Tag: container weighing

Verified Gross Mass: what we have learnt in 2 years

Verified Gross Mass

Two years ago, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) amended the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) introducing the requirement to verify the gross mass of a full container prior its loading on board the vessel. This measure was implemented to prevent cases of container weight misdeclaration, which leads to incorrect vessel […]

Container weighing solution for ports

Today is a closing day of Intermodal Europe 2016, an international container transport and logistics fair and conference, this year taking place in Rotterdam. The exhibition is a perfect place to showcase the latest innovations, products and logistic solutions. Some of them are presented by a Finnish company Tamtron, developer and producer of innovative weighing […]