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The New Rule of container weight verification

In order to improve the container maritime transport security, IMO in SOLAS chapter VI increased loading verifies the weight of container before shipment, and will take effect on July 1, 2016.On March 22, the international maritime organisation subcommittee chairman tse-fai in Asia exhibition of container intermodal transportation, innovation on BBS, to "IMO about shipping container weight verification regulation of background and interpretation", the introduction of the legislative process of IMO, two methods for weight verification, the current situation of China's implementation of the convention, etc.



Tse-fai pointed out that China, as the SOLAS convention states that will come into effect on July 1, the new rules.In his view, the container weight verification is more of a commercial practice problem, do not belong to the legal jurisdiction.Because the Chinese owners of large, ports, docks, can't use a set of detailed rules for the implementation of unified regulation, should by the owner, shipowners and terminals, such as parties, according to new rules to make the feasible countermeasure and the operation plan.In view of the Chinese law for failing to provide container weight verification in accordance with the requirements of punishment did not have relevant regulation and tse-fai suggest possible solutions are: owner may refuse container shipment.