'Governments must get behind drive for safer packing of containers'
Governments must support the widespread use of the CTU Code to improve packing and thus the safety ...
A US technology firm has developed a new app to help shippers and smaller forwarders comply with recently introduced container weight verification regulations.
The new law, adopted into international maritime law on 1 July as an amendment to the International Maritime Organization’s Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) regulations, means shippers must provide the verified gross mass (VGM) of a container before it is loaded onto a vessel at the export port.
Shippers and forwarders have warned that the new laws would cause disruptions ...
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