Overview - Verified Gross Mass (VGM) - Hapag-Lloyd
Effective July 1st 2016 weight of containers needs to be verified. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted amendments to the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention (PDF file on worldshipping.org) that requires packed containers' gross mass to be verified prior to stowage aboard ship.. As from July 1st 2016 this regulation, effective as global law, prohibits loading of a packed ...