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Industry aimed at aiding shippers through SOLAS emerges As shippers, terminal operators and freight forwarders worldwide wrestle with how to comply with the SOLAS container weight rule that takes effect July 1, a cottage industry providing new products aimed at saving them money and eliminating frustration has emerged. The new rule, an amendment to the International Maritime […]

US ag exporters reject liners’ attempt to ease SOLAS fears WASHINGTON — A group of U.S. agriculture exporters rejected container lines’ recent attempt to mollify concerns over the legal liabilities of inaccuracies in the container tare weight when generating a verified gross mass under the new SOLAS container weight rule. The Agriculture Transportation Coalition also noted […]

French ports, railways, airports, trucking face rolling strikes France’s ports, railways and airports face shutdown as transport workers launch a wave of nationwide strikes to protest the government’s planned deregulation of the nation’s rigid labor market. Truck drivers today blockaded several highways, including routes to the port Le Havre, France’s leading container hub, Marseille, the […]

E-commerce revenue sends SingPost first quarter profit soaring Singapore Post revenue generated by e-commerce grew more than 60 percent in its financial year ending March 31 with the online shopping logistics sector contributing 36 percent of the group’s total sales.Overall revenue at SingPost increased 25 percent to $840 million and the company said the e-commerce […]

India issues final SOLAS guidelines India has passed much-awaited legislation that clears the way for the July 1 implementation of new container weight rules set by the International Maritime Organization’s SOLAS mandate. Following several rounds of consultations with stakeholders, the Directorate General of Shipping, a Ministry of Shipping arm, finally fixed the tolerance level of […]

Bite of US SOLAS enforcement uncertain With less than two months before the SOLAS container-weighing rule takes effect, questions of the strength and scale of enforcement’s bite in the U.S. are mounting. The purpose of the International Maritime Organization’s SOLAS requirement is clear in specifying that the shipper of record (who signs the master bill […]

APM Terminals to provide container weighing services in Rotterdam APM Terminals has added Rotterdam, Europe’s largest container port, to the list of locations where it will provide container weighing services to enable shipper compliance with a new international regulation that comes into force on July 1. The Romanian port of Constantsa will… APM Terminals to […]

HPH to weigh boxes at most of its terminals Hutchison Port Holdings said the majority of terminals in its global network will offer container-weighing services to help supply chain stakeholders comply with the amendment to the SOLAS convention that requires all containers to have a verified gross mass before they… HPH to weigh boxes at […]

Major Indian trucker moves into refrigerated transportation Trucking giant Transport Corporation of India is moving into the cold chain logistics business in order to tap into rapidly growing demand for refrigerated cargo services in the country. The company on Wednesday opened a 250,000-square-foot temperature-controlled warehouse and distribution center at Gurgaon, a major industrial and manufacturing […]

Container lines work to ease US exporters’ SOLAS liability concerns WASHINGTON — A group of 18 container lines plan to state in written legal terms that customer won’t be held legally liable for inaccuracies in the container tare weight when generating a verified gross mass under the new SOLAS container weight rule. The Ocean Carrier […]