IMO Container Weight Verification Webinar

February 8, 2016
Alexandria, VA

The AAPA, the World Shipping Council (WSC), the National Association of Waterfront Employers (NAWE) and the National Industrial Transportation League (NITL) teamed together for a webinar to discuss the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) requirement that shippers verify container weights effective July 1, 2016. The webinar is intended to address member feedback concerning implementation of the policy change requiring shippers to provide a verified weight (verified gross mass or VGM) for all packed containers prior to loading aboard a ship for export and its impact on ports. All speaker presentations are posted in PDF file format.

02/08/2016
IMO Container Weight Verification Webinar

Multimedia files (in .mp4 file format):

• Webinar - Part 1
• Webinar - Part 2

Related Documents:

• Introduction and speaker biographies

Speaker Presentations:

• John Young, Director of Freight and Surface Transportation Policy, AAPA, Alexandria, VA
  
  
• Lars Kjaer, Senior Vice President, World Shipping Council (WSC), Washington, DC
  
  
• John Crowley, Executive Director, National Association of Waterfront Employers (NAWE), Washington, DC
  
  
• Bruce Carlton, Executive Director, National Industrial Transportation League (NITL), Arlington, VA