News / IMO passes mandatory container weighing - but with a compromise for shippers

20/09/2013

New regulations that will make it mandatory for containers to be weighed – or have their stated weight otherwise verified – are set to be introduced to international shipping after the International Maritime Organization (IMO) member states today voted in the amendment to its Safety ...

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