THE Cebu Port Authority (CPA) has issued a new coverage revising the implementation of the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention proven gross mass (VGM) requirement at Cebu ports, designating a certified shipment-dealing with service company to conduct the required weighing.
The policy refers to a new law under the SOLAS Convention that no box may be loaded upon a vessel unless the gross mass of the fully packed and sealed container is tested.
The cause for the coverage, which changed into inspired by way of the disastrous destroy of the containership MSC Napoli in 2007, was that prior to its implementation the burden of cargo in shipping bins changed into now not usually as it should be recognised, that can lead to ships being overloaded or erratically loaded, putting crews at threat.
Administrative Order (AO) 02-2016 dated August 24 and published on September 6 and September 13 revokes AO 01-2016, which took effect on July 1. AO 02-2016 takes impact on September 28.
Under the new rule, “upon delivery of the shipper’s packed outbound container to the CIP [Cebu International Port] for receiving/gate-in, the same shall undergo obligatory weighing in accordance with and for the purposes referred to in CPA Administrative Order 01-2008 [Policy and Guidelines for Mandatory Weighing of Loaded Outbound Foreign Container Vans] dated 28 February 2008, with the aid of the truck scale facility/facilities of the CHSP [cargo-handling service provider] servicing foreign cargoes on the CIP which is/are duly legal with the aid of the authority.”
CPA stated over the weekend that “it made the amendment consistent with CPA Board Resolution 489-2016 followed on August 24, and “in reaction to some concerns raised by port stakeholders” on the implementation of AO 01-2016.”
AO 02-2016 covers all packed export boxes for loading onto ships at the Cebu International Port (CIP), and all ships wearing export packing containers that are docked both on the CIP or at other ports inside the territorial jurisdiction of the authority.
The weight of the box as decided thru obligatory weighing below AO 01-2008 could be considered as the VGM for use for stowage functions with the aid of the transport strains and the CHSP; for this reason, the burden have to additionally be provided to the CHSP and transport strains.
The preceding rule underneath AO 01-2016 required the shipper to reap the VGM and submit it to the transport line and CHSP earlier than the box is authorized access to CIP. The old rule additionally required the container to go through weighing upon coming into the port, pursuant to AO 01-2008, so the shipper-declared VGM may be validated.
AO 02-2016 additionally orders that the VGM of the packed outbound field need to seem on an all-climate, heavy-obligation sticker at the field, signed with the aid of the shipper or the authorized consultant.
The shipper, the new rule states, will shoulder the value of weighing a packed container for VGM willpower, along with the price of the decal to be furnished by way of the legal weighing facility at CPA ports.
Persons or entities that violate CAO 02-2016 may have their issued allow or accreditation suspended or revoked without need of judicial complaints after due observe and listening to.
Effective on July 1, the change to the SOLAS Chapter IV, Part A, Regulation 2, calls for shippers to confirm the VGM of a packed container and imply this to the carrier or port operator before the shipment is loaded onto the vessel.
The policy refers to a new law under the SOLAS Convention that no box may be loaded upon a vessel unless the gross mass of the fully packed and sealed container is tested.
The cause for the coverage, which changed into inspired by way of the disastrous destroy of the containership MSC Napoli in 2007, was that prior to its implementation the burden of cargo in shipping bins changed into now not usually as it should be recognised, that can lead to ships being overloaded or erratically loaded, putting crews at threat.
Administrative Order (AO) 02-2016 dated August 24 and published on September 6 and September 13 revokes AO 01-2016, which took effect on July 1. AO 02-2016 takes impact on September 28.
Under the new rule, “upon delivery of the shipper’s packed outbound container to the CIP [Cebu International Port] for receiving/gate-in, the same shall undergo obligatory weighing in accordance with and for the purposes referred to in CPA Administrative Order 01-2008 [Policy and Guidelines for Mandatory Weighing of Loaded Outbound Foreign Container Vans] dated 28 February 2008, with the aid of the truck scale facility/facilities of the CHSP [cargo-handling service provider] servicing foreign cargoes on the CIP which is/are duly legal with the aid of the authority.”
CPA stated over the weekend that “it made the amendment consistent with CPA Board Resolution 489-2016 followed on August 24, and “in reaction to some concerns raised by port stakeholders” on the implementation of AO 01-2016.”
AO 02-2016 covers all packed export boxes for loading onto ships at the Cebu International Port (CIP), and all ships wearing export packing containers that are docked both on the CIP or at other ports inside the territorial jurisdiction of the authority.
The weight of the box as decided thru obligatory weighing below AO 01-2008 could be considered as the VGM for use for stowage functions with the aid of the transport strains and the CHSP; for this reason, the burden have to additionally be provided to the CHSP and transport strains.
The preceding rule underneath AO 01-2016 required the shipper to reap the VGM and submit it to the transport line and CHSP earlier than the box is authorized access to CIP. The old rule additionally required the container to go through weighing upon coming into the port, pursuant to AO 01-2008, so the shipper-declared VGM may be validated.
AO 02-2016 additionally orders that the VGM of the packed outbound field need to seem on an all-climate, heavy-obligation sticker at the field, signed with the aid of the shipper or the authorized consultant.
The shipper, the new rule states, will shoulder the value of weighing a packed container for VGM willpower, along with the price of the decal to be furnished by way of the legal weighing facility at CPA ports.
Persons or entities that violate CAO 02-2016 may have their issued allow or accreditation suspended or revoked without need of judicial complaints after due observe and listening to.
Effective on July 1, the change to the SOLAS Chapter IV, Part A, Regulation 2, calls for shippers to confirm the VGM of a packed container and imply this to the carrier or port operator before the shipment is loaded onto the vessel.
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