Shippers reject calls for mandatory container weighing

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The European Shippers Council has set out its opposition to the broad grouping of maritime interests that have called for the International Maritime Organization’s Safety of Life at Sea (Solas) regulations to be amended to require all containers to be weighed before loading at the export port to ensure to that the actual weights match the declared weight on the shipping documents.

The proposal – put forward by the Danish and Dutch governments in conjunction with shipping bodies the World Shipping Council, ...