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Tuesday, July 5, 2016
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Maritime News

Shippers Slam Forwarders and Carriers ‘Exploiting’ VGM Rule to Add Fees

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Shipper representatives have claimed that some freight forwarders and carriers have looked to use the recently

July 5, 2016
Total Views: 31

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News

APM Terminals: ‘Smooth Transition’ to New Container Weight Verification Rule

One of the world’s largest container terminal operators is reporting a “smooth transition” to the new container weight verification rule now

July 5, 2016
Total Views: 73

Wednesday, April 6, 2016
One in Five Countries Still Haven’t Identified Authority Over New Container Weight Verification
Maritime News

One in Five Countries Still Haven’t Identified Authority Over New Container Weight Verification

By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – A new survey of ship agents and brokers has discovered that nearly 20% of countries signed up to IMO international

April 6, 2016
Total Views: 8

Friday, March 4, 2016
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USCG

US Exporters Exempt From SOLAS, says USCG

  By Alex Lennane, TheLoadStar – The US Coast Guard (USCG), which this week added further confusion to the soon-to-be enforced SOLAS

March 4, 2016
Total Views: 27

Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Felixstowe, London Gateway and Southampton First UK Ports to Offer Container Weighing Service
Maritime News

Felixstowe, London Gateway and Southampton First UK Ports to Offer Container Weighing Service

By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – DP World’s two UK container terminals at London Gateway and Southampton are to offer shippers container weighing

February 16, 2016
Total Views: 89

Sunday, February 7, 2016
Shipping Container Markings
Maritime News

Maersk Launches New Container Weighing Campaign

By Sam Whelan (The Loadstar) Maersk Line is preparing an awareness campaign to alert shippers to container weighing regulations that come

February 7, 2016
Total Views: 52

Thursday, December 3, 2015
Shipping Container Markings
News

How To Avoid Chaos From New Container Weight Verification Laws

By San Whelan & Gavin van Marle (TheLoadstar) LONDON – The imminent enforcement of mandatory container weight verification is causing widespread

December 3, 2015
Total Views: 75

Thursday, September 17, 2015
Industry Fears Law on Container Weight Verification Could Bring Cargo Chaos
Maritime News

Industry Fears Law on Container Weight Verification Could Bring Cargo Chaos

  Shippers, forwarders, shipping lines and container terminals “urgently” need to begin discussions over the practicalities of implementing the

September 17, 2015
Total Views: 69

Thursday, November 13, 2014
IMB Uncovers Unusual Container Weight Fraud
Maritime News

IMB Uncovers Unusual Container Weight Fraud

The International Maritime Bureau has been alerted to a fraud involving a shipping container's weight and size that is atypical of what one might out of a

November 13, 2014
Total Views: 11

Tuesday, May 20, 2014
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Maritime News

IMO Approves SOLAS Amendments for Container Weight Verification

The International Maritime Organization’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) has approved long-awaited changes to the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) convention

May 20, 2014
Total Views: 20

Thursday, June 20, 2013
MOL Comfort – Is Container Weight the Issue? [OP/ED]
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MOL Comfort – Is Container Weight the Issue? [OP/ED]

How on earth does a 5 year old 90,000 ton containership, built by one of Japan’s finest shipyards and operated by a tip-top liner company, come to be

June 20, 2013
Total Views: 278

Monday, September 17, 2012
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Blog

What’s the Weight? Why Weighing of Cargo Containers is Critical

– By Captain Rich Madden Last year in a Persian Gulf port, we finished loading for a southbound transit to East Africa on a small container ship.

September 17, 2012
Total Views: 538
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