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Pro-mandatory weigh-in coalition musters to dampen rising shipper protests
AGAINST rising protests from shippers against mandatory container weigh-ins that their expense, a pro-weigh-in coalition of carriers, insurers, a health and safety lobby as well as un unrepresentative shippers' group have released a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) to address problems arising from the new container weighing regulations due to take effect globally on July 1, 2016.
The pro-weigh-in group is made up of the carrier group World Shipping Council (WSC), maritime insurers TT Club, the health and safety group International Cargo Handling Coordination Association (ICHCA), and the pro-bureaucratic Global Shippers' Forum (GSF), whose membership does not include the world's major container shipper associations, will pay for the weigh-ins.
The amendments to the UN's SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea) Convention require packed shipping containers to have a verified gross mass (VGM) before they can be loaded on a ship for export, said the group's statement.
The amendments were adopted by the UN's International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to reduce the dangers to containerships, their crews, and all those involved in container transport throughout the supply chain.
"The FAQs have been developed by the industry coalition in response to numerous questions from shippers, carriers, forwarders, and terminal operators about the steps they must take to ensure successful implementation of the new regulations," said the group's statement.
"This initial FAQs document seeks to clarify how the SOLAS container weight verification requirements will function in various situations. It identifies commercial and operational arrangements that will have to be addressed, and it flags issues that must be dealt with by national governments," group said.
The FAQs document can be accessed here:http://www.ttclub.com/loss-prevention/publications/container-weighing/
The pro-weigh-in group is made up of the carrier group World Shipping Council (WSC), maritime insurers TT Club, the health and safety group International Cargo Handling Coordination Association (ICHCA), and the pro-bureaucratic Global Shippers' Forum (GSF), whose membership does not include the world's major container shipper associations, will pay for the weigh-ins.
The amendments to the UN's SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea) Convention require packed shipping containers to have a verified gross mass (VGM) before they can be loaded on a ship for export, said the group's statement.
The amendments were adopted by the UN's International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to reduce the dangers to containerships, their crews, and all those involved in container transport throughout the supply chain.
"The FAQs have been developed by the industry coalition in response to numerous questions from shippers, carriers, forwarders, and terminal operators about the steps they must take to ensure successful implementation of the new regulations," said the group's statement.
"This initial FAQs document seeks to clarify how the SOLAS container weight verification requirements will function in various situations. It identifies commercial and operational arrangements that will have to be addressed, and it flags issues that must be dealt with by national governments," group said.
The FAQs document can be accessed here:http://www.ttclub.com/loss-prevention/publications/container-weighing/
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