1. Industry Tools to Enhance International Freight Transport Security
Inland Transport Security Discussion Forum
UNECE
Palais des Nations, Geneva
28-29 January 2010
Peter Krausz Head – Goods Transport and Facilitation
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2. Content Reduce Road Crime TRANSPark BWTO TIR and related e-tools
Industry Security Standards
Professional Training
./. IRU-ITF Survey recommendations: how to reduce crime?
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3. INFORMATION Reduce Road Crime Joint IRU-ITF recommendations: Reporting
Police road freight crime unit
Parking areas
Intelligence/Information / advice
Awareness; prevention
Robust security devices
Depot security
INFORMATION
Joint IRU-ITF recommendations:
Improve reporting, recording & monitoring
Establish a road freight crime unit
Establish safe & secure truck parking areas
Provide intelligence/information and advice
Raise awareness; security-related training
Equip vehicles with robust security devices
Increase depot security
Issue drivers with security and crime prevention instructions
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Provide and disseminate information!
./.in order to improve information flow: IRU&ITF have developed TRANSPark web application!
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4. TRANSPark
Internet application: search / locate / register parking areas
Driver Information One-Stop Shop
TRANSPark maps & GEO-Coordinates = heart of the application
What is TRANSPark??
Internet application: search / locate / register parking areas
Driver Information One-Stop Shop
TRANSPark maps & GEO-Coordinates = heart of the application
./. Home Page
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5. TRANSPark Home Homepage
Home Page … - since September 2009; very popular site!
./. Search function
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6. TRANSPark Search Sites around Berlin Site Close-up Route Planning
./. Other functions
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7. Free of charge, also in a portable device-friendly format!
TRANSPark Functions
Radius, text (address), advanced search
Route planner & slot availability
Fuel prices & border waiting times;
Flash information on traffic restrictions;
Security guidelines and checklists;
Weather conditions;
Currency converter;
Legal advice and support;
Easy to update by external data submitters
INFORMATION
Free of charge, also in a portable device-friendly format!
search for and contact some 3000 parking areas
route planner;
fuel prices in 40 countries;
border waiting times;
flash information on traffic restrictions;
security guidelines and checklists;
weather conditions;
currency converter;
legal advice and support;
easy to update by external data submitters
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Free of charge, also in a portable device-friendly format!
Basic: Information!
./. Another disease: border waiting times with all related problems >>> IRU BWTO…
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8. IRU BWTO [Border Waiting Times Observatory]
./. Information flow?
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9. Output = Input BWTO Data input Data Output
By customs, MoT, Associations / simple e-interface
In and Out
Several input a day possible (quasi real time)
Verbal notice on delay reasons
Data Output
Data for buses or trucks
In and Out
Visualisation by day or any other period
Graphs
Textual information
Output = Input
Data input
By customs, MoT, Associations / simple e-interface
In and Out
Several input a day possible (quasi real time)
Verbal notice on delay reasons
Data Output
Data for buses or trucks
Visualisation by day or any other period
Graphs
Textual information
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Info output =< Info input!! This is the rule!
./. Examples of valuable graphs
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10. INFORMATION BWTO Graphs Click: Basic: Information!!
./. Main transit facilitation instrument managed in PPP: TIR
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11. Managed by the IRU in partnership with CP-s since 1949
TIR
TIR System
AEO-Conform
TIR = also a security tool
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Most of the provisions make it an AEO system (95%).
There is need only for a number of new provisions to make it security tight and applicable for the WCO SFAE framework of security standards (5%).
./. TIR EPD
Managed by the IRU in partnership with CP-s since 1949
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12. TIR Electronic Pre-declarations (TIR-EPD)
Interface in 13 languages
8 Countries: CZ, EST, FIN, HUN, PL, SK, SLO, BG
Under preparation for F, LV, LT, RO, BY, TR, UA, I, GR
Enables: risk assessment, rapid procedures, Security & AEO-conformity
Holder
IE15 Data
INFORMATION
Customs
Interface in 13 languages
8 Countries: CZ, EST, FIN, HUN, PL, SK, SLO, BG
Under preparation for F, LV, LT, RO, BY, TR, UA, I, GR
Enables:
risk assessment,
rapid procedures,
Security & AEO-conformity
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Basic: Information flow
./. Another example: Real-time Safe TIR
Validation OK
TIR Customs Declaration
Goods Released for Transit
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13. Real-Time SafeTIR: IRU–RF FCS
The status of the TIR Carnet is:
Valid (with the following details: Holder ID, validity date, Issuing Association name)
Invalid
Not issued/False/other situations
GNIVTs Moscow
SafeTIR data
IRU Geneva
INFORMATION
What is the status of the TIR Carnet ?
The status of the TIR Carnet is:
Valid (with the following details: Holder ID, validity date, Issuing Association name)
Invalid
Not issued/False/other situations
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Information!
./. Soft security tools: industry standards
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14. Industry Security Standards
INFORMATION
Goal: increase supply and mobility chain security
Voluntary IRU Security Guidelines for Managers, Drivers, Shippers, Operators carrying Dangerous Goods, plus customs-related Voluntary Agreements
Voluntary IRU Security Guidelines for Bus, Coach and Taxi Operators and Drivers
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Information
./. Other soft tool: training
Freight
Passenger
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15. INFORMATION Professional Training CPC DRIVER PROGRAMME
CPC MANAGER PROGRAMME
INFORMATION
TACHOGRAPH PROGRAMME & DRIVING & REST TIME RULES
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Information
./. To conclude: a question…
DANGEROUS GOODS (ADR) PROGRAMME
“IRU ACADEMY ONLINE“ INTERNET APPLICATION
TRIPARTITE HIV/AIDS PROJECT
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16. What is the common denominator in all industry proposed solutions?
To conclude:
What is the common denominator in all industry proposed solutions?
What is the common denominator in all industry proposed solutions?
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17. All tools Accomplish Goals of International Conventions
TIR
INFORMATION
All tools Accomplish Goals of International Conventions:
International Convention on the Harmonisation of Frontier Controls of Goods, Annex 8
TIR Convention
WCO SAFE Framework
… other conventions
AND
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All tools depend on Information availability!
./. AND finally >>> PPP
Annex 8
WCO-Safe
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18. All Tools are based on True Public-Private Partnership
INFORMATION
All Tools are based on true Public-Private Partnership
A strong recommendation of this Forum should be to Governments and all other parties:
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security = information availability!
./. Thank you
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