Is [container] weighing enough?

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Last month, the IMO formally adopted the container weighing initiative, with it most likely to enter into force in 2016. It also adopted new guidelines for the correct packing of containers. In this useful article, TT Club risk management director Peregrine Storrs-Fox explains the background to the new legislation and why it is so important to all partners in the supply chain.