The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has amended the Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS) to require, as a condition for loading a packed container onto a ship for export, that the container has a verified weight. This requirement becomes legally effective on 1 July, 2016.
It is the responsibility of the shipper to provide the Verified Gross Mass (VGM) for the container. If however, the shipper cannot provide the VGM, the Port of Tyne can offer a weighing facility.
The Port of Tyne has invested in state-of-the-art weighing equipment, which provides shippers with a service to provide an accurate weight, referred to as a Terminal Verified Gross Mass (TVGM). As the weighing procedure is part of the normal lift-off process it will not create disruption or delays to the gate-in or lift-off operation.
Please click here for a guide to customers, shippers and shipping lines on how Port of Tyne can provide a TVGM to allow containers to be exported.
Further information is also available on our website.
Port of Tyne - June 2016
Posted on Friday 24th June 2016