Mulling Europe's overweight container problem

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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

The European Shippers Council has proposed that problems related to misdeclared container weights can be dealt with through better exchange of information between shippers and container liner companies . But Chris Koch, chief executive officer of the World Shipping Council, said the ESC’s proposal “would not solve the problem and it is an obfuscation of the issue.” The International Maritime Organization’s Subcommittee on Dangerous Goods, Solid car...

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