Starting July 1, 2016 the SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea) Treaty will require all ISO containers to have a verifiable gross mass entered into the ship\u2019s manifest prior to loading. This international treaty amendment comes in the wake of several at-sea disasters resulting from overweight and improperly balanced containers; impacting the loading of all containers at all ports world-wide, container shippers are ultimately responsible for verifying and providing the gross mass number.<\/p>\n
We have a wide variety of scale equipment from Rice Lake Weighing Systems<\/a> to help you with compliance, offering several turnkey solutions that are straightforward and worry-free. The industry preferred and recommended method for verifying ISO containers mass is to weigh the entire container, once sealed, to provide a total verified mass, with the added benefit of relevant center of gravity and container balance data. Rice Lake offers several products that make this possible, including:<\/p>\n These products can integrate into existing port handling equipment and management systems, providing minimum interruption to operations and seamless merging of data.<\/p>\n Starting July 1, 2016, unverified containers cannot be legally loaded. Failure to comply will result in fines and penalties throughout the logistics chain as well as costly delays and interruptions. Don\u2019t let this happen to you \u2013 contact us today to discuss options to ensure compliance with this new treaty amendment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Starting July 1, 2016 the SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea) Treaty will require all ISO containers to have a verifiable gross mass entered into the ship\u2019s manifest prior to loading. This international treaty amendment comes in the wake of several at-sea disasters resulting from overweight and improperly balanced containers; impacting the loading of all\u2026 Read More: Weighing Solutions for New SOLAS Requirements »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6,1,20,16],"tags":[113],"class_list":["post-1203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-check-weigh-scales","category-crane-and-hanging","category-general","category-scale-communications","category-shipping-scales","tag-solas"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n