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> That can happen when there’s incorrect weightings on the bills of lading for containers, which many in the industry say happens too often. 32 years since the
by cube00 6y ago
> That can happen when there’s incorrect weightings on the bills of lading for containers, which many in the industry say happens too often.
32 years since the San Bernardino train disaster[1] and we still can't get an accurate weight or at least assume the containers are carrying their maximum allowable weight.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Bernardino_train_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Bernardino_train_disaster
- omosubi 6y agoWhy aren't they weighed at ports? Too expensive I'm guessing?
- nherment 6y agoI don't think that's accurate. VGM[1] has been put in place in 2016 to improve safety. Liners reported high compliance shortly after adoption [2] and [3]. This reporting of self-compliance should of course be taken with a grain of salt. In addition, as the article mentions, the loss of 3000 containers in 2020 should be compared to the 220+ million shipped each year (2019) [4]. That is less than 0.0014%. I'm not saying it's not a problem but am merely pointing out that progress is being made with regards to weighing containers. [1] https://www.aitworldwide.com/what-is-vgm-or-verified-gross-mass https://www.aitworldwide.com/what-is-vgm-or-verified-gross-m... [2] https://www.bifa.org/news/articles/2016/sep/container-lines-report-95-vgm-compliance-rate https://www.bifa.org/news/articles/2016/sep/container-lines-... [3] https://www.msc.com/fra/agency-news/2016-july/100-vgm-compliance-says-msc?lang=it-it https://www.msc.com/fra/agency-news/2016-july/100-vgm-compli... [4] https://www.bifa.org/news/articles/2020/jul/containers-lost-at-sea-2020-update https://www.bifa.org/news/articles/2020/jul/containers-lost-...