;


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It presents TAPA EMEA in the best way to potential new members by clearly communicating the role of our Association and the benefits we offer to companies looking to increase the resilience and security of their supply chains.


As with all good websites, it will never be ‘finished’ because websites should always be evolving with new content, features and benefits. As well as the new CRM, the next phase will see our existing IIS & Certification databases synchronise with the new site to make all the information you need accessible in fewer clicks.


Thank you to Ap Boom for leading the website project and to everyone from the TAPA EMEA team who has contributed content so far. As we always say, more will come!


PROMOTING PSR


So many of our members in EMEA have given us powerful testimonials to highlight their support for TAPA’s Parking Security Requirements (PSR), and these will be added into the next revision of our PSR brochure, which will be available in April. It will send a clear message to Parking Place Operators (PPO) that this is the Standard for secure truck parking that buyers of parking places want. If you want to add a PPO to our distribution list, you can share their contact information here


SAFETY DRIVE STARKE PARTNER


IRU, the international road transport union, says the Covid pandemic has reduced the number of unfilled truck driver positions in Europe from 24% in 2019 to 7% but, as IRU says, there is still an alarming shortage of drivers.


Sachliche Zuständigkeit


LADUNGSDIEBSTÄHLE AKTIV VERHINDERN


Landeskriminalamt Niedersachsen Dezernat 32 Am Waterlooplatz 11 · 30169 Hannover Tel.: 0511 26262-3203


E-Mail: praevention@lka.polizei.niedersachsen.de www.lka.niedersachsen.de


EMPFEHLUNGEN


It’s a lonely job with unsociable hours and, for international drivers, long periods away from home. That works for many people – but clearly not enough otherwise there would be a sufficient supply to meet demand. Fear of crime is, no doubt, a significant factor for many people thinking about a career as a truck driver. Given how important drivers are to keeping global supply chains moving, we need to look at more ways to support driver training and to help promote driving as a career choice.


Die Herausgabe der Empfehlungen erfolgt im Auftrag der Kommission Polizeiliche Kriminalprävention (KPK) Zentrale Geschäftsstelle (ZGS) beim LKA Baden-Württemberg www.polizei-beratung.de


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TAPS is developing a Driving course which will provide help and guidance on how to stay safe and reduce the chances of becoming a victim of crime. And we are not alone in looking to support drivers. I highly recommend you encourage drivers in your own or your suppliers’ businesses to read the excellent new brochure from Project CARGO on preventing cargo theft. To download a copy, they simply scan this QR code


DIEBSTAHL VON TRANSPORTGÜTERN


Titelfoto LKW: © iStock.com/Oleksandr Filon


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