VGM Mandate considers, as the keys to its optimal implementation, the correct weight of shipment with calibrated and certified scales, shippers responsibility to provide the correct VGM in advance and the information to all actors in the logistics chain before containers arrive at either terminal.
The SOLAS mandate requires that shippers provide the weight of each container to carriers using one of two methods:
weight the container after it is loaded and sealed.
weight each individual package and cargo item (including packaging and dunnage/ securing materials) and add the Tare weight of the container.
All weighing needs to be done […]