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WSC, TT Club, ICHCA and GSF publish lines guide on the performance of the norm on the weighing of the container
It last December constitutes a review of the list of the returned FAQ available
June 27, 2016
Today the World Shipping Council (WSC), organism that the shipowning field represents that work in the segment of the transport of line, insurance group TT Club, the logistic association International Cargo Handling Coordination Association (ICHCA) and the association of the Global shipment houses Shippers' Forum (GSF) a series of lines has published guides for the corrected performance of the norm on the weight of the container that will take effect the next 1° July and that it is introduced with an amendment to the Solas convention that establishes it obligation that for all the container in export, before their loading on the ships, must be supplied the data on their gross mass verified (Verified Gross Mass - VGM).
The new list of FAQ, beyond including new questions and answers, anticipates answers which extended to some of the questions listed in the FAQ published to December, all not introducing new interpretations or approaches, but trying to supply ulterior assistance in order to explain requirement SOLAS VGM being based on existing explanatory documents.
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Today the World Shipping Council (WSC), organism that the shipowning field represents that work in the segment of the transport of line, insurance group TT Club, the logistic association International Cargo Handling Coordination Association (ICHCA) and the association of the Global shipment houses Shippers' Forum (GSF) a series of lines has published guides for the corrected performance of the norm on the weight of the container that will take effect the next 1° July and that it is introduced with an amendment to the Solas convention that establishes it obligation that for all the container in export, before their loading on the ships, must be supplied the data on their gross mass verified (Verified Gross Mass - VGM).
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