PSA Group and Global Ports are VGM-ready
NewsTwo more leading container terminal operators have almost simultaneously announced that they are ready to offer a SOLAS weighing service...
Felixstowe opts for Bromma for its VGM service
NewsThe Port of Felixstowe will install twistlock-based weighing systems from Bromma as its VGM service offer...
PEMA focuses on VGM for student award
NewsThe Port Equipment Manufacturers' Association has opted for VGM compliance as the theme of its 4th Student Challenge, taking place during th...
APM Terminals to provide VGM service
NewsAPM Terminals says it will provide container weighing services for SOLAS verified gross mass requirements (Method 1) at 29 locations...
Container shippers weigh-laid
NewsDespite short-term uncertainty over what global rules on container weighing hold for the industry, insurers are looking for long-term safety...
OCEMA develops VGM "Best Practice" guidelines
NewsThe Washington (DC)-based Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association adopted a recommended Best Practice for the acceptance and transmis...
…but Kiwi ports decline
NewsNew Zealand ports have collectively decided not to offer container weighing services. The country’s nine container ports have developed a ...
Broekman weighs in…
NewsBroekman Logistics is offering a container weighing service at its Brittanniëhaven facility in Rotterdam’s Botlek from 1 July, when the S...
Forklift attachments for container weighing
NewsDB Schenker in Rotterdam is implementing a system to calculate the verified gross mass (VGM) of containers to meet the new SOLAS requirement...
IMO and ICHCA clarify weighing
NewsThe IMO has made it crystal clear that verified container weights are mandatory after 1 July and there will be no extension of time for the ...
Getting ready to weigh in
NewsThere is still no certainty over the regulatory requirements for container weighing equipment in most jurisdictions, but terminals planning ...
Tiemann ready to weigh
NewsBremen-based Friedrich Tiemann GmbH & Co has opened a 4,000 m2 extension to its existing container freight station in Bremen, and opened new...
US will not delay weighing rule
NewsThe US Coast Guard has told American shippers that it will not delay implementation of the SOLAS Chapter VI amendment requiring containers t...
DP World weighs in
NewsDP World will offer a weighing service to provide container shippers with the required verified gross mass documentation (SOLAS Chapter VI a...
Felixstowe to offer container weighing
NewsThe Port of Felixstowe has confirmed that it will offer a container weighing service to ensure UK shippers are able to comply with the new S...