CONTAINER weighing proposals before the UN's
International Maritime Organisation (IMO) are flawed, according to the Asian
Shippers Meeting and the European Shippers' Council.
The Asia Shippers Meeting is made up of the Hong Kong
Shippers Council, the Indonesian Shippers Council, the Macau Shippers
Association and the Thai National Shippers Association with the Korean
International Trade Association having observer status.
These shipper groups suggest instead that timely
declarations of container weights and an amendment on stowage plans to allow
for a solution that "should include proper stowage and lashing of
containers" would be better than costly and cumbersome container
weigh-ins.
The compromise proposal approved by IMO sub-committee on
dangerous goods, solid cargoes and containers, offers shippers two methods to
verify the weight of a container - either by weighing the packed container, or
by weighing all packages and cargo items and then adding the weight of an empty
container, pallets and dunnage.
These proposals have approval from the shipowner group,
World Shipping Council, and the IMO-friendly Global Shippers Forum, ahead of
the IMO's maritime safety committee. The International Transport Workers
Federation supports the proposal for the weighing of all loaded containers.
Source : HKSG.
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