Transport & Logistics News - June 2016 (Part 1)
In brief - Local and international news about
shipping
In part one of this issue, we cover local and overseas shipping
news and summarise some interesting cases from Australia and around
the world which have been handed down in the last eight months.
Shipping
International news
Verified gross mass (VGM) of packed
containers
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has addressed
carriers' concerns about how transhipment cargo is to be
treated when the International Convention for the Safety of Life at
Sea (SOLAS) regulation V1/2 comes into effect in July 2016.
The problem concerns containers shipped prior to 1 July 2016,
and therefore not subject to the new regime, which are transhipped
at another port after 1 July 2016 without complying with the new
regime.
