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Next month a new law within the EU will force shippers to declare the weight of their cargo to hauliers transporting goods within Europe.
In what amounts to a partial extension of the verified gross mass (VGM) amendment of the Safety of Life at Sea regulations, which entered global maritime regulation last July, 7 May will see EU 2015/719 directive formally enter law.
Shippers with goods loaded in containers and swapbodies will have to provide hauliers with what was described by Freight Transport Association ...
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Andy Lane
April 08, 2017 at 9:58 amAnd where the Export container VGM is obtained at the receiving terminal, it will have already completed its first mile leg. So that process is unlikely to achieve the desired result.
Mike Kirkman
May 01, 2017 at 10:10 amThe implication of this is that the weight must be known at the container pack location and shippers can’t rely on an offsite weighbridge or the port to weigh the container.