On July 1, the World Shipping Council (WSC) issued a new mandatory global requirement under the International Maritime Organization's International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) which will require every packed container to have a verified container weight as a condition for vessel loading.
The regulations place a requirement on the shipper
of a packed container to provide the container's gross verified weight to the
ocean carrier and port terminal representative sufficiently in advance of
vessel loading to be used in the preparation of the ship stowage plan. The WSC
has developed a guidance document to explain what the
implementation of the SOLAS amendments will require of shippers, carriers, and
terminal operators.
For more information
on the new requirement, please contact Scott Horne