VGM[1] has been put in place in 2016 to improve safety. Liners reported high compliance shortly after adoption [2] and [3]. This reporting of self-compliance should of course be taken with a grain of salt.
In addition, as the article mentions, the loss of 3000 containers in 2020 should be compared to the 220+ million shipped each year (2019) [4]. That is less than 0.0014%.
I'm not saying it's not a problem but am merely pointing out that progress is being made with regards to weighing containers.
VGM[1] has been put in place in 2016 to improve safety. Liners reported high compliance shortly after adoption [2] and [3]. This reporting of self-compliance should of course be taken with a grain of salt.
In addition, as the article mentions, the loss of 3000 containers in 2020 should be compared to the 220+ million shipped each year (2019) [4]. That is less than 0.0014%.
I'm not saying it's not a problem but am merely pointing out that progress is being made with regards to weighing containers.
[1] https://www.aitworldwide.com/what-is-vgm-or-verified-gross-m...
[2] https://www.bifa.org/news/articles/2016/sep/container-lines-...
[3] https://www.msc.com/fra/agency-news/2016-july/100-vgm-compli...
[4] https://www.bifa.org/news/articles/2020/jul/containers-lost-...