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A record year for all the wrong reasons

Thefts from supply chains in the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region exceeded €55 million or more than €305,000 a day in the first six months of 2019, confirming that it is already a record year for goods stolen as recorded by the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA). Data published today in the Association's Incident Information Service (IIS) Q2 Report on 3 September identified 4,198 incidents in the six months ... [+]

TAPA calls for unity against South Africa cargo criminals

More industry collaboration is needed to tackle the threat of violent cargo crimes in South Africa, says the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA), ahead of its Regional Conference in Gauteng province on 26 July. The security expert network is calling on businesses across the country to share intelligence on cargo thefts ... [+]

Neumann to take on new TAPA role

The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) has appointed Thorsten Neumann as its first-ever full-time president and chief executive. Thorsten has served in a voluntary capacity as chairman of TAPA’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region since 2006, alongside his responsibilities as, most recently, director APS channel security and business ... [+]

DHL Birmingham scores TAPA’s third century

DHL’s Birmingham Service Centre has become the 300th facility worldwide to be awarded with the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) security certification, confirming that it has implemented the highest security standards. [+]

TAPA publishes truck parking standards

The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) has published all three levels of its Parking Security Requirements (PSR) certification programme for industry review. It has also signed a memorandum of understanding with SNAP Account, the cashless payment system for the haulage industry. TAPA has also reiterated its strongly-held belief that there are ... [+]

TAPA sees record take-up

The Transported Asset Protection Association's (TAPA) says there has been a record take-up of its supply chain security standards, with TAPA-certified facilities and trucking operators now to be found in 60 countries. There was a 16.6% increase in the number of Facility Security Requirements (FSR) certifications and a 41.5% growth ... [+]

Businesses call for action to cut German cargo theft

German business associations have called for action to tackle growing cargo thefts in the country which, according to a new report, are now running at €1.3 billion a year. According to an analysis, led by the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) cargo from almost 26,000 trucks is stolen in Germany every ... [+]

Ferrymasters wins security cert

P&O Ferrymasters has gained Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) Level 3 for Trucking Security Requirements certification following completion of a nine-month project. Applicants for TSR classification start at Level 3 and can progress to Level 2 and 1 as improvements are made and as required by customers. Subject to audit, ... [+]

Supply chain security in the spotlight

The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) says it will hold its biggest ever global in London on 25 & 26 October. Delegates will hear how the increased use of technologies in the supply chain - such as robotics in warehouses, driverless trucks, drones and 3D printing – is expected to ... [+]

Parking operators passing up profits, says TAPA

Truck park owners in Europe are missing out on substantial revenues because their locations are not recognised as being secure enough by transporters of high value products, says the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA). TAPA is approaching 520 parking place operators in 35 countries in the Europe, Middle East and Africa ... [+]

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