By Mike Wackett

(The Loadstar)– Tomorrow the IMO’s three-month supposed “light touch” enforcement of the SOLAS alteration that all jam-packed containers need to have a licensed VGM (validated gross mass) prior to packing aboard a ship pertains to an end.

Industry worries of supply chain mayhem on 1 July, when the brand-new VGM policies entered pressure, were mostly gotten rid of; by education and learning as well as a practical strategy by all stakeholders.

Indeed, according to information from the World Shipping Council, the VGM conformity reported by its participant container lines is as high as 95%.

Nevertheless, with the end of the moratorium, the TT Club, which did a sterling task on the education and learning cutting edge pre-VGM, is including a note of care.

It claimed “much still needs to be done to achieve accurate VGM certification and universal enforcement of the rules”.

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