Logistics companies seek details of 'impossible' container weighing rule

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Logistics companies have urged the IMO to provide more detail about the much-debated container verification rules, set to be introduced in July. The Global Consolidators Working Group called for more clarification, both on how the rule will be policed and how each of 170 or so countries will enforce it. The group called for the details to be sent to all concerned parties by April 1. According to one major shipper, the confusion and potential for delays could cause the sea freight business more upset even than last year’s west coast port chaos.