News / Dutch u-turn throws mandatory container weighing into doubt

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The Dutch government will have to reverse its support for the mandatory weighing of containers prior to being loaded on vessels after members of its Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal (House of Representatives) voted overwhelmingly to reject the policy.

A motion was put forward to Dutch MPs in mid-March by the country’s liberal party and co-signed by its labour party which proposed, firstly that Dutch minister for the infrastructure and environment Melanie Schultz van Haegen stop pursuing the introduction of mandatory container ...