SOLAS

The following information has been proved by The Federation of National Associations of Ship Brokers and Agents (FONASBA) through the International Federation of International Forwarders Association (FIATA) and adds additional background as to the SOLAS implementation discussion and the recent CBFCA Webinar to members and industry as a member service.

Other economies are not having a trouble free introduction of the SOLAS principles! 

"On behalf of the Chairman of the Liner & Port Agency Committee, John Foord, please find attached the results of the second round of the container weighing survey, which completed in mid-March. On this occasion the information is being presented in three different formats; the full summary, covering every response from every association, an Executive Summary and a set of graphs for some of the most important questions. Those questions where the answers were not easily translated into figures have been excluded from the latter. John would like to thank every association that participated in the survey for taking the time and effort to collect and forward their responses and for their actions in following up on the issue in their own countries. Whilst matters have improved significantly since the first survey in July last year, there is still a lot to do in many countries to ensure a smooth implementation of the SOLAS amendments and we hope that all member associations will continue the present activities in order to bring this about. Whilst all of the attachments are available to download from the website, please circulate them directly to your members and to appropriate legislators and authorities as well as elsewhere within your national maritime sector. We are also passing this information directly to IMO, the World Shipping Council and the International Chamber of Shipping.”