SOLAS container weighing rules create $4bn industry – and 'blatant profiteering'
This year’s implementation of the verified gross mass (VGM) amendment to the SOLAS [Safety of ...
UK firm Strainstall has produced a new portable container weighing system for shippers to calculate the verified gross mass of their export containers.
The firm, part of shipping services company James Fisher Group, said the system was aimed at shippers with no access to weighbridges and whose gateway ports and terminals do not intend to provide weighing services.
Managing director Simon Everett said: “In many countries around the world, ports and terminals are preparing to offer a container weighing service to help shippers comply with ...
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