Congestion at box ports still plaguing Europe's inland waterways
Worsening weather can wreak havoc on inland container networks across northern Europe, leading to surcharges, ...
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By Mike Wackett
The IMO’s senior deputy director for marine technology and cargoes, maritime safety division, Joseph Westwood-Booth, told a packed audience at the ICHCA conference in Barcelona yesterday he wanted to make it “perfectly clear” that there would be “no delays” to the SOLAS amendment on VGM (verified gross mass) determination for containers.
With less than 120 days to go before mandatory container weighing verification before shipment comes into force in 170 countries, the issue was the subject of considerable debate on the ...
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