Although ocean shipping is much more energy efficient than air or road transport, the price of shipping goods will continue to face upward pressure as regulators impose tighter pollution combating rules. The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) will introduce new low-sulphur fuel regulations that impose a cap on sulphur emissions of 0.5% of fuel content from […]
Effective from July 1st, 2016, all shippers, as a requirement under international shipping regulations, are responsible for verifying the weight of containers (the verified gross mass or VGM) and providing this information to carriers sufficiently in advance of vessel loading. Estimates will not be allowed and shippers can use two methods to obtain the actual […]
Shippers are required to provide a signed “verified gross mass” of the container to the master of the ship (or their representative) and the terminal in advance of the container being loaded. Download: Export Weight Declaration form – SOLAS
Effective from July 1st 2016, all shippers, as a requirement under international shipping regulations, are responsible for verifying the weight of containers (the verified gross mass or VGM) and providing this information to carriers sufficiently in advance of vessel loading. This requirement falls under the newly amended Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention, Chapter […]
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