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SOLAS Update

SOLAS Update

Please be advised that the SOLAS CONTAINER WEIGHT VERIFICATON REQUIREMENT will become legal effective on July 1, 2016. We urge you to begin planning accordingly now.

Update on SOLAS & Calculating the VGM

Update on SOLAS & Calculating the VGM

As you may be aware, the International Maritime Organization (the “IMO”) has amended the Safety of Life at Sea Convention (“SOLAS”) to require that, as a condition of loading aboard ship, every export container first have a shipper submitted “verified gross mass” (referred to as a “VGM”). The VGM is simply the total of the container’s tare weight plus the weight of the cargo stuffed inside.

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