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Emerging cargo security threats are causing security professionals to implement security standards to protect their high value goods and supply chain. The champion for cargo security standards is the Transportation Asset Protection Association (TAPA) and major freight providers are implementing TAPA security standards for the care and handling of freight.
Trucking Security Requirements (TSR) have been developed by TAPA member to ensure safe and secure transportation for high value goods. The following article outlines the Trucking Security Requirements that will help suppliers maintain security for their trucking operations. Security is the responsibility of the supplier, but it takes suppliers, agents and buyers to work in concert to protect the cargo.
Cargo security starts long before the high value goods are manufactured. Cargo Security is a formal process where the supplier and/or buyer develop and implement security standards that all players must adhere. Any security gaps are to be documented, assessed and written action plans to address noncompliance.
Trucking Security Requirements are not magic bullets, rather TSR is a process that must be documented and followed. The supplier’s weakest link occurs at the point where short-cuts are taken and creates an opportunity for thieves. Trucking Security Requirements must address the following major areas of concern:
Areas of Concern
- Physical Security
- Security Systems
- Security Procedures
- Personnel
- Security Training
- Enhanced Security Requirements
The TAPA website (http://www.tapaonline.org) contains additional detail and other resources to protect high value goods. TAPA’s fundamental objective is to affect positive change in the security practices of the freight transportation and insurance communities.
Secure Trailer Lots follows TAPA Trucking Security Requirements principles to ensure safe and secure trailer parking and our basic parking service meets these requirements. We believe that TAPA processes address security risks and our services will benefit suppliers requiring security for high value goods.
Contact Secure Trailer Lots to discuss your trailer parking requirements.
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Published: 23 December 2008
Some 80 percent of all communities in the United States rely solely on trucks for the products and goods they receive, including food, books, clothing, electronics, automobiles, and medical supplies; making sure these trucks and their cargo are safe is thus an essential part of securing the home front
If you are in the trucking business, you should be interested in this: The American Trucking Associations (ATA) has just released the ATA Certified Cargo Security Professional Resource Guidebook, which provides a detailed explanation of motor carrier security from pick up to delivery. Developed by ATA's Security Council, the 186-page guidebook helps readers evaluate and manage risk and trucking security, whether physical security en route and at a facility, personnel, or information and computer security.
The Certified Cargo Security Professional (CCSP) guidebook covers investigations in the logistics environment, emergency disaster management, federal security regulations for hazardous materials transportation, cross-border security, intermodal security, and food security. In addition, the guidebook serves as the study resource for the CCSP Certification examination administered through ATA and recognized by the North American Transportation Management Institute. The CCSP Certification is a specialty credential that denotes a level of knowledge and skill in the design, implementation, and administration of security protection in the cargo/transportation industry.
"Eighty percent of all communities in the U.S. rely solely on trucks for the products and goods they receive, including food, books, clothing, electronics, automobiles, and medical supplies," said ATA president and CEO Bill Graves. "Securing the transportation infrastructure and supply chain against potential acts of cargo theft, natural disaster, organized crime, and even terrorism is a critical piece of the homeland security effort. ATA established the CCSP Certification and accompanying CCSP Resource Guidebook to address this vital need by expanding and unifying our industry's approach to security."
The guidebook may be purchased at the ATA Web site.
Source: HSDailyWire.com
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