Description
“The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted new regulations under the Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS) requiring shippers to provide a verified weight for every packed container as a condition for vessel loading. These new requirements, already a part of U.S. law, become effective worldwide on July 1, 2016. International trade will suffer if by that date shippers, carriers and terminal operators are unable to load packed containers onto ships because proper, verified container weights (VCW) have not been provided, transmitted, received and used per the SOLAS regulations.”