As freight crime incidents continue to affect operators nationwide, business group Logistics UK has formed a partnership with TAPA EMEA, the Transported Asset Protection Association’s Europe, Middle East & Africa region, to help build information sharing and resilience across the logistics industry.
“The safety and security of our members’ staff while delivering for the economy is of paramount importance,” says Maddi Solloway-Price, Logistics UK’s Head of Road Freight Policy, “which makes our partnership with TAPA EMEA such a great fit for us.
“As the world’s leading supply chain security and resilience association, TAPA EMEA is committed to helping minimise losses from its members through information sharing, training and monitoring – all elements of moving goods which we are keen to help our members improve.
“By tapping into their expertise, and sharing our own knowledge with them, we are confident that the partnership will help to drive awareness of and create solutions for future issues, before they occur.”
Growing industry collaboration to highlight the threat of cargo crime to supply chains in the UK, and increasing awareness at a government level, is very encouraging. TAPA EMEA and our members are only too aware of the high level of freight crime across the UK.
As well as gathering and sharing more intelligence to understand when, where, and how these crimes occur, we also encourage industry stakeholders to use the various security and crime prevention solutions already available to reduce the chances of falling victim to cargo crime, said TAPA EMEA’s President & CEO, Thorsten Neumann.
He added, “These include our own supply chain security Standards for facilities, trucking, secure parking, and cyber security as well as Driver Security Guides and training courses, all created to minimise supply chain losses.”
