by JÜRGEN WEHNERT — Operations Manager, Move & Park
SETPOS convenes an intense three-day workshop to establish the main elements of truck parking security standards.
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by ANDREW TRAILL — Shippers Voice
How long can industry and governments afford to ignore the issues of security of freight and that of their drivers?.
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by LIONEL LEULLIER — Project Director for Secure Truck Parking, Vinci Concessions
News flash: New secure truck park soon to open in France
We are entering the final phase of construction and, around 13 May, we shall be able to open the new secure truck park of Truck Etape, near Valenciennes' "A2 Exit 20 La Sentinelle". We will then test this facility “live” by hosting our first customers, and we will have our inauguration on 12 June, exactly one year after the site’s official first tree planting. See further information at www.trucketape.com.
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by JOHN MILES — Consultant, Faber Maunsell
Announcement: Next SETPOS Advisory Board meeting in June
SETPOS is pleased to announce that the next Advisory Board meeting will take place in Valenciennes, France on June 12 2008, one year after the first tree planting. This meeting will be combined with the official opening of the pilot site Truck Etape, Valenciennes with DGTREN. Invitees include the IRU, Dutch Government and Associations (ACv), TLN, EIB, Channel Corridor Partnerships, MEPs, Eurotunnel, CORTE, ETF, IRF, DFT, and others. More detailed information about this event will follow shortly.
It is great to see (photo left) that the first tree is thriving wonderfully and starting to bloom in time for the meeting.
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Format: Electronic PDF Brochure; languages: English and French; price: FREE.
Executive summary: The Survey has targeted one of the specific concerns stemming from criminal activities: attacks on international drivers involving, almost systematically, the theft of the cargo, the vehicle and the driver’s personal belongings. The results of the survey presented in this report aim to increase understanding of the problem, clarify attack characteristics and dimensions, quantify the economic and other losses engendered by attacks and identify the best possible tools and means to protect international drivers’ life and health as well as their vehicles and the cargo in the load compartments.
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Condolences
Fritz-Joachim Schneidewindt-Brennecke, owner of Rasthof Uhrsleben, recently passed away after a short illness. We offer our condolences to the family, and acknowledge that Mr Schneidewindt-Brennecke was a pioneer for secure truck parking, and that we respect his contribution to SETPOS' aims.
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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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