TAPA: Latest News & Views

DELTA PARK TRUCK SECURE PARKING GAINS FIRST PSR LEVEL 1 CERTIFICATION IN EUROPE

TAPA EMEA’s programme to tackle the biggest cause of cargo crime in Europe has completed another significant milestone with the Delta Park Truck Secure Parking in Dourges, France, becoming the first site to achieve the highest Level 1 certification for the Association’s new Parking Security Requirements (PSR).

Since launching PSR earlier this year, TAPA has added over 5,000 parking places in 10 countries in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region to its secure parking database as part of its initiative to increase the supply chain resilience of its Manufacturer and Logistics Service Provider members.

Delta Park’s Dourges site in Hauts-de-France provides 146 parking spaces for logistics operators looking for a secure and comfortable parking place in this high traffic area near the A1/E17. It...

IUMI CALLS FOR INDUSTRY, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE AUTHORITIES TO UNIFY THEIR EFFORTS TO TACKLE ‘SURGE’ IN CARGO CRIME

IUMI, the International Union of Marine Insurance, which represents over 40 national and marine market insurance and reinsurance...

‘OPERATION SECTIO’ LEADS TO ARRESTS OF BELARUSIAN ORGANISED CRIME GROUP INVOLVED IN INTERNATIONAL CARGO THEFTS

The German Police Department Heidekreis, in cooperation with the French Gendarmerie and Czech authorities, the German State Criminal Police...

TAPA’S INCIDENT INFORMATION SERVICE RECORDED CARGO THEFTS IN 17 COUNTRIES IN EMEA IN SEPTEMBER WITH LOSSES EXCEEDING €2.5 MILLION

Reports of cargo crimes in the EMEA region in September were still being added to TAPA’s Incident Information Service (IIS) as this issue of...

€17.4 MILLION THEFT OF JEWELLERY IS ANOTHER DAZZLING DISPLAY OF SOUTH AFRICA’S CARGO CRIME EPIDEMIC

As if newly-released cargo crime intelligence by the South African Police Service (SAPS), reported earlier in this issue, was not enough of...

TRUCK HIJACKINGS IN SOUTH AFRICA SHOW A MARGINAL FALL IN 2018/19 BUT STILL AVERAGE OVER THREE INCIDENTS A DAY

Businesses in South Africa endured an average of more than three truck hijackings a day in 2018/19, according to new crime data reported by...

TAPA APAC CONSIDERS THE VALUE OF INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR THE RECYCLING ON ELECTRONICS TO SUPPORT SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE

As TAPA’s role evolves to embrace all aspects of supply chain resilience and risk management, leveraging its knowledge, expertise and...

TAPA EMEA WILL INCREASE ITS FOCUS ON SOUTH AFRICA TO MAKE JOINING THE ASSOCIATION COMPELLING, PRESIDENT PROMISES

TAPA EMEA’s President & CEO, Thorsten Neumann, made front-page news as he called on Manufacturers and Logistics Service Providers in South...

2019 IS ALREADY ANOTHER RECORD-BREAKING YEAR FOR CARGO CRIMES IN THE EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA REGION

You only have to look at the trends in recorded cargo crime over the last five years to see the growing level of threats to supply chains in...

$10 MILLION PER MINUTE

Crime does not pay for sure but the highly lucrative rewards available to cargo thieves are still the motivation behind major freight losses...