There are many definitions to the word ‘smart’ in the context of the global port and terminal network. Some industry experts believe that being smart relates more to the mind-set of a given port or terminal, where policy decisions and smart use of resources takes precedence over technology and innovations.

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<<Start thinking differently, potentially a lot differently, about how to comply with the new container weight rule that enters force July 1.

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<< Effective July 1, 2016, any shipping container leaving from any port in the world must be accompanied by a shipping document signed either electronically or in hard copy by the shipper on the bill of lading listing the verified gross mass of a container in order to be loaded onto a ship. The container weight mandate from the International Maritime Organization under the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) convention comes after misdeclared weights contributed to maritime casualties such as the breakup and subsequent beaching of the MSC Napoli on the southern U.K. coast in 2007 and the partial capsizing a feeder ship in the Spanish port of Algeciras in June, 2015.

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<<A solution to the challenges confronting the industry by the SOLAS container weights rule proposed by the head of the Port of Charleston could be workable in practice and not disrupt trade, according to a key player in the development of the rule, which enters force July 1.

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