Going for Gold! Park Mark Freight for Goldstar Transport Truck Park
Goldstar Transport is first site in Essex to be awarded Park Mark Freight
Open 24/7 and conveniently located just off the A1089 at RM18 7NH, The Goldstar Tilbury Truck Stop offers an inviting and secure environment for truck drivers to rest and recharge.
Park Mark Freight is a new and comprehensive assessment managed by Police Crime Prevention Initiatives and the British Parking Association that seeks to enhance the highest quality of today’s lorry parks and facilities in services and operations. The extension of Safer Parking to truck stops and lorry parks meets a growing demand for efficient, well-managed,and high-quality lorry parks and truck stops in order to combat vehicle and cargo crime.
Park Mark Freight builds upon the Safer Parking Scheme’s Park Mark® Award by introducing essential criteria. The Park Mark® is primarily aimed at the prevention of criminal behaviour within the parking environment and requires owners/operators to adopt an active management strategy to ensure that there is minimal occurrence of crime. The freight industry experiences a high volume of cargo theft and the main Safer Parking Scheme Assessment Guidelines do not explicitly cover this type of business.
To be granted Park Mark Freight, a parking facility must demonstrate a wide range of responsibilities, which include low crime, measures in place to enhance the safety of people and vehicles, good management and operations, and exemplary customer service. Facilities are subject to an annual assessment to ensure these high standards are maintained.
Steve Jones, Facility Manager said, "We are passionate about providing quality, safe and secure parking facilities for our driving force. The facility in Tilbury has allowed us to extend our offerings to the wider HGV community and we are very proud of the facility. We are honoured to have been awarded the Park Mark Freight Award."
Ian Wilson, BPA Area Manager said, “I am delighted that the Goldstar Transport site in Tilbury has achieved the Park Mark Freight award. Steve and his team have been able to demonstrate their hard work and commitment to providing a safe environment for users. It’s a fantastic site and deserves to be the first one in Essex to receive this award”.
Angie Pearson, Designing Out Crime Officer said, “This is the first Park Mark Freight site accredited in Essex. Essex Police welcome the benefits for the HGV drivers using this site, the enhanced security measures of 24-hour on-site SIA accredited security staff, CCTV, secure boundaries, along with the washing and cooking facilities available, are obvious and hopefully, the Goldstar Transport Ltd site will be the first of many Park Mark Freight sites to follow within Essex.”
For more information visit www.britishparking.co.uk/park-mark-freight
To find Park Mark awarded car parks visit www.parkmark.co.uk
Photo left to right
- Ian Wilson, BPA Area Manager
- Steve Jones, Facilities Manager
- Martin Peal, Facilities Manager
- Angie Pearson, Designing Out Crime Officer
Notes to editors
For more information contact the BPA press office – email: media@britishparking.co.uk
1) The BPA is a not-for-profit membership association. We work collaboratively with our members and stakeholders so they can support their local communities by providing the parking services they need, and improving compliance with parking rules and regulations.
2) The Safer Parking Scheme is a national standard for UK car parks that have low crime and measures in place to ensure the safety of people and vehicles. A Park Mark is awarded to each car park that achieves the challenging standards. The distinctive Park Mark signage helps drivers find car parks where they can confidently leave their vehicle, knowing the environment is safer
3) The BPA manages the Safer Parking Scheme on behalf of Police Crime Prevention Initiatives Ltd (Police-CPI) and with support from the Home Office and the Scottish Government. Nine Area Managers are employed by the BPA to actively promote and manage the scheme throughout the U
4) Police Crime Prevention Initiatives Ltd owns the police element of the project. Police CPI works alongside Police Scotland and the Police Service of Northern Ireland to deliver the police element of the Safer Bus Station Scheme.