SETPOS Newsletter Nº 2: November 2007

The SETPOS Newsletter Editorial Team welcomes you to this second edition.

This SETPOS Newsletter Nº 2 features mainly (but not exclusively) activity in Germany, and the next Newsletter might well have another specific focus.

Enjoy — and, naturally, we always appreciate your comment and feedback.

To access a complete article below, you should click on the orange underlined title; to access the websites of the involved organisations, click on any logo on the right, or above.


Cutting the ribbon		 by JÜRGEN WEHNERT – Operations Manager, Move & Park

News: first SETPOS pilot site opens in Germany

Germany’s first secured parking area which will act as a test site for the SETPOS project was opened on the 14 September after consultation with various partners.
by JÜRGEN WEHNERT – Operations Manager, Move & Park

First meeting of German partners

Two numbers — 10,000 and 1 — were the focal point of a high level meeting in Frankfurt in October of representatives from insurance companies, parking site opera stors, organisations, interest groups and the SETPOS IT service provider.
by RUEDI ANNER – CEO, Move & Park

Drivers and carriers join forces to ensure parking safety

It is not very often that parties, who by their very nature represent diverging interests in an industry, sit together for months to jointly work out recommendations. Yet this was the case when the European Transport Workers’ Federation (EFT) and the International Road Transport Union (IRU) joined forces to discuss the issues surrounding safe and secure parking spaces for drivers in Europe...

from the trucker.de website; original German article written by GERLACH FRONEMANN

In the news: drivers tell German trucker website of safety concerns

by VEDA

Partner profile: VEDA of Germany

VEDA, the Vereinigung Deutscher Autohöfe, was founded in 1995 to represent the common interests of privately owned truckstops in politics and the economy and to increase the quality of service for drivers.
Introduction in English by MARIANNE KISTLER – Move & Park; full article in German by Dr. HERMANN SCHAUFLER

A German politician speaks his mind

by JÜRGEN WEHNERT – Operations Manager, Move & Park

Perspective: moving ahead for more parking sites in Germany

by Dr. ANDREA BRESSLER – MANNS Ingenieure, Dr. Manns + Conrad GmbH

Truck parking news: new system increases parking capacity at pilot site

by MARK CONNELL – People United Against Crime

Partner profile: Yorkshire and Humber TruckWatch

TruckWatch is a freight crime reduction initiative run by People United Against Crime (PUAC), a charity set up by the South Yorkshire Police (SYP) and operating from Sheffield.

Update: Report by the SETPOS coordinator

Update: SETPOS Work Packages


Postscript

by DAVID MILLNER – Marketing Manager, Move & Park, and acting SETPOS Newsletter Editor
(a thanks to Glynis Crook, for her wise and rigorous editorial assistance)

This newsletter is intended for all participants and interested parties of the SETPOS project. SETPOS stands for Secured European Truck Parking Operational Services and became possible thanks to a grant by the European Commission, Directorate General for Transport and Energy (DG TREN).

The SETPOS project involves a widespread alliance of partners across Europe who are already active in improving freight safety and security. SETPOS' objective is to set the standard, and to demonstrate this through 5 sites, hence facilitating the development of a reliable network of secure parking sites across the European Union. Through SETPOS, a Europe-wide truck parking information, guidance and reservation system is being developed.

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