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European shippers: Container weighing a 'false remedy'

Logistics Management

Thursday, June 21, 2012

The European Shippers Council (ESC) said a proposal to more strictly regulate container weights is "the wrong remedy for the container transport safety issues the sector is dealing with." Several governments and industry trade associations said earlier this week that they want the International Maritime Organization to amend the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) treaty to require loaded containers be weighed to determine their actual weight before being loaded. The proposal was ...

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