FTA calls for joined up thinking on container weight verification

The FTA has told the Commission that in order to avoid duplication and confusion that there should be “joined-up” thinking with regards to container weight verification.

Recently FTA and the Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF) have worked with the IMO and other industry stakeholders to agree new verification provisions for container weighing which will substantially address the problem of misdeclaration of containers and enhance safety standards on EU roads.

FTA has also stated that it fully supports the proposed amendment by Rapporteur Jörg Leichtfried outlined in his recent Draft Report, which outlined the ‘justification’ for the proposed amendment, adding that it would advise against the EU adopting different provisions to achieve exactly the same objective as the IMO SOLAS changes.