An impending international requirement that shippers verify the weight of their goods before transport will sharply raise shipping costs on major trade lanes and trigger delays in moving cargo through ...

Do you export your goods in an ocean-going cargo container? If so, are you ready for the SOLAS amendments that go into effect July 1? A little planning ahead of time will prevent your boxes from being ...

Shipping a few packages and getting them weighed and postmarked at the local post office is a fairly straightforward task when a company's shipping volume is small. But if you are shipping on a large ...

South Carolina is issuing special weight permits under a new state policy that allows international shipping containers weighing up to 100,000 pounds to run on the state’s roads, up from the previous ...

A group of global logistics companies called on international ocean shipping regulators to clarify and provide more detail on new container-weighing requirements they say will require significant ...

With the SOLAS Convention now requiring container weight verification from 1st July 2016 onwards following the amendment approved by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) last November, the ...