NYK picks INTTRA eVGM service to meet IMO box weight require
NYK LINE has joined the INTTRA eVGM network to facilitate compliance with new container weight requirements adopted by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), which went into effect on July 1.
The Japanese shipping line is offering the INTTRA eVGM service to customers as one solution to exchange and process the container weight information needed to meet the IMO's Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Verified Gross Mass (VGM) requirement.
Under SOLAS VGM, every container must have a certified weight to be loaded onto a ship.
"Differentiation through technology is central to the strategy of our company, and INTTRA is a key technology partner," said NYK's business process manager Lincoln Leung.
"The flexibility of the INTTRA eVGM solution enhances our range of customer solutions relating to SOLAS VGM, and we will benefit from the efficiencies of standardisation."
"NYK's selection of INTTRA's eVGM network is another signal that the world's leading carriers and freight forwarders are coalescing around a common compliance solution: the INTTRA eVGM service," said INTTRA's Asia chief Jim Whalen.