Port News

MSC resumes operation to Iran 

After six years MSC has resumed its schedule calling at the south port of  Bandar Abbas

The services is expected to be weekly with the vessel capacity of 1,162 TEU

Port of Mumbai

It has been reported that there is a shortage of workers at Mumbai port which is having an adverse effect on trade as vessels are taking longer for loading and unloading their cargoes.

Port of Antwerpen 

Antwerps executive is suggesting a closer working relations is necessary to countger risks posed by Chinese investment in southern European ports.. China is already building growth in Piaraeus and in Kumport  Turkey as China wants to be less depenedent on the northern European ports.

Transport

Weight verification  link to register

The method used for weighing the container's contents under Method No. 2 is subject to certification and approval as determined by the competent authority of the State in which the packing and sealing of the container was completed. IMO Guidelines, paragraph 5.1.2.3. Shippers are responsible for complying with any certification and approval requirements that may be established by the State in which the container packing is done, or, in a case where a container is packed in multiple places, any certification and approval requirements that may be established by the State where the last contents were packed into the container.