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26 September, 2013
In this issue:
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Verification of container weight
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Container weighing - control and enforcement
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Verification of container weight: the starting gun has been primed - on your marks!
On 20 September 2013, the IMO Sub-committee on Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers (DSC) agreed a revision to the SOLAS convention to mandate the verification of gross
mass of containers prior to loading on board a ship. The Sub-committee also agreed accompanying guidelines, which cover what have emerged as the difficulties in implementing throughout the industry and the way in which the change can be enforced. This decision
marks an important milestone in a debate that has been going on within the industry for many years and at IMO for the last six.
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Container weighing - control and enforcement
One aspect of the container weighing debate has concerned the way in which the port and terminal industry will participate. IAPH supported the proposed amendment to SOLAS,
while terminals have sometimes seemed less enthusiastic. As the law comes into focus, what are the possible impacts for container terminals?
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Peregrine Storrs-Fox
Risk Management Director, TT Club
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