Containers must be weighed from July 2016

摘要

Changes to IMO's SOLAS convention making it mandatory for containers to be weighed prior to be loaded onto a ship have been welcomed by ship insurers. The requirement becomes mandatory on 1 July 2016,after which date it would be a SOLAS violation to load a packed box onto a vessel if the ship and marine terminal operator don't have a verified container gross mass. Unweighed boxes may incur delays, and miss their designated ship. Operators who fail to comply will be fined or penalised.