New requirement for UBL 2.2

Hello UBLlers,

      

      I would like to underline the need to check those UBL documents
      related to transport to meet a recent SOLAS regulation about the
      Verifier Gross Mass (VGM).

      More info about SOLAS convention is available at 

      http://www.imo.org/en/About/Conventions/ListOfConventions/Pages/International-Convention-for-the-Safety-of-Life-at-Sea-%28SOLAS%29,-1974.aspx

      

      I provide a short information...

      

      VGM reporting

      The SOLAS regulation requires effective 1st July 2016 the
      existence of a Verified Gross Mass (VGM)

      including container tare to be provided by the shipper as a
      pre-requisite for the Carrier and the

      Terminal Operator (TO) to load packed containers on board of the
      vessel. If a VGM exists and is duly

      provided in time, the packed container will be loaded.

      It remains the legal responsibility of the shipper to provide the
      VGM regardless whoever reports in

      fact the VGM to the Carrier and/or to the TO.

      

      So, in UBL we have surely the way to provide a Weight Measure, but
      here the requirement is that the verified gross mass is a
      certified weight hopefully created at the beginning of the supply
      chain but the reality is that this weight can be exchanged at any
      moment in the supply chain.

      Shippers (Factories or Freght Forwarders), Contaner Weighting
      Providers, Maritime or other Carriers, Terminal Containers (TOs)
      can be involved in providing such certified weight on behalf of
      the Shipper.

      

      I wait your feedback on this.

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            Best
                        regards

                  

                
            
              
                

                    
                  

                  
                  
                    
 Roberto
                        Cisternino

                      e-Business Consultant, JAVEST
                        by Roberto Cisternino 

                    
  

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