{"id":4222,"date":"2016-02-23T12:53:09","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T18:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/?p=4222"},"modified":"2016-02-23T12:53:09","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T18:53:09","slug":"how-to-meet-the-solas-container-weight-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2016\/02\/23\/how-to-meet-the-solas-container-weight-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Meet the SOLAS Container Weight Mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/shipping-containers-SOLAS.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4223\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4223\" src=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/shipping-containers-SOLAS-300x248.jpg\" alt=\"shipping containers- SOLAS\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/shipping-containers-SOLAS-300x248.jpg 300w, http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/shipping-containers-SOLAS.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>How to Meet the SOLAS Container Weight Mandate<\/p>\n<p>Approximately 20% of containers at any given time are declared in error, and upwards of two-thirds of all cargo claims may be attributed to these declared errors and poor container packing. From 2006 to 2011 alone, an estimated $12.8 million dollars in losses stemmed from these errors of cargo weight.<\/p>\n<p>This is the reason the Maritime Safety Committee approved amendments to SOLAS, mandating the verification of container weight prior to shipping. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Effective July 1, 2016<\/strong><\/span>, containers must have verified weight documents if they are to be loaded onto a ship. It\u2019s believed too few shippers and government agencies are ready for the major rules, and all the details are not yet clear.<\/p>\n<p>There are options to meet the regulations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The first is to weigh a container on a truck as it passes over a weigh station, subtracting the weight of the truck, chassis and fuel to determine the weight of the loaded container.<\/li>\n<li>The second is to weigh each item going into a container and add the sum of all the goods loaded to the tare weight of the container.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The necessary documentation <em>must<\/em> be\u00a0provided to the terminal and carrier along with the container, or it will <em>not<\/em> be loaded on the ship.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a handy chart of the options from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joc.com\/regulation-policy\/transportation-regulations\/international-transportation-regulations\/jocs-container-weight-mandate-guide_20151214.html\">JOC<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SOLAS-containerWeight-Infographic-JOC.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4224\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4224\" src=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SOLAS-containerWeight-Infographic-JOC-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"SOLAS-containerWeight-Infographic-JOC\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SOLAS-containerWeight-Infographic-JOC-214x300.jpg 214w, http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SOLAS-containerWeight-Infographic-JOC.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>-&gt;We will be updating our news\/blog with more information on the SOLAS mandate.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Meet the SOLAS Container Weight Mandate Approximately 20% of containers at any given time are declared in error, and upwards of two-thirds of all cargo claims may be attributed to these declared errors and poor container packing. 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