Monthly Archives for May 2016

Australian ports concerned about lenient approach to SOLAS rule Australia’s plan to heed the International Maritime Organization’s call for a more lenient implementation of the SOLAS container weight rule has a group of ports and maritime authorities questioning whether too light a touch will be taken starting July 1. Ports Australia, a trade group representing […]

World’s longest rail tunnel will shift European cargo from trucks Switzerland will open the world’s longest rail tunnel June 1, paving the way for a major shift of cargo, mainly containers, from trucks to rail on one of Europe’s busiest transport corridors connecting northern European ports to the south. The 57 kilometres (35.6  miles) Gotthard […]

Mexico's rising container trade squeezes truck capacity at US border The arrival of more trans-Pacific freight at Mexican ports is contributing to a growing imbalance in truck capacity on the U.S.-Mexican border. That in turn is fueling growth in transloading at Laredo, the largest U.S.-Mexican truck border crossing, logistics executives say. As cross-border trade grows, […]

Felixstowe port details container weighing service prices The Port of Felixstowe, the busiest in the United Kingdom, has outlined pricing for its container weighing service, an option it expects roughly 70 percent of exporters to tap in order to meet the SOLAS container weight rule that takes effect July 1. The port, which emphasized nothing […]

Modern Terminals’ two China ports will offer container weighing services Modern Terminals is the latest terminal operator to announce that its facilities in Hong Kong, Dachan Bay in Shenzhen and Taicang near Shanghai will provide container weighing assistance to shippers seeking to comply with the new verified gross mass regulations from July 1.Peter Levesque,… Modern […]

Tool helps APL customers determine terminals SOLAS policies A new map tool allows APL customers to determine whether the marine terminals they use accept containers without verified gross mass declarations and offer weighing services, the latest sign of container lines working to assist shippers meet the global rule taking effect July 1. The first-of-its-kind interactive […]

IMO urges countries to allow initial SOLAS enforcement flexibility Shippers, marine terminals and container lines could get some leeway in the first three months of the new SOLAS container weighing rule, after the International Maritime Organization urged its members to exercise “practical and pragmatic” policies when the rule takes effect July 1. In addition to […]

IMO urges countries to allow initial SOLAS enforcement flexibility Shippers, marine terminals and container lines could get some leeway in the first three months of the new SOLAS container weighing rule, after the International Maritime Organization urged its members to exercise “practical and pragmatic” policies when the rule takes effect July 1. In addition to […]

Survey finds shippers, forwarders fazed over container weight rule Shippers and freight forwarders are confused over how to comply with an international container weight verification rule that comes into effect on July 1, according to Drewry Maritime Research. And most industry stakeholders expect some delays after the implementation of the amendment to the International Maritime […]

OOCL details SOLAS container weight enforcement policy Orient Overseas Container Lines’ shipper customers that fail to properly comply with the SOLAS container weighing rule face penalties, spot checks and shipment delays, the Hong Kong-based container line stated in an FAQ document released last week. The missive — the fourth bulletin issued by OOCL to its customers […]