July 2020 vigilantTHE MONTHLY CARGO CRIME UPDATE FOR TAPA’S GLOBAL FAMILY PREVENTING STOWAWAYS As Europe prepares for a rise in irregular migration, how can you protect your supply chains from stowaways? Page 3: SNAP’s support sees PSR secure parking places break through the 7,000 barrier Pages 4-5: BSI steps up to help drive TAPA’s digital transformation Pages 8-13: Imbema and TLN publish white Pages 6-7: Rising to the challenge: paper on protecting transport operations from stowaways a mid-year review from TAPA AMERICAS Pages 14-17: TAPA EMEA signs MOU with NaVCIS to see the ‘big picture’ of UK cargo crime Pages 18-21: Cargo thefts in 14 countries in EMEA bring losses of over €4.3m in June Page 22: Enhanced security needed in India as truck hijackings rise Page 23: A monthly update by TAPA EMEA’s President & CEO Pages 24-25: How TAPA APAC is helping members prepare for a post-COVID world Page 27: Logisym panel discusses COVID-19’s ‘wake-up call’ for supply chain resilience Pages 28-31: Your FSR & TSR questions answers – plus the latest certifications in APAC and EMEA TRANSPORTED ASSET PROTECTION ASSOCIATION welcome2 IN THE CHAIR THE WORLD IS CHANGING BUT WE’RE READY TO NAVIGATE OUR WAY THROUGH WHATEVER CHALLENGES COME OUR WAY When the world around us is anticipated growth in our Security Standards prospect of long vehicle queues at the border changing, presenting new risks and certifications with a new online auditing tool may make attempts to board trucks at, and from BSI, which will not only help to automate close to, ports easier to achieve than before. opportunities, the one thing we the certification process but also represents It is, therefore, good timing that we are able cannot do as responsible security the latest step in our focus to drive digital to report a new white paper by Imbema and and resilience professionals is stand innovation in the supply chain, and within our Transport Logistiek Nederland (TLN) which aside and watch it all go by. Association. offers sound advice to the transport industry So much of the world’s attention has on ways to prevent stowaways from boarding TAPA members know that change brings been taken by COVID-19 vehicles, avoiding the costly penalties this can new environments, uncertainties bring. This is a very useful and practical guide to overcome, and fresh that we have almost forgotten some which we believe will be of value to anyone threats from those who involved in the European road transport and of the other are all too ready to logistics sectors. exploit the effects of challenges that disruption. We can’t went before it, And, continuing the UK theme, we include stop the changes and which still an interview with DCI Brett Mallon, Head of happening around us, exist today. Unit at NaVCIS, the National Vehicle Crime but we can step up High on this list Intelligence Service, about its outstanding our efforts to manage is the potential work to reduce cargo crime in the United them in the best impact of Brexit Kingdom, and its new MOU with TAPA EMEA, possible way - and that on supply which will give our members an even greater is what TAPA is doing chains. When understanding of freight theft incidents and in all three of our global the UK first risks in this very important market. regions. voted to leave This combined willingness to support TAPA’s In this issue, you will the EU, there mission to minimize cargo losses and increase read reviews of the was an immediate the resilience of our members’ supply chains work delivered by our surge in irregular across the globe is another clear reminder AMERICAS and APAC regions migration and attempts that whatever changes may lie ahead, we are in the first half of 2020 as both to cross the channel to the UK. an Association with the strength, agility and have adapted to the challenges and It is anticipated this will increase connections to make these changes easier to restrictions placed on us by the coronavirus once again with the easing of lockdowns navigate. pandemic. You will also see how our APAC which have thwarted the activities of those and EMEA regions are preparing for the determined to reach the UK, and the ultimate ‘So much of the world’s attention has been taken by COVID-19 that we have almost forgotten some of the other challenges that went before it, and which still LINA LI exist today.’ Chair TAPA APAC SECURE PARKING NETWORK GROWTH 3 TAPA’S SECURE PARKING DATABASE BREAKS THROUGH THE 7,000 BARRIER AS MORE SITES JOIN UP IN EMEA parking locations which would like to join the programme. SNAP will continue to volunteer and support TAPA to create safer parking areas across Europe.” He added: “The market size for secure parking completely overshadows the availability. We are trying to educate fleet operators and logistics centres on the benefits of SNAP’s Depot Parking scheme. This involves business owners opening the unused space in their fleet yard for truck parking – which helps to meet the demand for secure parking and brings them additional income. This is an initiative we have been leading for over 10 years because it helps to solve the parking crisis and lower the level of cargo crime. We see TAPA’s PSR as another important addition to this. We are hoping that during 2020, we can offer 100 Depot Parking Sites with secure parking spaces per day or 3.7 million a year for The number of secure parking parking facilities which can be pre-booked by over 100,000 truck drivers. places within TAPA EMEA’s Parking drivers and fleets.” Security Requirements (PSR) The latest SNAP sites to see the value of participating in TAPA’s PSR are in the UK, TAPA is also hoping to benefit from SNAP’s database broke through the 7,000 France, the Netherlands and Slovakia. recently-formed partnership with ELVIS, the barrier in July as more sites joined European Cargo Federation of International Nick Long, SNAP’s European the Association’s programme to Freight Forwarders, to extend the number of Network Manager, said: “We secure parking areas in Germany. The ELVIS support the resilience of trucking always try our best to help a network has more than 250 companies that operations across the region. location bring its standards up could be suitable for SNAP’s Depot Parking to reach the TAPA PSR Level 3. scheme, with over 10 locations set to launch SNAP Account, which operates a cashless When a new location starts very soon. payment system covering HGV parking sites working with SNAP, we explain across the UK and Europe, is playing a leading the benefits of joining the PSR programme and Earlier this year, a SNAP survey of 350 people role in this growth, with 19 of the locations it ask if they would like to gain the accreditation. working in the Transport and Automotive works with now part of the TAPA initiative – It is vital to increase security throughout sectors in Germany on the causes, impact and more are on the way. the haulage sector and we illustrate the and solutions to rising cargo crime found reasons why. Our Access & Security team At the end of July, TAPA’s secure parking that 46.3% of those working in the industry are continuing to carry out security ‘health have been affected by cargo crime or know database gave its members access to nearly checks’ and offering specialised advice to any 7,200 parking places at secure sites in 11 someone affected. countries; Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain and the United Kingdom. SNAP is volunteering the support of its Access & Security team to bring locations up to PSR Level 3 of the TAPA Security Standard, and at least six more sites are in the pipeline to meet Transported Asset Protection Association Transported Asset Protection Association TAPA’s requirements. SNAP currently works Transported Asset Protection Association Transported Asset Protection Association with over 220 HGV locations across Europe, APPROVED SECURE CERTIFIED CERTIFIED CERTIFIED with 2-3 new sites joining each week, even in PARKING OPERATOR SECURE PARKING OPERATOR SECURE PARKING OPERATOR SECURE PARKING OPERATOR the current challenging market conditions. This growth enables SNAP to provide 10,500 PARTNER LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 4 DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION TAPA AND BSI TO SUPPORT GROWTH OF SECURITY STANDARDS AND DRIVE DIGITAL INNOVATION IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN TAPA has entered into a strategic the certification processes for TAPA’s Facility • Oversite of IAB performance versus KPIs (FSR), Trucking (TSR), Parking (PSR) and partnership with the supply chain • Automation of corrective actions, waiver Guarding (GSR) Security Standards. TAPA capture and processing, with access to services and solutions division Americas is also evaluating the new tool with a archive data at BSI to support the digital view to its future adoption. • Data sources for the Standards’ revisions transformation of its supply Following the 1 July 2020 launch of the and repeat non-compliances chain Security Standards’ audit latest revisions of TAPA’s Facility Security processes and to increase its Requirements (FSR) and Trucking Security • Future opportunities to customize reports Requirements (TSR) in EMEA and APAC, the and key findings for members with multiple members’ access to new levels of tool will help to support the acceleration certifications of TAPA certifications, which are already risk management intelligence and TAPA’s IABs will benefit from using a at their highest-ever level. It will give the incident data.