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A bit of background: http://www.maerskline.com/de-de/countries/int/news/news-articles/2015/07/solas-weight http://www.maerskline.com/de-de/countries/int/news/ne
by hga 11y ago
A bit of background: http://www.maerskline.com/de-de/countries/int/news/news-articles/2015/07/solas-weight http://www.maerskline.com/de-de/countries/int/news/news-arti...
tl;dr: ships are not going to trust the weights supplied by packers of cargo containers after mid-2016, instead the weights must be supplied to each ship by the shipping companies or approved 3rd parties in advance of loading.
- joezydeco 11y agoWhat's the safety reason behind it all? Are ships sailing with improper centers-of-gravity due to incorrect loading?
- hga 11y agoIt sounds like it's more a they can't correctly load without knowing the true weights of the containers, and no doubt more than a few companies that are filling them lie about the weight.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 11y agoThe necessity of this law would suggest the imperfection of the free market.
- woodman 11y ago> ...for the implementation of Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) verified gross mass (VGM) regulations... I wonder how you define "free market".