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TECH FILE (File photo: Chamendra Wimalasena)

Five Minutes with

Dan Gardner

Director, Mobileweight, LLC

What are some of the most common concerns regard-

Shipping industry veteran Dan Gardner is director of Mobileweight, ing the SOLAS VGM requirements?

which helps to streamline processes and create ef? ciencies for the We’re working with hundreds of shippers around container shipping industry. The ? rm’s ? rst-of-its-kind mobile appli- the world, but in terms of U.S. exporters’ concerns, there are several. One of the more common concerns is how to cation and online portal Mobileweight aims to offer a reliable, fast comply with the SOLAS VGM Amendment in terms of and easy way to comply with SOLAS and electronically ? le the VGM how cargo will be weighed in the physical world. Speci? - cally, what access to scales will companies have, where with ocean carriers. Gardner weighs in on the latest SOLAS VGM are they located and how they will access them in a timely requirements which entered force on July 1 and discusses their poten- and accurate manner?

Another concern revolves around Standard Operating tial impact across the container shipping sector.

Procedures for transmitting container-speci? c VGM in- formation. In essence, shippers have been trying to ? gure out the best method for sending VGM data, manually or

By Eric Haun electronically, and in the case of the latter, how they will get that done. The last concern revolves around cost. Peo- 52 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • SEPTEMBER 2016

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