SOLAS container weighing rules create $4bn industry – and 'blatant profiteering'
This year’s implementation of the verified gross mass (VGM) amendment to the SOLAS [Safety of ...
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A new survey of ship agents and brokers has discovered that nearly 20% of countries signed up to IMO international maritime conventions have report to say which national authority will oversee implementation of the new container weight regulations.
A survey conducted by the Federation of National Agents and Ship Brokers Association (FONASBA) of its members across more than 50 countries, found that in 10, the identity of designated authority had yet to be revealed, despite there being just three months before the new rules come ...
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Chris Gillespie
April 06, 2016 at 2:27 pmWhat a complete and utter mess.
Don’t see anyone commenting or considering the July 1st implementation date and how that will impact cargoes loaded prior to that date but transshipped AFTER the implementation date?
Surely any transshipment vessel loading ctnrs after July 1st will require a VGM?
If that is the case this would push the effective date up as much as a month or more!