VGM container weight mis-declaration 'rampant at most ports', say forwarders
Container carriers are dealing with widespread weight mis-declarations by shippers, refuelling long-standing ship safety hazard ...
For over 20 years, shippers have been legally obliged to declare the correct weight of the containers they have contracted shipping lines to carry – the fact that many routinely have not really ought to be a question of law enforcement.
After all, transgressors are hiding in plain sight; all the details are on the bills of lading and if there was accident with a container where the weight had been misdeclared, it ought to be relatively simply to find and ...
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