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Half China's export boxes have no VGMs, but cargo still loads: K+N
FIFTY per cent of all the verified gross mass (VGM) declarations were missing on containerised exports received in China by forwarding giant Kuehne + Nagel, but that did not stop boxes from boarding ships without delay, reported IHS Media.
But efforts, usually telephone calls, to get weight declarations from shippers produced sufficient costs to justify Kuehne + Nagel's demands for US$12.75 VGM fee per box over protests from shippers' associations.
When the UN's Safety of Life at Sea VGM rule went into effect July 1, 30 per cent of all export containers out of Shanghai had no VGMs, said Kuehne + Nagel vice president Markus Johannsen.
"That means for each single container, a Kuehne + Nagel operator must call up the shipper or vendor in China to ask them for the missing information otherwise we cannot process the data," he said.
It is understood that whoever supplies the VGM weight number has made a legal declaration. Verified or not, the forwarder and the carrier must have a credible number to get the box aboard. So to avoid VGM fees, shippers should provide an acceptable number to whoever wants one.
But efforts, usually telephone calls, to get weight declarations from shippers produced sufficient costs to justify Kuehne + Nagel's demands for US$12.75 VGM fee per box over protests from shippers' associations.
When the UN's Safety of Life at Sea VGM rule went into effect July 1, 30 per cent of all export containers out of Shanghai had no VGMs, said Kuehne + Nagel vice president Markus Johannsen.
"That means for each single container, a Kuehne + Nagel operator must call up the shipper or vendor in China to ask them for the missing information otherwise we cannot process the data," he said.
It is understood that whoever supplies the VGM weight number has made a legal declaration. Verified or not, the forwarder and the carrier must have a credible number to get the box aboard. So to avoid VGM fees, shippers should provide an acceptable number to whoever wants one.
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