News / Shippers must meet the challenge of new box weighing rules as overload risks grow

30/04/2015

As containerships grow ever larger – vessels of 24,000 teu are now on the drawing board – the risk posed by overloading grows greater too.

Regulators have decided that from July next year, all containers must be weighed before loading. Exporters, port executives and shipping line ...

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